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Hey Guys, I wanted to include a brief history of Imperial knives in this Tuesday’s drop. The drop includes 50 Vintage USA-made Knives bearing the imperial name.

I grabbed some interesting info from Wikipedia: “The Imperial Knife Company had its roots at the Empire Knife Company in Winsted, Connecticut. In 1916, two men named Felix and Michael Mirando moved from Frosolone Molise in Italy to Providence, Rhode Island to be near its jewelry industry. They began making skeletons for “Waldemar,” or pocket watch chain knives. With their friend Domenic Fazzano as manager, they established the Imperial Knife Company, which would once grow to be the largest knife manufacturer in the United States.  In 1941, Albert M. Baer purchased the Ulster Knife Company, merged it with the Imperial Knife Company, and designated this new business as the Imperial Knife Associated Companies to produce knives for the military. Albert’s brother, Henry Baer, was the company’s first president and the namesake for Schrade’s “Uncle Henry” line of knives.  Tang stamps bearing the Imperial name appeared until 1988 when they were discontinued and replaced by the Schrade name.”

That means all of these knives were made prior to 1988…- 36 years ago! This particular batch is in various acrylic colors and is in excellent condition.