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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mtngunr" data-source="post: 4371005" data-attributes="member: 46104">Very nice save of a knife. The story of the company (of all the knife manufacturers back then, actually) is more convoluted. Robeson got his start importing German and English knives and having them marked with his name. Import tarriffs became high enough he leased Sherwood and his knife works to make pocket knives with Sherwood running things. Robeson's business grew and he set up his own factory, cutting out Sherwood, and Sherwood sold his business to Adolf Castor and Brothers who adopted the Camillus name while Robeson continued on into the 1960s where it then ceased operating own factory and had Camillus make the knives, and later Ontario buying the name.Most all famous name knives in America are related by blood and/or business ties, they pretty much all made knives for each other at one time or another.</blockquote>