Cripple Creek still making knives?

Bob Cargill is the man behind the Cripple Creek Knife Brand. He started out making one of a kind custom knives and eventually started making special order runs by hand under the Cripple Creek name in 1981. He specialized in high quality hand made limited runs for clubs and organizations. The brand was later sold to Blackjack Knives of Effingham, IL who commissioned Queen Cutlery to produce them in larger quantities.
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Cripple Creek still making knives?

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Is Cripple Creek still making knives each year? The last their website was updated is 2010. Also, is Cargill still involved? Just curious, his company really expanded quickly and gained a lot of respect during the 80's and 90's.
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Cripple Creek does not make knives any longer. SMKW and Blue Ridge Knives obtained the rights to the name and have them made by Queen and GEC in 2009-2010.
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Ah OK. So what was the last year that Cripple Creek made knives with Cargill still involved?
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Rookie wrote:Ah OK. So what was the last year that Cripple Creek made knives with Cargill still involved?
Probably early nineties when it was sold to Black Jack knives who soon destroyed the company as well as their own company.
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