Since we're creating a timeline of the Case Mini Trapper I thought it would be interesting to consider what was was happening at the time the knives were being made.
The Tested era covers two decades: 1920s & 1930s, both of which contain many significant U.S. and world historical events.
Normally when I think about the past it's in the context of my own life, i.e., where was I and what was I doing at a particular moment in history? However, I wasn't around during the Tested era and I doubt anyone reading this right now was alive during the Tested era either (except maybe Sut Tatersaul). My 82 yr old father was born in 1938 so he was just a wee toddler when the Tested era ended in 1940.
The first decade of the Tested era, 1920, is the only decade in American history to get its own nickname: "The Roaring Twenties," but it wasn't all just flappers and jazz bands that defined this era. Much like today, the U.S. was dealing with a flu pandemic (Spanish Flu) that began in February 1918 and didn't end until April 1920. Looking at the state of things today, one wonders if we've learned anything from our history or if we're doomed to repeat it and have to endure the coronavirus for another two years. Kinda weird to wonder if my Tested era Mini Trapper might've been made by, used by or even just carried in the pocket of someone who had Spanish Flu...or died from it.
Despite the nickname, the 1920s was a time of great hardship. Not only was the country dealing with the flu pandemic, but to make things even harder there was that pesky little thing called the 18th Amendment, or as it's more commonly known: Prohibition. If you think things are hard for us today, just imagine what it was like back then: not only were people fearing for their lives and dropping like flies from the flu, but they weren't even allowed to drown their sorrows in alcohol.
Another event from 1920 that seems particularly relevant to current events of today: In November 1920 the first commercially-licensed radio station began broadcasting live results of the presidential election. This was effectively the birth of modern mass media. In the election, Republican Warren G. Harding beat Democrat James M. Cox to become the 34th President of the USA.
Speaking of elections...believe it or not, women in the U.S. have only had the right to vote for just over 100 years. That's right, the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote was passed on August 18, 1920 (the last state to secure a "yes" vote, Tennessee, voted 50-49 in favor of women's suffrage in the House of Representatives). With passage of the 19th Amendment, 1920 became the first (and only) year in which the U.S. Constitution was amended twice in a single year. Every woman living in Tennessee should receive a free Mini Trapper after they vote this year!
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) authored the first bill submitted to the U.S. Congress banning the manufacture and sale of switchblades, beginning a wave of legal restrictions worldwide. 
