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W.H.MORLEY & SONS AUSTRIA
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:45 pm
by churchill25
Hello,
I've had this knife on my desk for years,,, thought it might be of interest.
Anyone know more about the origins? W.H.MORLEY & SONS AUSTRIA
Thanks...
Re: W.H.MORLEY & SONS AUSTRIA
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 4:30 am
by Owd Wullie
Welcome to AAPK.
That's a NICE one.
I found this old post at Bladeforums.
Actually, for many years, Camillus was a subbrand of Adolph Kastor and brothers. They imported knives from Checoslovakia, Austria, and their own factory, Germania in Oligs-Soligen Germany. These were sold under W.H. Morley & Son, A.W. Wadsworth & Sons, Clover Brand, etc. They also bought the factory at Camillus from Charles Sherwood in 1902 and produced knives there. Those were sold under Cloverbrand, Streamline, Stainless Cutlery, Fairmount, Syracuse, Sword Brand, XLNT, and WIlbert, Dunlap, Sta-Sharp, Kwik Kut for Sears. I think there were more, but I can't remember them all just now.
Codger
Re: W.H.MORLEY & SONS AUSTRIA
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 10:50 am
by churchill25
Hi, Thanks for the info, so this may have been manufactured around 1900...?
Re: W.H.MORLEY & SONS AUSTRIA
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 5:29 pm
by Owd Wullie
Quite possibly. I think "turn of the century" plus or minus 10 years is plausible.
I'm hoping one of the "heavy hitters" that know more about those than I do will weigh in.
Re: W.H.MORLEY & SONS AUSTRIA
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:09 am
by trail
What I have found suggests W.H. Morley & Sons was a Kastor brand imported from Germany and Bohemia (at that time a part of Austria) from 1913 to 1927.
Re: W.H.MORLEY & SONS AUSTRIA
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:43 am
by knife7knut
Here is one nearly identical although not in as nice shape.The turn-of-the-century date seems credible.
Re: W.H.MORLEY & SONS AUSTRIA
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 2:45 pm
by churchill25
Very similar indeed!!! almost identical really....
Re: W.H.MORLEY & SONS AUSTRIA
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 11:07 am
by Roush428r
Many of the multi-blades from this era were actually made in Nixdorf, Bohemia which is currently in the Czech Republic.
Re: W.H.MORLEY & SONS AUSTRIA
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:00 am
by cattaraugus57
knife7knut,that is some knife!...I love it!
