Camillus MoorMans Knife With Packaging

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Camillus MoorMans Knife With Packaging

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Similar to the PURINA knife that I recently posted (neither of these are my auctions and I'm not bidding).

I know less about Moor Mans...have seen a a few knives with the shield or imprint. But this is neat with the original packaging:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/s/172043810213? ... rmvSB=true
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Re: Camillus MoorMans Knife With Packaging

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Steve,MoorMans was a brand of feed.I don`t know if they are still in business or not but used to see the name around in Ohio in the 70`s and 80`s.
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Moormans is still around, they are now under the Archer, Midlands, Daniel Company. Still in the livestock feed and supplement business.
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Re: Camillus MoorMans Knife With Packaging

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The brand is still around but it's owned by ADM now (Archer Daniels Midland).

The knife, a #68 Premium Stock Knife is made by Camillus, probably sometime in the late '40s into the 1950s. Note the handle material is what I've come to refer to as that "shrinky dink" material.

Neat find for someone collects Stock Knives or MoorMan's.

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