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Comment by peter force on July 16, 2012 at 15:59

ijust dumped my 50+junkers into a bag...all kinds of parts knives,some broken pearls,,,some mixed blades etc etc....now i need to build another freebie pile....LOL...thanx for having me group.... i always have at least one BOX-O -KNIVES somewhere!  last knife i looked at on my deask had a blade that said CONSTANT on the tag stamp....ANYBODY??

Comment by Jan Carter on July 14, 2012 at 5:35

Seems this gentleman was all over and although there is not one piece of information out there, a lot of bits and pieces seem to exist

http://www.switchblades.it/bin/ab.cgi/help/page/li-2/4390-08-662497224

Blacksmith artisans continue carrying out there activities in small "family-run" shops up to the early years of1800 when the issuo of product commercialization was brought to the forefront. Initalyy the selling activities relied on vendors in Valcellina. In 1887 the "Società Cooperativa della Premiata Industria Fabbrile di Maniago" (cooperative of Maniago's blacksmith industry) was set up with 200 memebers and was mostly dedicated to selling products. Because of the lack of business flair and proper organization, Maniago's products were often overwhelmed by the competition of Solingen and Toledo. In 1907 Albert Marx, a German enterpreneur and owner of some plants in Solingen and near Como, took over the Cooperative and built up the first workshop in Maniago. The role played by Marx's workshop (which later took the name Coricama) was not only that of being an innovation but it also acted as a master model for future smaller workshops and nowadays it stands out as one of the most remarkable examples of industrial archeology on the rightband side of river Tagliamento. In the workshops electric power was used as the main source of energy, thus eliminating all logistic limitations. Moreover workers could rely on the basic tool machines such as lathes, mills and refining machines so that plastic processing was left behind. Ancient methods and procedures were replaced by press machines and scraps were removed by means of very hard tools mounted on properly-equipped machines. Parts were finished through electrolyte baths into nickel and chrome which guaranteed a protective coating as welle as resistance to oxidation and corrosion. Cutting tools workshops owned their reputation to abrasive grinding wheels which used to be placed one next to the other so as to be rotated by the same transmission gears. The presence of numerous operating machines led to a better production planning which resulted in a remarkable increase in the quantity and variety of supply.

Comment by Clint Thompson on July 13, 2012 at 20:49

Jan...

I have this book your link shows.  Good book.

Comment by Jan Carter on July 13, 2012 at 18:09

Clint,

Thanks for that info.  Great find and I appreciate the translation also .  We found this 

http://books.google.com/books?id=ko-r0fou-QoC&pg=PT121&lpg=...

Comment by Clint Thompson on July 12, 2012 at 18:29

Jan....

"The linked advertisement is indicating a subsidiary in Milano (Italy), and I am convinced that the Jewish prename “Albin” might have been transferred to “Albert” which Bill DeShivs researched as founder of the Coricama Consorzio from Maniago.
This 1922 advertisement is listing its products as
pocket knives, Scissors for all purposes, straight razors, safety razors and razor blades, table knives, knife blades for silverware makers, hair and beard clippers, Arkansas knives and daggers, manicure articles, corkscrews, nutcrackers and others."

Comment by Clint Thompson on July 12, 2012 at 18:19

Jan....

"In 1907, Albert Marx took over the cooperative and introduced German organization into the manufacturing set-up.  After the Second World War, the Maniago firms, through a series of modern and technologically advanced investments, were able to achieve goals marked by unparalleled quality, a quality that continues to distinguish their finished products and which is the result of a tradition handed down from father to son."

Falcon Knives
Angelo Campolin & Figlio, SNC
Via Battiferri, 6
33085 Maniago (PN), Italy
http://www.falconknives.it

Featured Comment by Tobias Gibson on July 12, 2012 at 18:18

Jan it I think it is more duplicitous than you state.  I've read on several knife sites that due to the nature of the German law.  Essentially a German Company can send a part or parts to a foreign country, (blade blank) have it stamped "Germany" and then have the knife assembled in the other country and then sent back to Germany for final inspection and packaging and  it is considered "German made"  and the packaging can be marked Made in Germany/ product of Germany / etc.

I remember people having discussions about Swiss Army knives when they  changed their boxes to read Swiss Made or Product of Switzerland or something like that instead of  "Made in Switzerland".  

I  know for the longest time, Victorinox received the raw steel from Solingen, Germany but  In fact, only one part of the Swiss Army knife that is not forged in the Ibach factory  is the corkscrew which has been out-sourced to a factory in Seki Japan for a long,  long time. (All the other parts can be stamped out of sheets of steel but the cork screw needs to be forged.)

Comment by Jan Carter on July 12, 2012 at 18:08

It is interesting for sure Billy.  It does not have pen and inkwell Clint.  The stamp is hard to see even with a lighted magnifier.  It appeared at first to be a sort of water fountain but Donnie cleaned it up some and the best match I can came up with for this is Albert Marx with an M above an A.  I am having some difficulty locating too much info on it though

Comment by Clint Thompson on July 12, 2012 at 9:40

Jan....

Does this knife have a pen and inkwell on the blade?  The fact it is marked Germany means it most likely was made for export to the USA.  We have laws which requires the product to be marked with the country of origin.  Germany does not.  An example of this is the newer Puma knives made in China but marked Germany.

Comment by Billy Oneale on July 11, 2012 at 21:41

No, but that is a great looking knife.

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