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| | Best Cutlery |
 | | In September, 1876, the company closed due to poor sales, but the next month, Adolph Kastor started his own company, ''Adolph Kastor & Bros.'' on Canal Street in New York City, where he imported and distributed German-made knives. |
 | | By 1910, after adding new machinery, such as steam driven drop forge hammers and fly presses, and adopting new techniques, like using alumina grinding wheels, the Camillus Cutlery Company had about 200 employees, many of them German immigrants, and was producing close to a million knives a year. |
 | | In the 1920s the company introduced stainless steel to their production, and started making collectible character knives, which honored such famous people as George Washington, Babe Ruth, and Buck Rogers. |
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