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Robert Waldorf Loveless (January 2, 1929 – September 2, 2010 [1]), a.k.a. Bob Loveless or RW Loveless, was an American knife maker who designed and popularized the hollowground drop point blade and the use of full tapered tangs and screw-type handle scale fasteners within the art of knifemaking.
Kimber Manufacturing is an American company that designs, manufactures, and distributes small arms such as M1911 pistols, Solo pistols, rifles, and revolvers.The USA Shooting Team, Marines assigned to Special Operations Command, and the LAPD SWAT team [1] have used Kimber pistols in the past.
The company's original factory in Little Valley, New York, burned down in 1912. [2] This resulted in the factory moving to Springville, NY. [2] Beginning with World War I, Case has made military knives for U.S. servicemen including the M3 Fighting Knife and the V-42 stiletto (the latter, for the Devil's Brigade).
The two brothers John and Henrie Clauss, of German origin, started Elyria Shear Works from a one-room building in Elyria, Ohio. [1] Together with five employees, they began manufacturing scissors, shears, straight razors and serrated kitchen knives. [2] In the early 1880s, with his shear business prospering, John Clauss planned a major expansion.
Logo of the Western Knife Company. The Western Knife Company was an American manufacturer of hunting knives which began operations in Boulder, Colorado in 1911. The company is probably best known for its "Bowie" style hunting knives. The company was purchased by Coleman (the famous manufacturer of outdoor equipment) in 1984.
Now the pistols in service are replaced by locally-made Beretta 92 pistols- the T75 pistol. [citation needed] The Royal Thai Army and Royal Thai Police uses the Type 86, the Thai copy of the M1911 chambered in the .45 ACP round, [67] [page needed] The Turkish Land Forces uses "MC 1911" Girsan made copy of M1911. [73]
On 22 March 2007, Abercrombie & Fitch opened its first European flagship in London at 7 Burlington Gardens in Savile Row. [citation needed] The store generated a volume of $280,000 (around £140,000 GBP) in its first 6 hours of operation. [28] [29] The flagship remains one of the most profitable A&F locations. Revenue reached record heights in ...
SK was founded as the Sherman-Klove Company, specializing in screw machine products, by Mason H. Sherman and Noah Grover Klove. The company was founded in the early 20th century to supply munitions in World War I, and made mortar housings in a screw machine plant on Harrison Street in Chicago.