US Patent: 577,259
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| Combined corkscrew and pocket-knife
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Patentee:
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| Adolph Kastor (exact or similar names) - New York, NY |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Sep. 14, 1896 |
| Granted: |
Feb. 16, 1897 |
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Mark Woodard
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Description: |
| German immigrant Adolph Kastor moved to New York in 1870 and worked for his uncle Aaron Kastor in his hardware supply business, Bodenheim, Meyer, & Company, where he was put in charge of cow chains and later moved into the firearms and cutlery department. In 1873, the company restructured as Meyer & Kastor. 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. In 1897, when the Dingley Tariff was enacted, the knives became too expensive to import, so Kastor sought a domestic manufacturer. In 1902 Kastor purchased a small knife manufacturer in Camillus, New York, and assumed control from Charles Sherwood. Kastor started the Camillus Cutlery Company, one of the oldest knife manufacturers in the United States. |
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