“All of our switchblades had plastic handles. Oh, you didn’t know we made push buttons? Oh yes, we made so many types of push buttons that at one time, they were a huge, profitable part of knife production at Colonial” Knife Company.
“In the 1950’s, the US Government declared illegal to manufacture and my forefathers were livid! Many knife companies across the country had to give up a very lucrative business. Frederick and his brothers shared the grief. The government actually supervised the destruction of all the tools, parts and whole knives involving push buttons that took place on the grounds of the old factory.”
from the book: My Family Business,Colonial Knife Company
MY FAMILY BUSINESS, COLONIAL KNIFE 