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Originally Posted by
DaveMartell
Marbles was a GREAT company from turn of the century up into the 50'-60's then things get sketchy. I'm not sure of their 70's/80's history but it seems that the logo/branding was used by Parker knives somewhere along the way meaning faux Marbles in my eyes anyway. Then in the late 90's the Lauermans purchased the Gladstone, MI factory and resurrected the line (with the help of Mike Stewart of Bark River fame and son Jason) back to it's former turn of the century glory. Unfortunately this 2nd GREAT period in Marble's history was short lived (maybe 4-5 yrs) when the Lauermans took the operation overseas and dismissed the hand production crew in Gladstone. Last I heard the old showroom is simply a front. I believe Camillus now owns the brand although I'm not 100% sure about this.