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In 1986 R. K. Dewey & Associates P/L purchased the GUSTAV EMIL ERN
brand of professional knives and began manufacture in Thornleigh, Northern Sydney.
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| A contract came up to manufacture hunting knives for the Australian Army. The contract was won with the DEWEY Army knife. The knife was made from 5mm thick Bohler N690 stainless steel (a 440B spec steel) with a wooden handle (Western Australian Jarrah) which was attached with epoxy glue and aluminium cutlery rivets.
| The knife came with a leather sheath made by Bennett Leather of Newcastle, Australia.
| Later production runs of the knife had a sheath made by Peter Clark of Classic Whipmakers fame.
| The DEWEY Army was designed specifically to be an almost indestructible hunting knife with a very solid blade and full tang. The blade shape is that traditionally known as a hunting knife with just enough curve to be useful as a general purpose camp and survival knife.
| The blade is hollow ground with non-slip notches on the back and a shaped handle for ease of use.
| Dare we say the knife was a success as shown by a number of further orders including a supply that went to HMAS Brisbane for its service in the Gulf.
| This began a new phase in the company and a specific sporting knife range was developed.
| The focus is on Working Knives, every knife must be functional and truly solid. No knife should be just pretty. All knives must be well engineered and of a high quality.
| The next step was to develop a range of knives to cater for the needs of the Australian Outdoorsman. Early in the project we ran across Wilf Williams who was producing knives in limited runs under the Dingo Blades logo.
| Eventually we purchased Dingo Blades and now produce a number of Wilf's designs under the DEWEY knives label, including the Drop Point Skinner and the indestructible folder, the ROK.
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