Imperial Schrade Corp. was an American

United States

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 knife manufacturer of hunting knives

Hunting knife

A hunting knife is a knife used during hunting for preparing the game to be used as food: skinning the animal and cutting up the meat. It is different from the Hunting dagger which was traditionally used to kill wild game....

 and pocketknives

Pocket knife

A pocket knife is a folding knife with one or more blades that fit inside the handle that can still fit in a pocket. It is also known as a jackknife or jack-knife...

. Existing in various forms, the company was the eventual consolidation of the Schrade Cutlery Company, founded in 1904, and the Imperial Knife Company, founded 1916. In 2004 the company stopped making knives and closed its factory. The name was bought by Taylor Brands and used for marketing purposes.
The Imperial Knife Company was established in Providence, Rhode Island

Providence, Rhode Island

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 in 1916 by Felix and Michael Mirando, immigrants from the blacksmithing town of Frosolone, Italy

Frosolone

Frosolone is a comune in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, located about 20 km west of Campobasso and about 20 km east of Isernia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,330 and an area of 49.6 km²...

, and managed by Domenic Fazzano, as a manufacturer of commercial value-priced folding pocket knives.