Got ‘84, ‘85, and ‘86 catalogs coming. Obviously, not in the heart of the vintage era that we are most interested in, but Xacto history ‘data points’ nonetheless. Will scan and submit to Scott as I can work through them once received.

Earl

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Earl L. Cagle, Jr.
NAR# 29523
TRA# 962
SAM# 73
Owner/Producer
Point 39 Productions

Rocket-Brained Since 1970

Sounds good. Keep 'em coming.
Would really like to see 61 thru 64 to see when the 1G and 2G handle availability ended.
I have a feeling those are going to be really hard finds.

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Got a ‘75 Xacto catalog coming. We have only two others from the 70s, the ‘71 catalog I got sometime last year and the ‘78.

I’d really like to get the ‘72 thru ‘74 catalogs, as I think there were a fair number of changes then with how some of the knife sets were done (vinyl blade holders to magnetic strips, etc), and redesign of the balsa stripper and the plane. Also, change of the metal #8 basic knife to the orange plastic 8R knife. But, I do not know the exact dates of ANY of those changes other than basically in 72-74 or so. Also, I think Xacto sold out to CBS in that time frame (before in turn being sold by CBS to Hunt Manufacturing in 1981).

Anyway, we’ll at least add the ‘75 soon. Started scanning on the ‘84 the other day; the 84-86 catalogs arrived in the mail late last week. Those three catalogs are longer than some of the other catalogs…like 48 pages or so each.

Earl

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Earl L. Cagle, Jr.
NAR# 29523
TRA# 962
SAM# 73
Owner/Producer
Point 39 Productions

Rocket-Brained Since 1970

Looking forward to seeing them !

__________________
When in doubt, WHACK the GAS and DITCH the brake !!!

Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't !
Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.

Earl

My research finds that the Company remained under private ownership until* 1971 when it was purchased by CBS, Inc. and operated as that company’s subsidiary corporation.* In 1981 Hunt Manufacturing Company purchased X-Acto from CBS, Inc and dissolved it as a corporate entity.* X-Acto remained a brand of* by the Hunt company until 2003 when the Hunt company was merged with Elmer’s Products, Inc. It has since remained* a subsidiary of the Elmer’s company ever since.