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Originally Posted by bgarrett
I have a letter opener that is stamped
"Ford Motor Company V8 First sheet thru 56 in.
Cold strip mill Dec 20 1935"
Google hasnt found any information on this letter opener. Do you know anything about it?
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Im Not sure about the mill in which its from, im no ford expert by any means, BUT what i CAN tell you from working in steel mills, and you probably already know by now after your own research is Any time we start up a new mill, they will take the first piece of product off of the line and make commemorative what-knots for all the leadership personnel. I guess its just sort of a tradition in the steel industry. Either way it looks like you have a rare piece there. There may have only been a handful of those letter openers made for supervision, management or whoever was in charge at the time.