Most all of us have seen, or fished the famous Daredevil spoons. They've been in production for 100 yrs. The Daredevil got it's start as the Osprey. Around 1918, the name was changed to the Daredevil. It was named in honor of the Teufelhunden, the 4rth U S Marine battalion, who fought the Germans at the battle of Belleau Woods in WW 1. The 4rth Marine Battalion was given this name by the defeated Germans. The name means "devil dogs". The captured and defeated German soldiers gave the Marines this name because they claimed the Marines were the bravest, toughest, hardest fighting force in the world, and, could not be defeated. A Detroit taxidermist, Louis Eppinger, invented these spoons. At the time, the word " devil" was offensive to many people. So, he changed the name to Daredevle They're still a family business, and, they still sell well over 100,000 of these spoons every year.
