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              <td width="75%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none"><font size="3" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, times, serif"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">UNITED
        STATES<br>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>Washington, D.C.
        20549<br></font><br><font style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">FORM
        144<br></font><font style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">NOTICE OF PROPOSED
        SALE OF SECURITIES<br>PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
        1933</font></font><br><br><font style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">ATTENTION:&#160;&#160;</font></font></font><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, times, serif"><font style="FONT-STYLE: italic; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Transmit
        for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order
        with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market
        maker.</font> </font></td>
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                <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="1">      <font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, times, serif">OMB
        Number: 3235-0101<br>Expires: March 31, 2011<br>Estimated average burden
        hours per
        response.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;
        2.00</font> <br>
                <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="1">      <font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, times, serif">SEC USE
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        SEQUENCE NO.</font> <br><br>
                <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="1">      <font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, times, serif">CUSIP
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        OF ISSUER <font style="FONT-STYLE: italic; DISPLAY: inline">(Please type
        or print)</font> </font><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, times, serif"><br><br><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Acme United
        Corporation</font></font></td>
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        IDENT. NO. </font><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, times, serif"><br><br><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">06-0236700</font></font></td>
              <td width="15%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, times, serif"><font style="FONT-STYLE: italic; DISPLAY: inline">(c) </font>S.E.C.
        FILE NO. </font><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, times, serif"><br><br><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">01-07698</font></font></td>
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              <td width="40%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, times, serif">1 <font style="FONT-STYLE: italic; DISPLAY: inline">(d)
        </font>ADDRESS OF ISSUER&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;STREET </font><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, times, serif"><br><br><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">60 Round Hill
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  The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S.
  Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.</font></div>
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        (a) Name of Issuer<br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) Issuer's I.R.S.
        Identification Number<br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) Issuer's S.E.C. file
        number, if any<br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) Issuer's address, including
        zip code<br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) Issuer's telephone number,
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        sold<br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) Such person's relationship to the
        issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%<br>stockholder, or member of
        immediate family of any of the foregoing)<br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c)
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        through whom the securities are intended to be
        sold<br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) Number of shares or other units to be
        sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face
        amount)<br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) Aggregate market value of the
        securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the
        filing of this notice<br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) Number of shares or
        other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face
        amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or
        statement published by the issuer<br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(f)
        Approximate date on which the securities are to be
        sold<br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(g) Name of each securities exchange, if
        any, on which the securities are intended to be sold<br><br></font></td>
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        respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
        <br>required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB
        control number.</font></font></td>
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        securities to be sold<br>and with respect to the payment of all or any
        part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor.</font>
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        the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to
        be sold which has not been publicly disclosed. If such person has adopted
        a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule
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  UNITED
        STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C.
        20549
  FORM
        144
  NOTICE OF PROPOSED
        SALE OF SECURITIES
  PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
        1933
  ATTENTION:
  Transmit
        for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order
        with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market
        maker.
  OMB APPROVAL
  OMB
        Number: 3235-0101
  Expires: March 31, 2011
  Estimated average burden
        hours per
        response. . . . . . . . . 
        2.00
  SEC USE
        ONLY
  DOCUMENT
        SEQUENCE NO.
  CUSIP
        NUMBER
  1
  (a)
  NAME
        OF ISSUER
  (Please type
        or print)
  Acme United
        Corporation
  (b)
  IRS
        IDENT. NO.
  06-0236700
  (c)
  S.E.C.
        FILE NO.
  01-07698
  WORK LOCATION
  1
  (d)
  ADDRESS OF ISSUER     STREET
  60 Round Hill
      Road
  CITY                 STATE
  Fairfield 
                CT
  ZIP CODE
  06824
  (e)
  TELEPHONE
  AREA
        CODE     NUMBER
  (203)    254-6060
  2
  (a)
  NAME
        OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
  Brian Olschan
  (b)
  RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
  President and Chief Operations
        Officer
  (c)
  ADDRESS    STREET   
        CITY    STATE    ZIP CODE
  60 Round Hill Road, Fairfield,
        CT  06824
  INSTRUCTION:
  The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S.
  Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
  3
  (a)
  Title of the
        Class of Securities To Be Sold
  (b)
  Name and
        Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be Offered or
        Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities
  SEC
        USE ONLY
  Broker-Dealer File Number
  (c)
  Number of
        Shares or Other Units To Be Sold
  (See Instr. 3(c))
  (d)
  Aggregate
        Market Value
  (See Instr.
        3(d))
  (e)
  Number of
        Shares or Other Units Outstanding
  (See Instr. 3(e))
  (f)
  Approximate
        Date of Sale
  (See
        Instr. 3(f))
  (MO.  DAY  YR.)
  (g)
  Name of Each
        Securities Exchange
  (See
        Instr. 3 g))
  Common Stock
  PNC
        Bank
  11 West Market Street
  Wilkes Barre, PA   18768
  25,000
  255,500
  3,174,109
  07/26/2010
  NYSE
  AMEX
  INSTRUCTIONS
  :
  1.
        (a) Name of Issuer
  (b) Issuer's I.R.S.
        Identification Number
  (c) Issuer's S.E.C. file
        number, if any
  (d) Issuer's address, including
        zip code
  (e) Issuer's telephone number,
        including area code
  2.
        (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be
        sold
  (b) Such person's relationship to the
        issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
  stockholder, or member of
        immediate family of any of the foregoing)
  (c)
        Such person's address, including zip code
  3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be
        sold
  (b) Name and address of each broker
        through whom the securities are intended to be
        sold
  (c) Number of shares or other units to be
        sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face
        amount)
  (d) Aggregate market value of the
        securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the
        filing of this notice
  (e) Number of shares or
        other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face
        amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or
        statement published by the issuer
  (f)
        Approximate date on which the securities are to be
        sold
  (g) Name of each securities exchange, if
        any, on which the securities are intended to be sold
  Potential persons who are to
        respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
  required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB
        control number.
  SEC 1147
        (08-07)
  TABLE
        I — SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  Furnish
        the following information with respect to the acquisition of the
        securities to be sold
  and with respect to the payment of all or any
        part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor.
  Title of the
        Class
  Date you
        Acquired
  Nature of
        Acquisition Transaction
  Name
        of Person from Whom Acquired
  (if gift, also give date donor
        acquired)
  Amount of
        Securities Acquired
  Date of
        Payment
  Nature of
        Payment
  Common
        Stock
  July
      2005
  Option
        Exercise
  Acme United
        Corporation
  25,000
  July
      2005
  Cash
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not
        made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note
        thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration
        consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in
        installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other
        obligation was discharged in full or the last installment
    paid.
  TABLE
        II — SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
  Furnish
        the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during
        the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be
        sold.
  Name and Address
        of Seller
  Title of
        Securities Sold
  Date of
        Sale
  Amount
        of
  Securities Sold
  Gross
        Proceeds
  REMARKS:
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  See
        the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to
        be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to
        be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In
        addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose
        sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with
        sales for the account of the person filing this notice.
  ATTENTION:
  The person for whose account the securities to which
        this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this
        notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to
        the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to
        be sold which has not been publicly disclosed. If such person has adopted
        a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule
        10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date
        that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such
        representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date.
  July 23, 2010
  Brian S.
        Olschan
  DATE OF NOTICE
  (SIGNATURE)
  DATE
        OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION, IF RELYING ON RULE
        10B5-1
  The
        notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are
        to be sold. At least one
  copy
        of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies not manually signed
        shall bear typed or printed
  signatures.
  ATTENTION: Intentional
        misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations
        (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)
  SEC 1147 (02-08)