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Sale of Property (Details Narrative) (USD $)
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2008
Dec. 31, 2012
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Dec. 31, 2011
Notes to Financial Statements      
Description of property sale

In December 2008, the Company sold property it owned in Bridgeport, Connecticut to B&E Juices, Inc. for $2.5 million.  The property consists of approximately four acres of land and 48,000 sq. feet of warehouse space.  The property was the site of the original Acme United scissor factory which opened in 1887 and was closed in 1996.

   
Proceeds from sale of property $ 2,500,000    
Mortgage receivable from sale of property 2,000,000    
Interest rate on mortgage receivable   6.00%  
Undiscounted environmental remediation liability 1,800,000    
Payments for remediation   (115,000)  
Accrual for environmental remediation and monitoring   123,587 239,016
Accrual for environmental remediation and monitoring, current   $ 65,000  
Minimum environmental remediation monitoring period (in years)   2