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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20349

                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                                 (Rule 13d-101)

    INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1 (a)
             AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(a)

                               (Amendment No. 9)*

                                ACME UNITED CORP.
                                (Name of Issuer)

      COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 per share (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    004816104
                                 (CUSIP Number)

                                  R. Scott Asen
                                 c/o Asen & Co.
                              224 East 49th Street
                            New York, New York 10017

                                  212-758-2323
        (Name, Address, Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive
                           Notices and Communications)

                                  June 14, 2001
             (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box
[ ].

NOTE: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five
copies of the Schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7(b) for other
parties to whom copies are to be sent.

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).

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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP NO.    004816104                                              Page 2 of 4

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1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

     R. Scott Asen
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2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*                  (A) [ ]
     Not Applicable                                                     (B) [X]
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3    SEC USE ONLY

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4    SOURCE OF FUNDS*
     PF
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5    CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED                [ ]
     PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(D) OR 2(E)
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6    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OR ORGANIZATION
     United States of America
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                 7   SOLE VOTING POWER

  NUMBER OF          617,690 shares of Common Stock
   SHARES        ---------------------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY     8   SHARED VOTING POWER
  OWNED BY
                     None
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                 9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                     617,690 shares of Common Stock
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                 10  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                     None
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11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

     617,690  shares of Common Stock
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12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*  [ ]

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13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

     17.6%
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14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

     IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!



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         This Amendment No. 9 amends and supplements the Statement on Schedule
13D (the "Original Statement") filed by R. Scott Asen (the "Reporting Person")
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March
17, 2000, as amended on March 24, 2000, April 13, 2000, April 27, 2000, May 9,
2000, June 6, 2000, June 19, 2000, September 15, 2000 and February 7, 2001.
Except as set forth below, there are no changes to the information set forth in
the Original Statement. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Original Statement.

ITEM 3.  SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

Item 3 is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

The aggregate amount of funds required to purchase the 617,690 shares of Common
Stock owned by the Reporting Person was $1,431,123. The Reporting Person
received 26,590 of such shares through a partnership distribution made by AB
Associates. The source of funds used by the Reporting Person to make the
purchase of shares of Common Stock was personal funds.

ITEM 5.  INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER

Item 5 is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

     (a) The Reporting Person directly owns 617,690 shares of the Common Stock,
     which shares represent approximately 17.6% of the issued and outstanding
     shares of Common Stock (based on the total number of issued and outstanding
     shares of Common Stock being 3,508,305) (the "Total Outstanding Shares"),
     based on disclosures made by the Issuer in its Quarterly Report on Form
     10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2001 filed with the Securities and
     Exchange Commission on May 14, 2001.

     (b) No transactions in the Common Stock of the Issuer were effected by the
     Reporting Person, directly or indirectly, during the past sixty days,
     except for the following transactions:

          (i) The Reporting Person purchased/received shares of Common Stock
during the past sixty days in the amounts and at the prices set forth below:


             Number of Shares        Price per Share          Date Purchased
             ----------------        ---------------          --------------
                  8,200                 2.80000              April 20, 2001
                    300                 2.80000                 May 3, 2001
                    100                 2.80000                 May 8, 2001
                  3,500                 3.30000               June 12, 2001
                  6,500                 3.30080               June 14, 2001


     (c) Other than as disclosed herein, no other person has the right to
     receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the
     proceeds from the sale of, the shares of Common Stock acquired by the
     Reporting Person.

     (d)  Not applicable.


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SIGNATURE


After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in the statement is true, complete and correct.


Dated:  June 18, 2001



                                        /s/ R. Scott Asen
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                                        R. Scott Asen