Show Us Your Camillus Knives!

The Camillus Cutlery Company was one of the oldest knife manufacturers in the United States with roots dating back to 1876. The company manufactured Camillus branded knives and was a prolific contractor for other knife brands up until its last days in 2007 when the company filed for bankruptcy.
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richard wrote: Sat Jun 20, 2020 5:29 am
doglegg wrote: Sat Jun 20, 2020 3:30 am ::tu:: ::tu:: ::nod:: ::nod::
richard wrote: Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:13 pm here is a knife i have had for a while, just found out its a camillus made for sears. stamped high carbon steel usa
Sweet old knife.
any idea of age ?
No sir, but with the bone handles it would have to be earlier than the 50's. Maybe someone will be along that can be more specific.
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richard wrote: Sat Jun 20, 2020 5:29 am
doglegg wrote: Sat Jun 20, 2020 3:30 am ::tu:: ::tu:: ::nod:: ::nod::
richard wrote: Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:13 pm here is a knife i have had for a while, just found out its a camillus made for sears. stamped high carbon steel usa
Sweet old knife.
any idea of age ?
According to this source http://ep.yimg.com/ty/cdn/knifeworld/kastorlist.pdf it may be 1927-1940
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This arrived today.
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A beautiful addition there, Skip. ::nod::
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Steve Warden wrote: Sat Jun 20, 2020 11:12 pm A beautiful addition there, Skip. ::nod::
Thank you Steve. ::tu::
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New_Windsor_NY wrote: Sat Jun 20, 2020 10:16 pm This arrived today.
Awesome Skip. How many of the Anniversary knives do you have now?
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I just fished this one out of the bay last night.
A model 91 Camillus Congress......
It even has my name on it!!! :lol:
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I think a good clean up and this one will be pretty nice.

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It was meant for you Mike. I like that pattern and that knife. ::nod:: ::tu::
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Meridian_Mike wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2020 12:17 pm I just fished this one out of the bay last night.
A model 91 Camillus Congress......
Good looking 91 Mike. It should clean up nicely. ::tu::
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Thanks y'all...
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...mike, is it 4 line stamped???............... ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu:: .............
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carrmillus wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2020 3:03 pm ...mike, is it 4 line stamped???............... ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu:: .............
I'm not exactly sure....
My first impression is that this is an older knife.
I see that it looks like (maybe) a long line under the "CAMILLUS" name.
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I haven't really tried to figure it out beyond that since I don't have it in hand yet.

::shrug::
1960-1976 maybe??
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Meridian_Mike wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2020 3:27 pm
carrmillus wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2020 3:03 pm ...mike, is it 4 line stamped???............... ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu:: .............
I see that it looks like (maybe) a long line under the "CAMILLUS" name.

1960-1976 maybe??
Bingo. Long line.

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These arrived this morning. A CAMILLUS 14, 2 blade pocket knife. It is in NEAR MINT condition. It came in the box pictured below. The seller thought that the CAMILLUS 14 went with this box. The box is for a CAMILLUS 165 and it has the steel sharpening rod. It doesn't have the sharpening instructions on the bottom panel. But what it does have, and it wasn't pictured by the seller, is "SEASONS GREETINGS" on each side panel. It also has "To" and "From" on the bottom panel. I took some pictures and here they are.
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That right there is a couple of real beauties Skip!!

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Meridian_Mike wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2020 5:42 pm That right there is a couple of real beauties Skip!!

::tu::
Thank you Mike. ::tu:: Now to get a 165 for the box. It shouldn't be too difficult.
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I just bought this "knife" for best offer. It's a CAMILLUS, single blade, two tools, "Sunshine Biscuits" (shield) pocket knife. Besides the blade, the tools are supposed to be a cap lifter/bottle opener and a can opener. It looks like it's a 3 or 4 line tang stamp. I don't know what I'm going to do with it. But when it arrives, it'll get a helluva cleaning. Per the seller, the tools are rusted shut. Here it is, not my pictures.
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Celluloid killed him :( .
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i like it. i would re handle it, after i got all the rust off. and freed the stuck blades.
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Vit_213 wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 1:05 am Celluloid killed him :( .
Yes Vit_213 and it looks like it was a slow, painful death.
richard wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 2:16 am i like it. i would re handle it, after i got all the rust off. and freed the stuck blades.
Thank you Richard. A re-handle job is in this knife's future. Along with rust removal and freeing up the tools.::tu::
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Picked up this 68 Stockman with a punch, I think it dates from the 60's to early 70's, wonder when Camillus stopped using the spiral punch if ever.
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......now, there's one I do not have!!!................ ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu:: .....................
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carrmillus wrote: Sun Jun 28, 2020 8:47 pm ......now, there's one I do not have!!!................ ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu:: .....................
Thanks, I looked for other examples and they do not appear to be all that common. I did find one or two earlier examples with bone handles.
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New_Windsor_NY wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 12:20 am I just bought this "knife" for best offer. It's a CAMILLUS, single blade, two tools, "Sunshine Biscuits" (shield) pocket knife. Besides the blade, the tools are supposed to be a cap lifter/bottle opener and a can opener. It looks like it's a 3 or 4 line tang stamp. I don't know what I'm going to do with it. But when it arrives, it'll get a helluva cleaning.
Now THAT right there is gonna be a NICE one when it is all cleaned up and a new set of covers installed.
Good catch Skip!

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JohnR wrote: Sun Jun 28, 2020 3:36 pm Picked up this 68 Stockman with a punch, I think it dates from the 60's to early 70's, wonder when Camillus stopped using the spiral punch if ever.
I like those spiral punches... I have no idea when they stopped making them. I sure do hate it that they stopped!

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