Let's See Your Camco 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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Here's another, not as nice but still kinda cool.

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I recently received two beautiful Camco knives ::ds::
Camco Charm Knife & Camco Lone Ranger Red Knife
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This is my most small knife by Camillus ::tu::
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I picked my Grandson up a Camco 7-11 fishing knife today.I remember these as a kid. :)
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oh well I liked it ::uc::
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garddogg56 wrote:oh well I liked it ::uc::
......I've had one of the Camillus #31 staglon versions in my taclebox for about 40 years!!..great knife!!!....one of my favorite Camillus patterns!!!......... ::tu:: .............
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I just scrolled through this thread and notice I hadn't posted my Camco Mumbly Peg. Randy, the one you posted back in 2012 was my inspiration for finding one of these and bringing it home. Except for a spot here and there, the knife is in factory condition and I like it a lot.

Seller's pictures. They were so much better than what I take, I decided to use them for my records.
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The onlyest one I have:
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Camco Barlow #551
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I love those two blade jacks T.J. That's a good one to have.

And WOW Vit. That barlow looks like it's in factory condition. Nice one.
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Camco Lone Ranger
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Forgot about this thread. I guess I should add this bomb from ~Q~ (thanks ~Q~).
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Here is a Camco Lone Ranger knife that had the tin the knife came in, the sleeve around the tin, and all the goodies that came with the knife.

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.....neat, dale!!!.........how come they couldn't have made a JOHN WAYNE version???........... ::facepalm:: ...............
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Camco Dick Tracy knife #650
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Unfortunately, this knife has a bad state, but I could not help it when I saw it on Ebay.
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Space Knife #665A
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Got this Camco 450 as part of an online auction lot that included a Stag Ireland Camper, a Sheffield multi-tool and an unnamed folder knife. It was the worst of the lot in terms of condition - all blades were stuck shut, and it took a number of shots of WD-40 to start to release them. Even now, the slotted bottle opener takes a lot of effort to open (sometimes I need pliers!), so more work to be done. But, it is in much better shape now!
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PocketLance wrote:Got this Camco 450 as part of an online auction lot that included a Stag Ireland Camper, a Sheffield multi-tool and an unnamed folder knife. It was the worst of the lot in terms of condition - all blades were stuck shut, and it took a number of shots of WD-40 to start to release them. Even now, the slotted bottle opener takes a lot of effort to open (sometimes I need pliers!), so more work to be done. But, it is in much better shape now!

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Good score! ::tu::
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Camco Barlows. I been after one of these red covered ones for some time.
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DM11 wrote:Camco Barlows. I been after one of these red covered ones for some time.
Have you identified the handle material on all?
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Edgewise wrote:
DM11 wrote:Camco Barlows. I been after one of these red covered ones for some time.
Have you identified the handle material on all?
No sir, I have not. The red one and the black one on the other end appear to be the same and different than the middle three. I suspicion red and black one might be celluloid? But I dont know for sure.
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orvet wrote:Speaking of Camco…… and Bakelite……. (back up this page a few posts)…..

I will have to revise what I said about the Bakelite probably not being on Camco knives. ::facepalm::
It seems I have a CamcoTL-29 with Bakelite handles. It tested positive for Bakelite on 3 out of 3 tests (surface magnification, rubbing & Simichrome), so I think it is Bakelite.

I don’t know the date it was made, but I would think the 1950 or the 1960 at the latest. ::shrug::

Does anyone have any ideas?


But as regards Paul's Barlow; he thought might be Bakelite….. Has anyone ever seen a Bakelite product that didn’t have a smooth surface? I have never seen Bakelite sawcut like those handles. I am inclined to think the Barlow is not Bakelite due to the finish on it, but by evidence of the TL-29, they did make some knives with the Bakelite handles.
jwissandsons.com has an old Boker Tree Brand catalog with the Barlow jacks (sheepfoot and pen blades) advertised as a "utility jack" with saw cut delrin handles. They also listed barlows with what looks like smooth handles like DM11's barlows and they call it ebonite. Wikipedia says it's vulcanized rubber, formerly called vulcanite and was used for bowling balls, hockey pucks, pipe mouth pieces, among other things. So both delrin and ebonite were used in the same catalog. I couldn't find a date in the whole catalog so I don't know how old it is but I just thought the Camcos may have used the same materials of the period.
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Interesting info edgewise. Thank you. ::tu::
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8) Camco QS!
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David, I like this Camco Barlow but when I got it I didn't care for all the carbon spotting on the blades. So I forced the patina and much prefer the look of it today.
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