WW I & II Era 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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WW I & II Era Camillus Knives

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I like these 4-blade bone handle utility knives.

What do you have?
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They are very fine old knives. I used to have a few but have sold them as i'm down sizing my collection.
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Miller Bro's wrote: Sat Nov 06, 2021 12:24 am I like these 4-blade bone handle utility knives.

What do you have?
Those are some nice looking old Bones . Looks like you have most of the Different shields ,some of those are rather hard to find now .
Here’s a few that have readily available tonight . Like the Bone and Construction from that Period . The Army Air Corps are some of my favorite along with the Easy Open with long pull on the main .
Great topic ,let’s see what some of the other folks show up with .
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I have these two, hard to believe they're relatively the same age. One is all steel, one has brass liners and spacer.
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1967redrider wrote: Sat Nov 06, 2021 1:18 am I have these two, hard to believe they're relatively the same age. One is all steel, one has brass liners and spacer.
They’re both nice looking old bones . ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thank you, Sir. ::handshake::

A mighty fine display of knives you have as well. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Nice knives shown so far guys!!
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Here are a couple old rope knives.
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Those old bones are wonderful ::nod::
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A bone handled TL-29 and a4 line 33.
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gsmith7158 wrote: Sat Nov 06, 2021 5:32 pm A bone handled TL-29 and a4 line 33.
Nice bones ::tu:: ::tu::
The Bone handled TL -29 s don’t come along often . The one that posted above is the only bone one that I’ve been able to acquire and that’s missing a bail but in decent shape.
And the EO . That’s a excellent pattern and a very nice 4 line you have there .
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Those knives take me back to my daddy's time in the Navy (beginning about 1934). Those truly were the days of "wooden decks and iron men".
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Can’t add to what’s been said. Nice knives everyone!👍
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I just acquired this WWI Red Cross spoon knife. It’s dirty and there is heavy tarnish on the spoon. I’ll give it a light cleaning then it goes in the collection.
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#goldpan wrote: Wed Jul 06, 2022 1:35 am I just acquired this WWI Red Cross spoon knife. It’s dirty and there is heavy tarnish on the spoon. I’ll give it a light cleaning then it goes in the collection.
Randy, very nice acquisition! Nice piece of history . The blade on those things are beefy.
Stay cool out there ::handshake::
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#goldpan wrote: Wed Jul 06, 2022 1:35 am I.....
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Thanks JP thanks Skip!
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Great addition, Randy! ::tu:: I'd say it's held up very well over the years.
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Thanks Dan!
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