Bob Cargill is the man behind the Cripple Creek Knife Brand. He started out making one of a kind custom knives and eventually started making special order runs by hand under the Cripple Creek name in 1981. He specialized in high quality hand made limited runs for clubs and organizations. The brand was later sold to Blackjack Knives of Effingham, IL who commissioned Queen Cutlery to produce them in larger quantities.
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by bkazz5 » Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:39 pm
Here's one I feel fortunate to get ahold of. It's a 1982 sunfish. Based on what I have been able to find there were not many Cripple Creeks made in this pattern.
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by knifetime » Tue Jul 30, 2013 8:00 pm
Wow super nice. You was very lucky to grab that one up.
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by big monk » Tue Jul 30, 2013 8:15 pm
AWESOME FIND !!!!!!!
According to Bernard Levine, Bob Cargill only made two(2) of these knives !!!!!!! Which makes it an even more desireable find for sure !!!! Congrats again, on your awesome find !!!!!!__________Monk
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by Iron Hoarder » Tue Jul 30, 2013 10:12 pm
Nice knife!! I really like that ruler too.

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by reddirtknives » Tue Jul 30, 2013 10:42 pm
Wowzers

Nice and EXTEMELY rare
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by FRJ » Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:29 pm
What an amazing knife. And rare. Not to criticize it, it's just an observation, but it looks like a caricature of the Sunfish pattern.
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by bkazz5 » Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:44 pm
FRJ - I agree with you. It is not your standard equal end sunfish and to boot it swells in the center. I like that it is unique.
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by Iron Hoarder » Wed Jul 31, 2013 8:42 pm
Thanks for the ruler pictures. I love tools with advertising on them for other tools and collect them whenever I can. The number of digits relevant to the year depends upon what state/part of the state you lived in. My dad had a two digit phone number in 1970 and had to share the line with his neighbor That was when Arizona didn't have many people in it and his was the last house on the edge of town.
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by carrmillus » Tue Mar 24, 2015 10:32 am
......just found this post......wow!!!.....what a knife!!!.......I thought my Camillus sunfish was a big knife!!!.................

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by bkazz5 » Tue Mar 24, 2015 1:43 pm
Thanks. I still have it. It is a very nice, well made knife. There is a pearl one floating around out there somewhere. I understand it is a one of one. Here is a pic (not my pic) of a collection that was broken up and sold. I was fortunate to get the bone sunfish after it passed through a couple other hands. I would love to bring it's pearl twin back together with mine. Needle in a haystack!
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by carrmillus » Sat Apr 20, 2019 6:07 pm
bkazz5 wrote:Here's one I feel fortunate to get ahold of. It's a 1982 sunfish. Based on what I have been able to find there were not many Cripple Creeks made in this pattern.
....I can't quit looking at this one!!!.....awesome!!!!..........

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by bkazz5 » Mon Apr 22, 2019 1:48 pm
Thanks. I still have it. It would be a hard one for me to let go. HEre's a pic of it next to a GEC whaler for comparison. The Creek is not as long as a whaler but certainly wider and a heavier built knife.
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by Quick Steel » Mon Apr 22, 2019 5:47 pm
Supremely unique!

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