Is This A True Camillus 72?

New_Windsor_NY · Post by **New_Windsor_NY** » Sat Mar 23, 2019 4:15 pm

Is this a true Camillus 72? I am NOT an expert by any means, but I know a little more than I did 4 months ago (when I joined AAPK). Sorry about the quality of the pictures. Note the blade arrangement. If you can't tell, it is a short line tang stamp. Was this made this way or was it taken apart at some point and put back together this way?

(P.S. Not my knife,yet)

gsmith7158 · Post by **gsmith7158** » Sat Mar 23, 2019 4:25 pm

It looks like a bone handle first generation 72 circa 1946-47. It has the proper blade configuration with the coping blade at one end and the pen and master at the other end. I can't tell from the pictures if both sides of the master are Sabre ground but they should be if it is authentic.

New_Windsor_NY · Post by **New_Windsor_NY** » Sat Mar 23, 2019 4:34 pm

gsmith7158 wrote:It looks like a bone handle first generation 72 circa 1946-47. It has the proper blade configuration with the coping blade at one end and the pen and master at the other end. I can't tell from the pictures if both sides of the master are Sabre ground but they should be if it is authentic.

Was it ONLY the 1st generation 72s that had the coping blade at one end and the pen blade with the main blade at the opposite end? All my 72s, NO 1st generations, have the coping blade paired up with the main blade and the pen blade, by its lonesome, on the other end.

gsmith7158 · Post by **gsmith7158** » Sat Mar 23, 2019 4:41 pm

Here's what one looks like. On later knives the blade configuration was changed to the Master and coping blade on one end and a small clip at the other end.

New_Windsor_NY · Post by **New_Windsor_NY** » Sat Mar 23, 2019 4:57 pm

Thank you for the information. If I end up getting this knife, I will post better pics.

gsmith7158 · Post by **gsmith7158** » Sat Mar 23, 2019 5:00 pm

New_Windsor_NY wrote:Thank you for the information. If I end up getting this knife, I will post better pics.

You're welcome. Good luck!

doglegg · Post by **doglegg** » Sat Mar 23, 2019 5:19 pm

Good luck on that one N W NY. That is a treasure there.

New_Windsor_NY · Post by **New_Windsor_NY** » Sat Mar 23, 2019 6:53 pm

Got it!! Along with a 14 & a 67. For less than $18, shipping included.
More pictures to be posted when I receive the knives.

carrmillus · Post by **carrmillus** » Sat Mar 23, 2019 7:04 pm

....you hit the jackpot!!!!...............

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gsmith7158 · Post by **gsmith7158** » Sat Mar 23, 2019 7:16 pm

New_Windsor_NY wrote:Got it!! Along with a 14 & a 67. For less than $18, shipping included.
More pictures to be posted when I receive the knives.

Congratulations NW

doglegg · Post by **doglegg** » Sat Mar 23, 2019 7:35 pm

I said Good Luck but that price goes far past luck. You wear a mask in real life as that is a steal. Congrats and I'm jealous.

New_Windsor_NY · Post by **New_Windsor_NY** » Fri Mar 29, 2019 2:53 am

I received this particular 72 and it is pictured in this forum,
under a new, different thread.

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