
Show Us Your Camillus Knives!
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Way to go, John! 

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You did good.




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Just picked this up, off the bay. The tang stamp puts it before 1948. Although there is pitting of the pinned shield...the steel bolsters and blades don't really exhibit much in the way of actual pitting. The walk and talk is great and the blades were in good shape. The stack side bone is beautiful and intact. The front side had the chunk missing. Threw some acraglas on it. Didn't clean it up...kinda like the character.For $8.79, included shipping...this is a decent knife.
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..looking at those photos makes me wonder what mine would look like today-bought in 1945, dropped over the side of my boat in 1965,buried in the mud for 55 years now. when they drained the lake in 1980, I spent 2 Saturdays trying to find it, but no luck....I would trade any knife I own for it...my first Camillus!!!........
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Now, that's what it's supposed to look like!!!




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I've been searching for a reasonably priced military issued Camillus multi-tool/camp folding knife with my birth year and recently I found one. In very decent condition, good stamping and no broken springs.
Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!
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This knife arrived today. It's a CAMILLUS 177, 2 blade, main blade etched, stockman pocket knife. It came with the original box and steel sharpening rod. It needed no cleaning at all. It now joins the 165 and the 179 already in my collection.
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Man, some great knives on this page. Older and newer. Thanks for sharing. JohnR, Vit, Redrider, Doc, Skip, I may have missed someone, but wonderful knives. Thanks 

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Guess what showed up in my mailbox today? Well, not the Queen/Moore Maker. Dura-Tool Journeyman #327. I bought it to put away for my collection. There are already 2 #27s and a 1770 (stainless steel) kicking around in my user pile. Camillus produced a ton of the latter two, but not as many of these. But, it is quite slim. What I noticed the most was the screwdriver lock--it is steel, not brass.
You know, I don't get it. Kutmaster cannot produce a lock worth a crap on their knives; and even now $14.95 is still less than $22. Every Camillus electrician I own, from World War II to when they called it quits, all have screwdrivers that lock up like a bank vault. Every Kutmaster--"locks". I can close the knife a fifth of the way with it engaged.
Dumb question, but while on the topic of Moore Maker, is this one that Camillus made? This appears to be the Camillus Copperhead Double Lockback pattern. If so, it is cheaper than what people want on eBay for them, and Moore Maker has them in stock. Or, have they, perhaps, bought the tooling after Camillus went under?
This looks like 707Y, but in Moore Maker trim, and with carbon steel blades.
#3209DLB - DOUBLE LOCK TRAPPER - 3-3/4"
You know, I don't get it. Kutmaster cannot produce a lock worth a crap on their knives; and even now $14.95 is still less than $22. Every Camillus electrician I own, from World War II to when they called it quits, all have screwdrivers that lock up like a bank vault. Every Kutmaster--"locks". I can close the knife a fifth of the way with it engaged.
Dumb question, but while on the topic of Moore Maker, is this one that Camillus made? This appears to be the Camillus Copperhead Double Lockback pattern. If so, it is cheaper than what people want on eBay for them, and Moore Maker has them in stock. Or, have they, perhaps, bought the tooling after Camillus went under?
This looks like 707Y, but in Moore Maker trim, and with carbon steel blades.
#3209DLB - DOUBLE LOCK TRAPPER - 3-3/4"
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Thank you Floyd.

Kid: "Wish we had time to bury them fellas."
Josey Wales: "To hell with them fellas. Buzzards got to eat, same as worms."
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Thanks, dog.

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I don't know how I missed this post. Well done!

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I just bought this knife for best offer. It's a CAMILLUS, 3 blade, main blade etched, stockman, "YELLO-JAKET" pocket knife. It has the bee shield. It looks good and I'll check it out when I get it. I will take some pictures and post them in the appropriate location(s).
Kid: "Wish we had time to bury them fellas."
Josey Wales: "To hell with them fellas. Buzzards got to eat, same as worms."
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Josey Wales: "To hell with them fellas. Buzzards got to eat, same as worms."
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Nice!New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 2:58 pm CAMILLUS, 3 blade, main blade etched, stockman, "YELLO-JAKET" pocket knife. It has the bee shield.

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..........I used to have one of these, and if my memory is correct, I gifted it to someone, but I don't remember who ????...............
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Thank you Vit_213.Vit_213 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 5:18 pmNice!New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 2:58 pm CAMILLUS, 3 blade, main blade etched, stockman, "YELLO-JAKET" pocket knife. It has the bee shield.![]()

Kid: "Wish we had time to bury them fellas."
Josey Wales: "To hell with them fellas. Buzzards got to eat, same as worms."
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Well Tommy, I can tell you who you didn't gift it to, that would be me.carrmillus wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 5:26 pm ..........I used to have one of these, and if my memory is correct, I gifted it to someone, but I don't remember who ????.............................

Kid: "Wish we had time to bury them fellas."
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New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 2:58 pm I just bought this knife for best offer. It's a CAMILLUS, 3 blade, main blade etched, stockman, "YELLO-JAKET" pocket knife. It has the bee shield. It looks good and I'll check it out when I get it. I will take some pictures and post them in the appropriate location(s).



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Thank you Smitty.

Kid: "Wish we had time to bury them fellas."
Josey Wales: "To hell with them fellas. Buzzards got to eat, same as worms."
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Cool knife, Skip, that shield is an attention grabber. 

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You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
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Here's one I cleaned up today. It wasn't in bad shape, but you can still see some
pitting and small scratches on the main blade.
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pitting and small scratches on the main blade.
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Thank you.1967redrider wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 1:53 am Cool knife, Skip, that shield is an attention grabber.![]()

Kid: "Wish we had time to bury them fellas."
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For me this is a very different knife, but I really like it.
A Muskrat "Yello-Jaket" Blades AUS8, carbon fiber scale insert.
There is no tang stamp, but Camillus is etched across the spine.
A Muskrat "Yello-Jaket" Blades AUS8, carbon fiber scale insert.
There is no tang stamp, but Camillus is etched across the spine.
David L Roberts
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