All About Pocket Knives

Beautiful from one end to the other.

I just purchased this knife for best offer. It's a Camillus 165, 3 blade, stockman pocket knife. It comes with the original sharpening steel, in the original box. It will go good with my Camillus 179, 3 blade, stockman pocket knife in the original box, also with the sharpening steel. The 165 box has sharpening instructions on the bottom, the 179 has no instructions. Going by the two pictures, I can't really tell what the actual condition of the knife is. From what I can see, it looks like it's in pretty nice shape. When it arrives, it will be thoroughly inspected. It will receive whatever attention it needs, if any. I will take pictures and post them in the appropriate location(s).

Nice one, Skip.

Steve Warden wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2020 8:59 pm Nice one, Skip.

Thank you Steve, I hope so.

I'm looking at a lot of threads today that I don't think I've ever posted on.
So in other words I have a lot of time on my hands today.
Here are a couple of Camillus knives I've had for a while and I think both
of them are in excellent condition and I've done nothing, but wipe them
clean with a soft cloth.
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This morning, this knife got added to my collection. A CAMILLUS 165, 3 blade, stockman pocket knife. It is in the original box and has the sharpening steel rod. It is in near mint condition. It required no cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.

That's a pretty one, Skip.
What's the size of that compared to the 179?

A very nice, clean, acquisition.

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carrmillus wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 8:05 pm ............ ...............

Thank you Tommy.

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 6:40 pm A very nice, clean, acquisition.

Thank you Garry.

Steve Warden wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 6:33 pm That's a pretty one, Skip.
What's the size of that compared to the 179?

Thank you Steve.
The 165, on the left in the picture, is 3 3/8" closed.
The 179, on the right in the picture, is 3 7/8" closed.

Thanks Skip.
Sweet pair!

Steve Warden wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 10:37 pm Thanks Skip.
Sweet pair!

Thank you Steve.

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 10:31 pm The 165, on the left in the picture, is 3 3/8" closed.
The 179, on the right in the picture, is 3 7/8" closed.

Nice knives!
For a complete set you need the #177 knife.

By the way, do you know that #179 knife has two variations?

Vit_213 wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 10:00 amBy the way, do you know that #179 knife has two variations?

took me a minute Vitaly but after close scrutiny I see that one has a bolster line and the other does not. I always wonder in these cases if the bolster line was added later in the run after it had started without the bolster line or started in the run and later removed curious minds want to know

Vit_213 wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 10:00 am

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 10:31 pm The 165, on the left in the picture, is 3 3/8" closed.
The 179, on the right in the picture, is 3 7/8" closed.

Nice knives!
For a complete set you need the #177 knife.

By the way, do you know that #179 knife has two variations?

Maybe more?
I noticed the difference in the shield and the bolsters.
Mine doesn't have the embellished shield (like your top one) or the embellished bolsters (like your bottom one).

2 Steve Warden
Both knives shown by me have embellished bolsters, just the top one does not have a very good lighting angle .
In all catalogs, #179 has embellished bolsters and shields. This model was discontinued in 1987-88 and around this time, Camillus canceled the embellished bolsters on #67 knife. I think that my bottom knife was one of the last (by the way, it was supplied in a standard non-gift box), and your knife was the very last (#67 with main blade of #179).

2 bestgear
Hope you saw the answer to your question too .

Vit_213 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 10:12 pm 2 Steve Warden
Both knives shown by me have embellished bolsters, just the top one does not have a very good lighting angle .
In all catalogs, #165 has embellished bolsters and shields. This model was discontinued in 1987-88 and around this time, Camillus canceled the embellished bolsters on #67 knife. I think that my bottom knife was one of the last (by the way, it was supplied in a standard non-gift box), and your knife was the very last (#67 with main blade of #165).

2 bestgear
Hope you saw the answer to your question too .

Gotcha, Vit.
Thanks for the reply

Sorry! Instead of #165, you need to read #179 !!!
Here is #165 And all three knives of this series in gift boxes

Vit_213 wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 10:00 am

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 10:31 pm The 165, on the left in the picture, is 3 3/8" closed.
The 179, on the right in the picture, is 3 7/8" closed.

Nice knives!
For a complete set you need the #177 knife.

By the way, do you know that #179 knife has two variations?

Thank you Vit_213. Yes, I know about the 177 and the variations of the 179. As always, you continue to post BEAUTIFUL examples of every Camillus pocket knife that is discussed.

Last night I purchased this knife for best offer. It is a CAMILLUS 177, in the original box, with steel sharpening rod. It looks like it's in VERY good condition. I'll check it over when I get it. Pictures will be taken and posted in the appropriate location(s).
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I added a close-up of the price tag. It is not attached to anything. It's loose in the box.

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 3:47 pm It is a CAMILLUS 177, in the original box, with steel sharpening rod.

If the price tag really belongs to this knife, then this is 1974 .

Vit_213 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 9:18 pm

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 3:47 pm It is a CAMILLUS 177, in the original box, with steel sharpening rod.

If the price tag really belongs to this knife, then this is 1974 .

Yes Vit_213, that price tag belongs to that knife/box. I added a close-up of the price tag in my previous post.
1974 was an interesting year for me.

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 9:46 pm 1974 was an interesting year for me.

For me too ... probably ... I was 4 years old

Picked up a box of 5 66 Stockman's.

JohnR wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 3:30 pm Picked up a box of 5 66 Stockman's.