All About Pocket Knives

Papa Bones wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 11:54 pm Both.....

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 2:08 pm Yesterday, this pocket knife became the latest addition to my "general" CAMILLUS collection. It's a CAMILLUS 33, 2 blade, easy open, short line pocket knife. It didn't require any cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 4:21 pm This is the latest addition to my CAMILLUS collection. It's a CAMILLUS 80 (my 2nd "80"), 3 blade, swelled center, milled liners, 3 5/8" closed, "whittler" pocket knife. It has a small crack in the handle, at the top pin. I am not concerned. It received a very minor cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.
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phil0175 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 2:08 am Outstanding.....

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 3:35 am I.....

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 4:04 am That.....

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 2:08 pm Yesterday, this pocket knife became the latest addition to my "general" CAMILLUS collection. It's a CAMILLUS 33, 2 blade, easy open, short line pocket knife. It didn't require any cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 3:35 am I was doing some cleaning on some of my older pocket knives and I pulled this one out and I found something curious. The tang stamps shown here on the two smaller blade are the Camillus’ three line arch stamps. The main blade looks like a Camillus’ three line straight stamp. The Camillus’ three line straight stamp (according to AAAPK) this stamp to have been used on knives manufactured from 1916 to the early 1930s. The Camillus’ three line arch stamp was used on Camillus knives in the early 1900s …estimate: circa 1902 to 1915. So, it looks like two times frames on this knife, maybe made with a new and older blades at the factory? Any Ideas? Also any ideas of a what this was called? Would it be considered a Stockman?

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 3:35 am I was doing some cleaning on some of my older pocket knives and I pulled this one out and I found something curious. The tang stamps shown here on the two smaller blade are the Camillus’ three line arch stamps. The main blade looks like a Camillus’ three line straight stamp. The Camillus’ three line straight stamp (according to AAAPK) this stamp to have been used on knives manufactured from 1916 to the early 1930s. The Camillus’ three line arch stamp was used on Camillus knives in the early 1900s …estimate: circa 1902 to 1915. So, it looks like two times frames on this knife, maybe made with a new and older blades at the factory? Any Ideas? Also any ideas of a what this was called? Would it be considered a Stockman?

doglegg wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 3:01 pm

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 3:35 am I was doing some cleaning on some of my older pocket knives and I pulled this one out and I found something curious. The tang stamps shown here on the two smaller blade are the Camillus’ three line arch stamps. The main blade looks like a Camillus’ three line straight stamp. The Camillus’ three line straight stamp (according to AAAPK) this stamp to have been used on knives manufactured from 1916 to the early 1930s. The Camillus’ three line arch stamp was used on Camillus knives in the early 1900s …estimate: circa 1902 to 1915. So, it looks like two times frames on this knife, maybe made with a new and older blades at the factory? Any Ideas? Also any ideas of a what this was called? Would it be considered a Stockman?

GSPTOPDOG you picked up a sweet old whittler there. The different tang stamps makes it interesting. And love the old bones. Congratulations on that one and wonderful condition as well.

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 2:08 pm Yesterday, this pocket knife became the latest addition to my "general" CAMILLUS collection. It's a CAMILLUS 33, 2 blade, easy open, short line pocket knife. It didn't require any cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.

Ripster wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:50 pm

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 3:35 am I was doing some cleaning on some of my older pocket knives and I pulled this one out and I found something curious. The tang stamps shown here on the two smaller blade are the Camillus’ three line arch stamps. The main blade looks like a Camillus’ three line straight stamp. The Camillus’ three line straight stamp (according to AAAPK) this stamp to have been used on knives manufactured from 1916 to the early 1930s. The Camillus’ three line arch stamp was used on Camillus knives in the early 1900s …estimate: circa 1902 to 1915. So, it looks like two times frames on this knife, maybe made with a new and older blades at the factory? Any Ideas? Also any ideas of a what this was called? Would it be considered a Stockman?

Nice piece
Camillus had different stamps for there smaller blades,from what I’ve only heard from good sources. And they where known for mixing things up, not wasting anything ,etc. etc. It’s possible they had too use the arch stamp to fit on the smaller blades and used the old 3 line on the main. Am curious now myself ,will do some more research and get back here with it ,if any info to share .
And as Dale reminds us once in a while, you can’t hang your hat on Camillus stamps, they mixed things up a bit, especially during transitions .
Very interesting piece ,Thanks for sharing

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 3:35 am I was doing some cleaning on some of my older pocket knives and I pulled this one out and I found something curious. The tang stamps shown here on the two smaller blade are the Camillus’ three line arch stamps. The main blade looks like a Camillus’ three line straight stamp. The Camillus’ three line straight stamp (according to AAAPK) this stamp to have been used on knives manufactured from 1916 to the early 1930s. The Camillus’ three line arch stamp was used on Camillus knives in the early 1900s …estimate: circa 1902 to 1915. So, it looks like two times frames on this knife, maybe made with a new and older blades at the factory? Any Ideas? Also any ideas of a what this was called? Would it be considered a Stockman?

Ripster wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:38 pm Another.....

TPK wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 5:31 am I.....

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 3:28 am Today.....

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 3:28 am Today a Camillus Camp Knife

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 5:55 am Thanks, the consensus seems to be that is a Whittler, so sounds good to me . I think I'll take it out of any "EDC-Hard-Use-Duty" line up for the time being as I am pretty hard on my "working" knives ...a little oil and back in the case... for now.

TPK wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 7:39 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 5:55 am Thanks, the consensus seems to be that is a Whittler, so sounds good to me . I think I'll take it out of any "EDC-Hard-Use-Duty" line up for the time being as I am pretty hard on my "working" knives ...a little oil and back in the case... for now.

Sounds like a real good plan TOPDOG! That's one ya can't replace every day of the month.

Nice looking camp knife by the way!

msteele6 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 25, 2021 2:36 am Beautiful old Camillus knives being shown! Here is my collection:

msteele6 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 25, 2021 2:36 am Beautiful old Camillus knives being shown! Here is my collection: