All About Pocket Knives

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2024 7:00 pm Not too recently, I obtained this pocket knife. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. It is a CAMILLUS 60, three blades (one has a file), 3 1/8" closed, two tang stamps, milled liners, fancy springs, tip bolsters, "split spring" (I Know That It's NOT A TRUE SPLIT SPRING), whittler, pattern or style of pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp (short line) says, "CAMILLUS (over) NEW YORK (over) USA" The main blade back tang stamp says, "60", the pattern number. Overall, this pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

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According to the 1946 CAMILLUS catalog, the CAMILLUS "60" is called a "DE LUXE SENATOR PEN KNIFE."
With some MINOR additional research, it appears that the "60", at some point, became the more familiar
"stockman" pattern, was called "Old Smoothie " and again at some point, evolved into the "61" I could NOT
find a "60" listed after 1978. The pattern number, NOT the pocket knife itself. There is ROOM FOR ERROR
in my findings, so.....

No room for error in saying that is an awesome, wonderful, beautiful old Camillus Skip.

doglegg wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2024 7:57 pm No.....

Thank you VERY much, Floyd.

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2024 7:00 pm Not too recently, I obtained this pocket knife. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. It is a CAMILLUS 60, three blades (one has a file), 3 1/8" closed, two tang stamps, milled liners, fancy springs, tip bolsters, "split spring" (I Know That It's NOT A TRUE SPLIT SPRING), whittler, pattern or style of pocket knife.

***** NOTE ***** NOTE ***** NOTE ***** NOTE *****
According to the 1946 CAMILLUS catalog, the CAMILLUS "60" is called a "DE LUXE SENATOR PEN KNIFE."
With some MINOR additional research, it appears that the "60", at some point, became the more familiar
"stockman" pattern, was called "Old Smoothie " and again at some point, evolved into the "61" I could NOT
find a "60" listed after 1978. The pattern number, NOT the pocket knife itself. There is ROOM FOR ERROR
in my findings, so.....

Skip, another great knife for your collection!
Thanks for the info regarding the 60 evolving into the 61
Good stuff

Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2024 4:32 am That’s a nice old whittler Skip. I don’t think I have a Camillus whittler, which is a shame. I’ll have to see if I can find a good’un.

Here’s more from my pile.

Ken

Ken , your “ pile “ is amazing! Thanks for sharing
And What ,no Camillus Whittler ! We might have to help you fix that

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2024 7:00 pm Not too recently, I obtained this pocket knife. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. It is a CAMILLUS 60, three blades (one has a file), 3 1/8" closed, two tang stamps, milled liners, fancy springs, tip bolsters, "split spring" (I Know That It's NOT A TRUE SPLIT SPRING), whittler, pattern or style of pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp (short line) says, "CAMILLUS (over) NEW YORK (over) USA" The main blade back tang stamp says, "60", the pattern number. Overall, this pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

***** NOTE ***** NOTE ***** NOTE ***** NOTE *****
According to the 1946 CAMILLUS catalog, the CAMILLUS "60" is called a "DE LUXE SENATOR PEN KNIFE."
With some MINOR additional research, it appears that the "60", at some point, became the more familiar
"stockman" pattern, was called "Old Smoothie " and again at some point, evolved into the "61" I could NOT
find a "60" listed after 1978. The pattern number, NOT the pocket knife itself. There is ROOM FOR ERROR
in my findings, so.....

Holy Cow! Those backsprings!! What a winner!

Ripster wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2024 9:05 pm Skip.....

Thank you, JP.

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2024 11:35 pm Holy.....

Thank you, Kerry.

Not too recently, I obtained this pocket knife. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. It is a CAMILLUS 60, three blades (one has a file), 3 1/8" closed, two tang stamps, milled liners, fancy springs, tip bolsters, "split spring" (I Know That It's NOT A TRUE SPLIT SPRING), whittler, pattern or style of pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp (short line) says, "CAMILLUS (over) NEW YORK (over) USA" The main blade back tang stamp says "60", the pattern number. Overall, this pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

***** NOTE ***** NOTE ***** NOTE ***** NOTE *****
According to the 1946 CAMILLUS catalog, the CAMILLUS "60" is called a "DE LUXE SENATOR PEN KNIFE."
With some MINOR additional research, it appears that the "60", at some point, became the more familiar
"stockman" pattern, was called "Old Smoothie " and again at some point, evolved into the "61" I could NOT
find a "60" listed after 1978. The pattern number, NOT the pocket knife itself. There is ROOM FOR ERROR
in my findings, so.....

Just added the cream colored arched Camillus tang stamp Whittler to the Camillus pile . Also a couple of pics of some 4 liners
Some Very nice knives have been posted in this thread !

Ripster wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2024 1:36 am Just.....

A FINE lking piece of pocket cutlery, JP.

Ripster wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2024 1:36 am Just added the cream colored arched Camillus tang stamp Whittler to the Camillus pile . Also a couple of pics of some 4 liners
Some Very nice knives have been posted in this thread !

JP, those are awesome. What a classy old group.

JP, thanks for the great examples showing what a real Camillus whittler looks like. (As opposed to those Camillus 72 pseudo-“whittlers”.) You and Skip have set the bar.

Ken

Ripster wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2024 1:36 am Just added the cream colored arched Camillus tang stamp Whittler to the Camillus pile . Also a couple of pics of some 4 liners
Some Very nice knives have been posted in this thread !

Amazing group, JP! Thanks for showing us those!

Coast Cutlery Co Portland OR 3 spring whittler, tang stamped all 3 blades. Can't find much on them other than they started making fish knives in the 1930's and are still in business. This whittler looks Queen made to me.

JohnR wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2024 9:33 pm Coast Cutlery Co Portland OR 3 spring whittler, tang stamped all 3 blades. Can't find much on them other than they started making fish knives in the 1930's and are still in business. This whittler looks Queen made to me.

Great looking knife, John. My info says that Coast knives were made by Western States, Schrade, and Camillus. It said most of the Coast marked knives were made in the 30's and 40's.

Ripster wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2024 1:36 am Just added the cream colored arched Camillus tang stamp Whittler to the Camillus pile . Also a couple of pics of some 4 liners
Some Very nice knives have been posted in this thread !

Beautiful knives you have there, JP.

JohnR wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2024 9:33 pm Coast Cutlery Co Portland OR 3 spring whittler, tang stamped all 3 blades. Can't find much on them other than they started making fish knives in the 1930's and are still in business. This whittler looks Queen made to me.

A very handsome knife, John.
Such good condition.

John

JohnR wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2024 9:33 pm Coast Cutlery Co Portland OR 3 spring whittler, tang stamped all 3 blades. Can't find much on them other than they started making fish knives in the 1930's and are still in business. This whittler looks Queen made to me.

Nice old Cattaraugus gun stock whittler with spey blade stamped FOR CUTTING FLESH ONLY.

Jacknifeben wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2024 3:38 pm Nice old Cattaraugus gun stock whittler with spey blade stamped FOR CUTTING FLESH ONLY.

"Nice" is an understatement, sir!
I love those handles. I don't think that I have ever seen any quite like them. I am presuming that they are celluloid? They are beautiful, with no visible shrinkage from the pictures. That is a very beautiful piece of cutlery history!

Interesting, beautiful old Catt! Unusual too - I don’t recall ever seeing a whittler with a spey blade before.

Ken

Jacknifeben wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2024 3:38 pm Nice old Cattaraugus gun stock whittler with spey blade stamped FOR CUTTING FLESH ONLY.

Sweet one, JKB!

This morning, my trip to the post office produced this pocket knife. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also became the latest example to be added to my general, CAMILLUS, pocket knife accumulation. It is a CAMILLUS "60", three blades (one has a file), 3 1/8" closed, two tang stamps, milled liners, fancy springs, tip bolsters, "split spring", "whittler", pattern or style of pocket knife. YES, I KNOW IT IS NOT A TRUE SPLIT SPRING pocket knife! The main blade front tang stamp (short line) says, "CAMILLUS (over) NEW YORK (over) USA" The main blade back tang stamp says, "60" The main blade does have a SOFT half stop. The main blade does have a VERY GOOD opening snap. The main blade does have a VERY GOOD closing snap. The secondary blade does have a SOFT half stop. The secondary blade does NOT have an opening snap. The secondary blade does have a GOOD closing snap. The third blade does have a SOFT half stop. The third blade does have a GOOD opening snap. The third blade does have a GOOD closing snap. Overall, this pocket knife is in EXCELLENT condition. This pocket knife did NOT require any cleaning at all. I just wiped it off.
I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

***** NOTE ***** NOTE ***** NOTE ***** NOTE ***** NOTE *****
ALSO.....According to the 1946 CAMILLUS catalog, the CAMILLUS "60" is called a "DE LUXE SENATOR PEN KNIFE."
With some MINOR additional research, it appears that the "60", at some point, became the more familiar
"stockman" pattern, was called "Old Smoothie " and again at some point, evolved into the "61" I could NOT
find a "60" listed after 1978. The pattern number, NOT the pocket knife itself. There is ROOM FOR ERROR
in my findings, so.....

John R, Ripster, New Windsor, Jacknifeben, beautiful stuff gents. Love seeing that kind.


An older Rooster, Schrade, and Case, with a newer GEC to boot.

Ivoryman wrote: ↑Tue Oct 08, 2024 10:45 pm John R, Ripster, New Windsor, Jacknifeben, beautiful stuff gents. Love seeing that kind.


An older Rooster, Schrade, and Case, with a newer GEC to boot.

Yep, yep, yep and yep!!!!