All About Pocket Knives

Well it wasn't Delrin during WWII, maybe composit, but I'm pretty sure it is jigged wooden handles. Mil-specs call for jigged rosewood.

.....t. j., i'm wrong again!!, just scraped a little on the bottom of the handle, and you can see the wood grain! mine has been soaked with oil and dirt so bad, you can't see the grain, maybe i need to clean it up a little better. yours also has the "crowfoot" end on the bail like mine... ....

Hey, glad you did that Tommy Now I know that I was probably remembering correctly. The Mil-Spec calls it "stagged R.W." which I'm assuming is RoseWood. They also listed one as having "stagged bone".

..t.j., i didn't realize this was a military knife???....i thought this was a cotton sampler...didn't know the military used them....was the military designation a rope knife????......

It was called a "Maritime Commission and Merchant Marine Sailor's Knife" or "Sailor's Jack Knife"

..whatever the name was, i like it!!!!.....my late uncle probably had one in his pocket onboard the USS WASHINGTON during WW2............... ...............

this one just came today,,

rope sailors or sumpthin


i like it!!!!!

That's a beauty, Cato!! Looks like it was made for the "gentleman" sailor.

WB

AS ALWAYS..........AWESOME SCORE ,CATO

Nice looking knife cato, I like it as well. It has some beautiful jigged bone. It has an interesting blade combination, a manicure with a rope blade. I cant imagine why a person using a rope knife would want the secondary blade to be a manicure blade, any idea (maybe WB is right a gentleman sailor)? I don't know much about Camillus patterns but was this a common combination on Camillus rope knives or was it a later re-blade job? It does not have the appearance of being repined.

Ooooooo-weeeeeee Cato. That one is awsome. Goes back to 19-teens with that arched stamp on secondary, probably 1916 or there-abouts Is that a three or four line stamp on the main blade??

Thank s guys,

I got this one the same day you won yours T.J.

It is a 3 line T.J.

HALF STOPS GREAT SNAP !!

LENGTH: 3 1/4

Beechtree

not sure why the file, but that was official navy spec. in the day. from what i have looked up, hygiene ! i would suppose but idk

Very neat Cato, that is a good guess. She is sure a beauty and what great shape for her age, regarding which, Im glad that you add the info about the date TJ.

Awesome knife cato!

Sailors knife.

Another early WWII Camillus TL-29. Brass frame, liners and pins, rosewood handles and steel bolsters. Bought this one for carrying. Would have been nearly mint if someone had not desided to sharpen and scratch the blades up, especially the screwdriver blade.

nice jerry and tj

Picked up a PSK and a lockback Whats the modle #and the type steel in the LB??

garddogg56 wrote:Whats the modle #and the type steel in the LB??

Large Lockback #4
Blade: 440 stainless steel
Produced: 1976-2001

Thanx Vit

I picked up two lately. Here is a nice #68.

Here's an 8 found at the Swap n Shop.

My other recent pick up. A nice #64.

Maybe U can tell me Rick is that cattle knife the size of a #14 or #18???

garddogg56 wrote:Maybe U can tell me Rick is that cattle knife the size of a #14 or #18???

It's 3 1/4".