All About Pocket Knives

Hello, I'm pretty new at this stuff, but I just recently have been passed the honor of holding onto my grandfathers pocket knife for a while. It was given to him as a boy & It's an old Camillus. From what I've found out so far is that its a switchback with a long clip blade, 5" closed. I believe it was made shortly after World War 1, that's when they started their stainless steel work. It has the number 5 on the blade (not sure what that means yet) but it's in bad shape. The tip of the blade has been snapped off & there are some cracks on the handle which is possibly Ivory. I've been having such a good time looking this stuff up that I thought I'd sign up here & see if anyone would be willing to share some Camillus wisdom with me.

Thank you/ Bernhard

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That's a great old fisherman's knife you have. Nice to have a family herloom with some history behind it. Bet your old granddad sharpened a few hooks and cleaned a bunch of bluegill with that one years ago.

Phil

Hi guys, just wanted to say thank you for the welcome. The fishing info is great, it gives me more of an idea of what my old granddad was up too.

Bernhard

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Welcome to AAPK!

Hello Bernhard

I would show you some of my Fishing folders but we are in the Member Introductions forum so I won't.

You keep that one that your Grand-Dad had. Best to pass it on to a son some day. Perhaps with a photo of him too.

Ken