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Picked up this nice old Camillus Jack last week, straight line tang stamp on main and curved on pen, I think that dates it to 1915. Decent shape for its age, slight bone loss on mark side edge, blades almost full, great snap and no play.

JohnR that's a great old Camillus. I love that bone.
Great pickup.

...........wow!!...what a find!!!............i'll trade 'ya fer it????.............. ......................

Nice one John.
That appears to be the tang stamp that Goins' lists for 1915.
Personally I think it may have been used for more years than just 1915; I think they probably used that stamp for some years prior to 1915.
However, given the lack of records, it is almost impossible to figure when the stamps were used 100+ years later.

Awesome find , love the old bone .

Nice knife.

Thank you all, pretty happy to get this one, old Camillus Jack's don't seem too be that easy to find.

Dale, thanks for the dating information, makes sense that it would be used for more than one year, I went with what I could find published.

Carmillus, if I ever decide to move it I will let you know.

Beauty John, that's a nice N.

Stunning old knife!

Awesome Jack John ... Lovely bone and blades... love those old ones!! Great addition to that other "pile" you recently showed in another thread.. What is the length of this one closed?

Fantastic old Camillus!

LongBlade wrote:Awesome Jack John ... Lovely bone and blades... love those old ones!! Great addition to that other "pile" you recently showed in another thread.. What is the length of this one closed?

Thanks guys, LongBlade, it is 3 3/8".

Ditto what everyone else has already said. I love old bareheaded jacks with beautiful bone like that!
Dan