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Old or new let's see what you have

I love the jigged bone on this one

OOOW's and AAAAH's From the gallery MB. That is some sweet Bone in a Hunkeriffic Slab.

Thanks Greg

Yeah, probably could rehandle two or three pocket knives with those slabs!

MB, what is the overall length of that Camillus?

Miller Bro's wrote:Old or new let's see what you have

I love the jigged bone on this one

...mb, I've got 2 like this one, and the bone IS beautiful on them!!!.............. ....................

...........both of mine are about 7 1/2" overall, is that the length on this one??.............

.....i'll re-phrase that question........does anyone have one of these with a blade longer than 4"????................ ..............

Tommy, mine is the same as yours. The blade 4" overall 7 1/2".

I guess we are the only two people on here that have Camillus Fixed Blade knives

.........unless my memory is totally failing, I think I saw one on ebay a while back with a 6" blade, but that's the only one!!............ ...................

Miller Bro's wrote:I guess we are the only two people on here that have Camillus Fixed Blade knives

Nah, 'D'. I have ONE. Made post 1974.

carrmillus wrote:.........unless my memory is totally failing, I think I saw one on ebay a while back with a 6" blade, but that's the only one!!............ ...................

Could be, it would not surprise me if they made it in a 6" blade.

I would prefer the 6" blade myself

jerryd6818 wrote:Nah, 'D'. I have ONE. Made post 1974.

Well Jerry if you're only going to have one that is a very nice knife to have, looks like it was hardly if ever used

And I stand corrected, there are three of us that have Camillus Fixed blade knives on here

I posted this one in the Military forum. A USN Mark 2, that was on PT boat #234 in the Philippines, back in '43 - '45.

..........do you think maybe JOHN WAYNE handled that one in "they were expendable"??????................... .........

carrmillus wrote:..........do you think maybe JOHN WAYNE handled that one in "they were expendable"??????................... .........

Unfortunately... we'll never know.

An old USMC fighting knife.

carrmillus wrote:.........unless my memory is totally failing, I think I saw one on ebay a while back with a 6" blade, but that's the only one!!............ ...................

This one is the Camillus 5665L66 USAAF Emergency Kit Knife. They were supplied in 1942, 5 inch blade, 35,500 were made almost evenly split between stagged bone and stagged rosewood. Sheathes supplied by J.H.Mosser.

...........the 2 that I have look identical to the top one, except both of mine are about 7 1/2" o.a., and about 4" blade length.................... .........................................

here's my just acquired #1014 Grand Canyon.... 12-1/4" OAL

bayonetman wrote:This one is the Camillus 5665L66 USAAF Emergency Kit Knife. They were supplied in 1942, 5 inch blade, 35,500 were made almost evenly split between stagged bone and stagged rosewood. Sheathes supplied by J.H.Mosser.

Nice examples thanks for showing them

CheckSix wrote:here's my just acquired #1014 Grand Canyon.... 12-1/4" OAL

Looks like a good knife I might have to find me one of those

Camillus "Western". I need a sheath for this one in case any of you guys have one.

I picked this one up at a yard sale over the weekend. It's pretty beat up, and the sheath is wrong, but the price was to good to pass up.

Mike.

....wonder if it's a ww2 knife??..there is a way to tell from the markings, but I don't know how to do it??...it looks old enough to be ww2!!.......... ................

The guy I got it from said it is a "old army knife". I did'nt ask him what war, but if it is ww2 maybe the sheath is mill. issue. I do'nt see any other markings on the knife and I have'nt cleaned it yet. do you know where to look for some clues to it's age?

Mike.