Dad’s chisels.

[eveled]

Raining here today, so I went through my Dad’s good carving chisels cleaned and waxed.

[C-WADE7]

Nice tool set. Looks like a lot of Pfeil Swiss made tools, what are the ones with the blue handle?

[eveled]

Thanks, good eye some are Pfeil, some old Buck Bros and the blue ones are Marples.

Tucked in one of the pockets was a BoyScout Camillus 72 in really nice condition. What a nice surprise! I didn’t even know he had it.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Thanks.....

Finding a "hidden" CAMILLUS 1047 definitely does make for a NICE surprise.

[doglegg]

1047 is icing on the cake.

[eveled]

Thanks for the correction. I should have known it had it’s own model number.

Kind of funny, in a full circle kind of way.

My Earliest memories my Dad had a Camillus whittler as his edc it had the Scout shield but black scales.

Then when I was in Cub Scouts I saw a 1047 in the display case at the official BoyScout store. My Mom graciously bought it for me. I think it was $7.95? I was so excited to have a knife like my Dad’s.

Almost immediately after he lost his somewhere, never to be seen again. He replaced it with a Buck with a spey blade instead of the coping blade. Which I thought was a downgrade. AFAIK he carried that Buck for the next 40 years, but it disappeared when he died.

Then I find this 1047 tucked in one of the slots of his carving chisels . I was surprised that he had it, and also that he kept it there, it just seems out of place. For it not to be with his whittling kit.

Here is the one my Mom bought with my SAK and my Dad’s Dwight Devine Scout knife. (My first 2 knives and his first knife.)

Sorry for rambling thanks for the kind words.

[Reverand]

Wow, eveled, that is a great picture.
Not just for the beautiful knives, but for the story of what they mean to you. Something to be cherished!

[royal0014]

That is an incredible set of tools! To have the provenance of being your father's is really special.
And a hidden treasure, too !

[eveled]

His passion was carving song birds. Burning in every feather. But he made signs to pay for his tools. Mostly mahogany with gold leaf letters. He also enjoyed chip carving, and making Christmas ornaments. It kept him busy and happy.

He was good at ornamental and artistic wood working. I was more construction oriented. (He would make the signs I had to hang them)

He was also gifted in electrical and electronics. I was more about mechanical and engines. My love has always been metal fab.

Our hobbies complimented each other but often clashed too.

Just trying to save his woodworking stuff for my sons, I’ll rarely use any of them. But appreciate what they are. I guess I’m the custodian.

I have a dozen more chisels that are rougher that must have been his spares or just extras? IDK, but I want to preserve them too.

[eveled]

[Waukonda]

Thanks for the correction. I should have known it had it’s own model number.

Kind of funny, in a full circle kind of way.

My Earliest memories my Dad had a Camillus whittler as his edc it had the Scout shield but black scales.

Then when I was in Cub Scouts I saw a 1047 in the display case at the official BoyScout store. My Mom graciously bought it for me. I think it was $7.95? I was so excited to have a knife like my Dad’s.

Almost immediately after he lost his somewhere, never to be seen again. He replaced it with a Buck with a spey blade instead of the coping blade. Which I thought was a downgrade. AFAIK he carried that Buck for the next 40 years, but it disappeared when he died.

Then I find this 1047 tucked in one of the slots of his carving chisels . I was surprised that he had it, and also that he kept it there, it just seems out of place. For it not to be with his whittling kit.

Here is the one my Mom bought with my SAK and my Dad’s Dwight Devine Scout knife. (My first 2 knives and his first knife.)IMG_3738.jpeg

Sorry for rambling thanks for the kind words.

That is very nice, enjoyable reading.