Camillus BSA Lock Blades

[enuf]

I have a Camillus Cub Scouts BSA double lock blade - any information about it would be appreciated. And no - I am not Tony

[New_Windsor_NY]

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PLENTY of CAMILLUS scout knives here:
viewtopic.php?t=46492

[enuf]

perfect - I will get to reading. thank you

[philco]

I can't tell from the photos, but is the shield metal or is it plastic? Camillus made that blade configuration Cub Scout knife in 1955 with a gold plastic shield, and with a gold metal shield in 1960 according to Ed Holbrook's book Official Scout Blades.

[enuf]

How it is worn smooth on a couple of spots it very much looks brass to me. I was doing a little looking on that link that was sent up there and found close to this particular knife, but they had three rivets in the handle and mine has one. I did find one on page 5 (I believe, by TRK (maybe)) - he had what looks to be this same knife. I had also looked through the Camillus Research page and did not see this one; but, again with three rivets, I did.

[New_Windsor_NY]

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The 3 line tang stamp dates it to 1946-1956.

[enuf]

Great - thank you.

[Vit_213]

For more accurate dating, a clearer photo of the tang stamp is needed (I think there is a short or long line) and a photo of the bottle opener (they had different shapes in different years).