Brought back a little Camillus project from the flea market this morning...

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Well, there really was nothing I just had to have during this mornings flea market excursion. That said, on my way out, I noticed a table with some old beat up knives. Out of the bunch, there was this little Camillus Cutlery knife, showing obvious signs of age and bad storage. The scales had shrunk a bit, but that is to be expected. The active red rust, not so much.
But, I wondered if a few hours of my TLC upon it could bring it back a little. Well, I picked it up on the cheap, and home I went to start working on it. It's not a work of art, but it's in better condition now than when I got it :)


 
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A little more researching online got me the following about this Camillus whittler...

CAMW3E, BSA #1047. Same as CAMW3D, except the shield is now round, with the BSA eagle and fleur-de-lis. Closed length 3 5/8", open length 8", main blade 2 5/8". Blades are a high grade carbon clip blade (main), sheepfoot (second), and a small clip (third). Has nickel silver bolsters, and a gift box. Manufactured 1947-1969.
 
PocketKnifeJimmy said:
A little more researching online got me the following about this Camillus whittler...

CAMW3E, BSA #1047. Same as CAMW3D, except the shield is now round, with the BSA eagle and fleur-de-lis. Closed length 3 5/8", open length 8", main blade 2 5/8". Blades are a high grade carbon clip blade (main), sheepfoot (second), and a small clip (third). Has nickel silver bolsters, and a gift box. Manufactured 1947-1969.
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scrteened porch said:
Sorry, it's 72. I think they called it a whittler, though it hasn't got the split backspring, and my box has "wood carver" written on it.
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The knife is a #72 Carpenters Whittler. 1047 and CAMW3E are numbers associated with the BSA catalog.
 




I got myself rested up early last night, but having woken up sooner than usual, it gave me a chance to figure out where yesterday's flea market find would be placed within my collection.
Anyhow, the three pics above show the knife's original found in state, and then how it looks now, (after receiving a spa treatment from me). It also shows it in it's new home within one of my collection's display cases of "interesting objects". I raised the display's glass panel top to avoid glare while taking the photo.
 
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I thought I had a BSA one, but apparently not.
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I wonder if the wooden one was originally celluloid, because it seems to have lost some handle pins.
 
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