Camco #229 electricians knife

[jrmcswain]

I am trying to get a rough idea of the years the camco #229 knife was made. It looks like as early as 1951 but have no idea how long they produced them. I did not see the camco #229 in the 1978 and up catalogs.

Thanks for your time.

Jack

 

[RickR]

The 229's were made right up til the end!

 

[Trent Rock]

When did the 229 become the 27? the 1770? Any other model numbers these went by??

I seem to find these dirt cheap
I like the way the screwdriver blade is really thick :thumbup:

Does the bottom one have a different shape blade?
Or was it just sharpened too much?
On the top one===>Do you think the bail hole position has been moved??

 

[CAMCO]

Trent Rock,
The model #229 is a CAMCO brand (CAMCO was first used in 1948)
#27 is a Camillus brand
#1770 is the governemnt model number

Camillus made millions of electician's knives.

Tom Williams

 

[greyelm]

The bail position in the first knife shows it to be an earlier model ?1960s. Note the extra pin.

 

[ilbruche]

I think these are great knives with just the single blade and new furniture.

Like the bottom one here.