Camillus 72 Whittler Pattern

Wow, some very nice examples!

Jerry, thanks for all the information. It should give me a few more places to look for examples of this pattern.

I am not sure of the dates or specifications but did find that Cattaraugus did make some knives on this pattern. The model number is 32659.
 
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I believe this is a pre Delrin composite version. Not the most attractive material, IMHO. There is a bit of shrinkage near the bolsters, and it may be a good candidate for a re-covering someday.

 
Rachel,
One of my old 72s is just about exactly like that. It does have some shrinkage and the covers do curl up just a bit beyond the two end pins on each side.
 
From what I can see, judging from the picture, those are the Brownstag® covers. I'm not real good with colors but some of them look more Mahogany to me. The Brownstag® does tend to shrink a small amount at the ends but I've never seen it go nuts like that black "Shrinky Dink" material. Can't see the blades but it looks like a nice example to me.

The #72 was/is a very popular pattern as evidenced by the number of them that are around and as you can see from my original post, a lot of brands offered one. If Comcast hadn't decided they needed my little chunk of disk space more than I do, I would post some pictures.

"I am not sure of the dates or specifications but did find that Cattaraugus did make some knives on this pattern. The model number is 32659." Can you point me to a picture of one?

By the way. If anyone sees one, I'm still looking for a HSB True Value and a Cussin & Fearn Hardware.
 
Jerry,
Here are two pics I have found of the Cattaraugus 32659. The first is from an expired listing on the big auction site the other is from another site. I have emailed you the original URLs where I got these pics. If anyone else wants to see the original sites email me through the forum. I am hesitant about posting the links to non-approved dealers or auction sites.

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Thank you very much. That's a couple of beauties.

That's a relief. I only collect the Camillus 72s and the clones with the same blade compliment in the same configuration. Those two are traditional whittlers
 
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Thank you very much. That's a couple of beauties.

That's a relief. I only collect the Camillus 72s and the clones with the same blade compliment in the same configuration. Those two are traditional whittlers
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Yeah, the layout of the blades is different with the two smaller blades at one end.
 
I missed this thread the first time around, but found it recently while searching for more information about what has become my favorite pattern. I'm a huge fan: at 3 5/8" it fits my hand perfectly, its slim profile and mostly-sunk joints make it very pocketable, and its complement of blades is my ideal for a whittling and EDC knife.

My collection of Camillus 72s and friends has been growing and I thought this would be a good place to share a picture of them—especially since jerryd6818's extremely informative history of the pattern in post #17 led to me discovering the Remington R14 variant and adding it to my collection. If you haven't read that post before, I highly encourage you to do so.

Without further ado, I'd like to show you my six pack:

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From top to bottom:

- Camillus Boy Scout 1047—this is the one that introduced me to the pattern. I bought it off the exchange because I wanted to try whittling with a small clip blade and it has been my primary whittling knife, and frequent carry, ever since.
- Camillus 72 with similar delrin, but without the BSA branding.
- Camillus 72 with yellow delrin and stainless steel blades. This one lacks the Yello-Jaket etch, which I believe indicates that it was made towards the end of the company's history.
- Remington R14—wood handles and brass bolsters. The main blade has a "Remington 2001 Show Knife" etch.
- Schrade 863
- Craftsman 9494

Thanks for looking. I know many other folks are fans, too. Perhaps some will be willing to share pictures of theirs and we can breathe some new life into this thread and pay tribute to this great pattern?
 
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Hate to revive a dead thread but found this and wanted to share and see if some more experienced collectors can give me more info on it.

I received what I believe to be my great grandpa’s pocket knife and after reading through this thread believe it to be an early model 27. Not in near as good of quality as some of the others on here but still operates smoothly. After looking around a bit one of the differences I found with mine is the line under “Camillus” is short and doesn’t run the full length of the name like others I’ve seen, hopefully this can help in dating it.



 
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