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May I ask why when Camillus NY is so far from New York City, many tang stamps say New York City. Did they manufacturer in NYC at one time?
Two that I picked up at an estate sale of a long time veterinarian in town. They were both dirt cheap and down right dirty. The Sharp Finger was rusty, while the LB7, being SS was free of rust but marred by verdgris that covered bolsters and the inner sheath as well. I elected to go down to clean metal on both. I don't think the owner ever took them out.
This emblem is the logo of a regional health care center in town, Marshfield Clinic Health System. Likely given out in the pre-PC era to a long time employee. I imagine it would have been affixed at the factory, it's attached that well.
ModocED, pardon the Case Copperlock I've included here for comparison purposes. (I'll keep them small, you'll get the idea.) I wanted to show just how big the LB7 is. The Case is not a small knife, but the LB7 dwarfs it: 8.0oz for the LB7 vs. 3.0 for the Case. Wow!
Two that I picked up at an estate sale of a long time veterinarian in town. They were both dirt cheap and down right dirty. The Sharp Finger was rusty, while the LB7, being SS was free of rust but marred by verdgris that covered bolsters and the inner sheath as well. I elected to go down to clean metal on both. I don't think the owner ever took them out.
This emblem is the logo of a regional health care center in town, Marshfield Clinic Health System. Likely given out in the pre-PC era to a long time employee. I imagine it would have been affixed at the factory, it's attached that well.
ModocED, pardon the Case Copperlock I've included here for comparison purposes. (I'll keep them small, you'll get the idea.) I wanted to show just how big the LB7 is. The Case is not a small knife, but the LB7 dwarfs it: 8.0oz for the LB7 vs. 3.0 for the Case. Wow!
Some of the knives that I have been posting pictures of on this thread are knives manufactured by Stainless Cutlery Co, New York City which was a trademark used by Camillus Cutlery Co from 1924 to 1940 (Goins). Not surprisingly, they had stainless steel blades with the Stainless Cutlery tang stamp and some had the "Stainless Shield" as seen below whereas others just have a small "S". Stainless steel wasn't really popular until around 1920 so the fact that Camillus was able to utilize this new metal in pocket knives in 1924 was pretty remarkable. I'm not even sure that they had a factory in New York City but just used the name to draw "rich folk" to their fancy stainless steel knives 
Every one of the Stainless Cutlery knives I have are very well made, you can tell it was a Camillus product.
