Camillus barlow question

[knifeaholic1488]

What did camillus use for their handle material on camco and older camillus barlows? When did camillus stop using half stops on their barlows? Thank you all help is appreciated.

 

[Old Engineer]

The 1946 and 1948 Camillus Catalogues showed the No. 11 Barlows had Brown Bone Handles. In the 1955 Catalogue the handles were just stated as Brown and they were Models 50 and 51 . The 50 had Spear / Pen blades and the 51 had Clip / Pen blades. I did not see anything about having or not having half stops. I only could find a Camcorder catalogue for 1951 and the Camcorder Barlows had Black Unbreakable Plastic. Whatever that means. In the 1965 Camillus Catalogue the #51 Barlow went to just 2 Pins in the handles instead of 3 and they were stated to be Brown Phenolic Handles. I realize that this leaves gaps of years , but that is the best that I can find from their available catalogues.
There used to be a Camillus Collectors Club that put these catalogues on the net that I expect you can still find. I just found the above info in the last week or two after I was able to acquire a Camillus # 11 Barlow that had Camillus on the bolster instead of Barlow. I have 2 of the # 51 models and one of the # 11 models and the # 11 has the Bone with half stops and the # 51 has the non bone with NO half stops.

Harry


Harry

 

[edbeau]

http://www.collectors-of-camillus.us/ Try there for information.