Camillus BK&T

[austexjg]

Did Camillus make some BK&T models that were not part of Mr. Becker's design? I have seen a couple of knives show up in BK&T boxes with knife designs not on the official list of models here on BF.

 

[Xr6x]

Good question I have seen a bayonet a while back that was said to be a Camillus Bk&T . Don't know for sure if it was legit.

 

[zzyzzogeton]

Ethan stated (in some thread) that he had nothing to do with the bayonet. I never saw any Becker reference to the bayonet, just an occasional claim that it was, usually an offering on fleabay, along with a Camillus BK&T box.

What did happen is that when Camillus closed the doors, Smokey Mountain Knife Works bought a LOT of stuff, including a large amount of "large boxes" of the bayonets, sheaths, cutters, etc. They also bought a lot of Camillus BK&T empty boxes. I think that SMKW did a little creative marketing by putting a Camillus developed/made knife in a Camillus BK&T box. Caveat Emptor.

The Camillus CAM1A1 was a bayonet developed by Camillus for the XM8 rifle, which was not adopted by the Army. It came with black handles with green inserts and a green sheath, or desert tan handles with gray inserts and a black sheath.

I have one somewhere in a box of bayonets, as well as a couple of pictures snitched from the web. Just have to figure out where I saved them.

 

[austexjg]

That makes sense - thank you for the clarification.

 

[Xr6x]

Ethan stated (in some thread) that he had nothing to do with the bayonet. I never saw any Becker reference to the bayonet, just an occasional claim that it was, usually an offering on fleabay, along with a Camillus BK&T box.

What did happen is that when Camillus closed the doors, Smokey Mountain Knife Works bought a LOT of stuff, including a large amount of "large boxes" of the bayonets, sheaths, cutters, etc. They also bought a lot of Camillus BK&T empty boxes. I think that SMKW did a little creative marketing by putting a Camillus developed/made knife in a Camillus BK&T box. Caveat Emptor.

The Camillus CAM1A1 was a bayonet developed by Camillus for the XM8 rifle, which was not adopted by the Army. It came with black handles with green inserts and a green sheath, or desert tan handles with gray inserts and a black sheath.

I have one somewhere in a box of bayonets, as well as a couple of pictures snitched from the web. Just have to figure out where I saved them.

Thanks zzyzzogeton, fleabay is where I saw the the so called BK&T bayonet . No stamp marks of any kind where ever visible it did have the cam box.

 

[Bladite]

i kinda want the bayonet for lols, but am not willing to part > $50 for one.