Camillus! Definitely under-rated!

waynorth

waynorth

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They made knives for nearly everyone! Case, Schrade, KeenKutter, later Remingtons and Russells. They made gazillions of well made advertising knives, and they made high-grade knives.
Quite a few Craftsman/Sears knives also. If you have a nice example of a Camillus made knife, or can add to the list of contract knives above, please do so!! I'll kick it off with these three stockman knives; All nice looking, and all well made! If any one of these was the last folder you were ever allowed to have, I think you would be proud of it, and it would serve you well!
Too bad the last owners of Camillus lost their vision!!
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Nice knives Charlie. I have a Kent that I'll take some pics of tomorrow in the light, Raspberry pudding celluloid. ;-)

Best regards

Robin
 
Look forward to your Kent, Robin!
Your is one of a Gazillion :D ad knives, Steve, all well made!! Yours is in nice shape!!:thumbup:
 
navihawk said:
Camco was their ad line wasn't it?
This knife has the feel of a Vic soldier.

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Geez, after all of the Albany felts I put on the paper machine when I worked at a paper mill, you'd think I'd have one of those.
 
waynorth said:
Your is one of a Gazillion ad knives, Steve, all well made!! Yours is in nice shape!!
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Thanks Charlie.




protourist said:
Geez, after all of the Albany felts I put on the paper machine when I worked at a paper mill, you'd think I'd have one of those.
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You can find them on the bay from time to time fairly cheap.
 
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navihawk said:
They were Camiluus made Vince? Never knew that.
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Steve,I poked around & Camillus has this pattern identically.It was in Schrade's "open stock" line up.No one told me this,I just searched around & got info on allabout pocketknives & deducted it,myself I am pretty sure of it,though,
-Vince
 
waynorth said:
They made knives for nearly everyone! Case, Schrade, KeenKutter, later Remingtons and Russells. They made gazillions of well made advertising knives, and they made high-grade knives.
Quite a few Craftsman/Sears knives also. If you have a nice example of a Camillus made knife, or can add to the list of contract knives above, please do so!! I'll kick it off with these three stockman knives; All nice looking, and all well made! If any one of these was the last folder you were ever allowed to have, I think you would be proud of it, and it would serve you well!
Too bad the last owners of Camillus lost their vision!!
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Camillus was the source for Cold Steel Carbon V knives.

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Thanks knarfeng!
And Vince, I am sure you are correct!
Camillus made knives for the great Remington also!!
Notice the similarity Vince??
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Camillus was the unsung giant of the knife world. During WW2 most of the knives issued to servicemen were made by Camillus. TL-29's, the vast bulk of the MK2 fighting/utility, scout knives, and even common stockman pattern pocket knives were issued out. Sometime the civilian knives, like the stockman, were snached off the shelves and given a quick blade etch of "Property of U.S. Government" on the main blade and handed out to airmen and sailors. They also made a special model for the 1st special service group that had a phillips screwdriver to deal with the screws on ski bindings.

Even the bulk of the much loved Ka-bar were made by Camillius.

My dad gave me a new Camillus when I was 12. When I went into the army I left it home so as not to have it stolen or lost. I gave it to my son Matt when he was 12. He's still using it now and then. Not bad for a knife made in 1953.

The loss of Camillus was a tragic loss to the people who love plain old working pocket knives.
 
Hi,

I've got a couple of Camillus slippies. I've two that belonged to my Grandfather and 4 I've picked up. I should put together a family portrait. But My favorite is my Grandfather's slim Senator.

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And here is three I picked up this summer at some garage sales.

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dalee
 
Here's a large Cold Steel stockman and a Camillus Roughcut stockman. The family resemblance is unmistakeable.

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Here's the Cold Steel with another Camillus. As you can see the jigging is identical.

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Here's a close-up of the tang stamp of the Camillus. Carbon V is the name of the mystery steel that Cold Steel uses.

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A PAIR OF CAMI PEANUTS, THE BONE ONE HAS THE POST WAR STAMP, AND THE PEARL HAS THE SWORD BRAND LOGO ON FRONT AND THE 4 LINE STAMP ON BACK
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These Remingtons were made by Camillus.
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Before 1985 Camillus made the Buck 300 series. Here's my old Camillus-made 303:
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4 line ebony with the gimp shield.
I believe that it's older than the lineman pouch that it came in, alas a mismatched pair...
This TL29 has steel liners and the most dangerous, hard to open screwdriver blade i've played with:eek: I tell people thats what the pliers are for! to open the screwdriver!
ivan
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