Camillus Identification?

[DrRollinstein]

Hey guys, I was just digging around in my garage and found this old, or seemingly old, USA made Camillus. Well used and definitely pretty interesting, as one of the blades has a lock to it. I was wondering if you guys might be able to identify it for me.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Hey guys, I was just digging around in my garage and found this old, or seemingly old, USA made Camillus. Well used and definitely pretty interesting, as one of the blades has a lock to it. I was wondering if you guys might be able to identify it for me.

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Your knife is an electricians knife commonly known as a TL-29 ( that's the official designation of G.I examples ), it should look like this.


Of course mine has black scales and a channellock blade etch but there were many variations and subtle changes over the years.
The legendary blade is normally a screwdriver / wire stripper and scraper, it would not have a true sharpened edge though they do feel kinda sharp some times.

 

[afishhunter]

TL-29 pattern with modified or worn screwdriver blade.