Hello, new member, first post.
Yesterday I found an old knife in the outbuildings, filthy and covered in what looks like tar gone hard. Not rusty, just heavily tarnished.
Seemed all in good order though, even still a good edge on the blade.
Decided to give it a clean up, mainly because it looks like it will make a good gardening knife!
I have some good metal polishing gear I use on a pillar drill ( I use this for refurbishing old air rifles) and I noticed a very faint set of lettering on the tang.
Took a guess at what it said and google filled in the rest, Camillus.
Had a good look round the old catalogues and found it. 1941 pattern base on an old British navy knife, made for British government under a lend lease agreement ( WWII ) for use by the British navy.
I understand from a post on here that its a No 4 but although very faint it does look like a 5 on this one.
Very pleased with what I have, will take time and get it as pristine as I can.
I am in England, so there are probably still a few of these around here somewhere.
Yesterday I found an old knife in the outbuildings, filthy and covered in what looks like tar gone hard. Not rusty, just heavily tarnished.
Seemed all in good order though, even still a good edge on the blade.
Decided to give it a clean up, mainly because it looks like it will make a good gardening knife!
I have some good metal polishing gear I use on a pillar drill ( I use this for refurbishing old air rifles) and I noticed a very faint set of lettering on the tang.
Took a guess at what it said and google filled in the rest, Camillus.
Had a good look round the old catalogues and found it. 1941 pattern base on an old British navy knife, made for British government under a lend lease agreement ( WWII ) for use by the British navy.
I understand from a post on here that its a No 4 but although very faint it does look like a 5 on this one.
Very pleased with what I have, will take time and get it as pristine as I can.
I am in England, so there are probably still a few of these around here somewhere.