Camillus NY knife show and a video to share...

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This coming weekend will bring a knife show to the famous Cutlery town, Camillus NY.

Yup, Sundey, July 17, 2022, (9am to 3pm), the knife show will be held in Camillus NY, where many of the vendors will likely be former employees of the famous Camillus Cutlery.

Anyhow, this video will likely be appreciated by many of the traditional knife folks on this forum... I sure enjoyed watching it 👍🇺🇸👍

 
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Thanks for the heads up. Not sure I can make it, but I will if I can.
 
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Well, I went this morning to that Camillus Knife Show.
I wound up getting three more pocket knives for my collection... all three from just one of the vendors.

The bone scaled German Boker had a $30 price tag on it, but he accepted my $25 offer 👍

The Camillus Cutlery 1976 100th anniversary knife, with delrin scales, had a price tag of $80, but I picked it up for $30! 👍

And, the bone scaled Remington 2002 Canoe, (made under contract by Camillus Cutlery), was priced at $55, but I walked away with it for $35 👍

My three souvenirs from today's Camillus Knife Show visit, cost me a total of $90.

I personally think I got some great deals, but it was likely because there was such a poor turnout at the show, that it made for a prime opportunity to do some good ole fashioned haggling 😊

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The following Remington was priced at $55, but was had for $35.
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The following Camillus was priced pretty high at $80, but was had for $30.
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The Boker had a great price of only $30 to begin with, but I was able to get it for even less... $25!
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All nice knives, but my favorite of the three is the Boker. It's so cool that it didn't cost me much more than a basic Rough Rider pocket knife 👍
 
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The sad thing is, the Camillus Knife Show, (although it's a small one), has been the only knife show that I've seen being held during the past few years in my neck of the woods, (the Syracuse/Central NY State area). And, with it having such a weak turnout, I feel it will be the last one that they do. The gentleman that's been having it done, was already re-thinking the whole idea of having it again, and today's low turnout is likely the last nail in the coffin 😔

There isn't anything else around here for knife guys, except the two big gun shows held every year, where one can find some knives scattered throughout the shows.

So... I think I'm in the same boat as you're in now... I mean, since it really is a knife desert around here too 😔
 
I'd really like to have attended, but it's about 6200 kms / 3900 miles from here :eek: Pity if these shows are a dying breed, but like most things that are worthwhile, Traditional knife connoisseurship is a fringe thing.

You got a fine knife in that Böker, they do a very good Large Stockman - always worth getting one, their Whittler is a very decent pattern too. I notice that the tang stamp has the Spanish for Germany on it, not seen that before except on Argentinian knives.

Thanks, Will
 
Will Power said:
I'd really like to have attended, but it's about 6200 kms / 3900 miles from here :eek: Pity if these shows are a dying breed, but like most things that are worthwhile, Traditional knife connoisseurship is a fringe thing.

You got a fine knife in that Böker, they do a very good Large Stockman - always worth getting one, their Whittler is a very decent pattern too. I notice that the tang stamp has the Spanish for Germany on it, not seen that before except on Argentinian knives.

Thanks, Will
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I think they may have done the Spanish and English wording thing to help in marketing them in countries having either language. I am bilingual, so I got a kick out of it when I saw that on the knife while at the show.
I didn't realize that it wasn't the norm... Thanks for sharing that tidbit 👍
 
Naturally it makes sense in the US where Spanish is a major language.

As I say, these Bökers are a very good knife, this one in Grand Canyon Bone I believe.

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PocketKnifeJimmy said:
The sad thing is, the Camillus Knife Show, (although it's a small one), has been the only knife show that I've seen being held during the past few years in my neck of the woods, (the Syracuse/Central NY State area). And, with it having such a weak turnout, I feel it will be the last one that they do. The gentleman that's been having it done, was already re-thinking the whole idea of having it again, and today's low turnout is likely the last nail in the coffin 😔

There isn't anything else around here for knife guys, except the two big gun shows held every year, where one can find some knives scattered throughout the shows.

So... I think I'm in the same boat as you're in now... I mean, since it really is a knife desert around here too 😔
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Syracuse/NY area is not a place I'd expect to be able to support aa knife show. In the midwest most of the rural knife shows (e.g. NKCA Springfield MO) died out in the 2000s.
 
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Syracuse/NY area is not a place I'd expect to be able to support aa knife show. In the midwest most of the rural knife shows (e.g. NKCA Springfield MO) died out in the 2000s.
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Well, at least we still have the two Syracuse NY Gun Shows held here every year. And, since they are the biggest ones held in NY State, knives can be found amongst the 1000+ tables.
Still, I wish the knife shows were more common 😔
 
Sorry I couldn't make it! We had a big gathering for my granddaughter's 3rd birthday today.

I'm really sorry to hear it might be the last show. Wallace Rockwell set it up, I think. I heard Phil Gibbs was going to be there.

NIce pick ups, Jimmy!
 
Yes, Sir, Wallace was there, along with his pal, Greg.
They were doing fairly well, staying busy, even with the smaller crowd being there 👍
Hope you enjoyed your Granddaughter's birthday! 👍 My daughter will be making a trip next month for a visit, (her currently living in London, England), and I can't wait to see my little Granddaughter again! ❤
 
Peregrin said:
Sorry I couldn't make it! We had a big gathering for my granddaughter's 3rd birthday today.

I'm really sorry to hear it might be the last show. Wallace Rockwell set it up, I think. I heard Phil Gibbs was going to be there.

NIce pick ups, Jimmy!
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And, btw... Thank you! 👍
 
I was online looking up some of the knives that I picked up today.
I found one of the 1976 Camillus 100th anniversary Stockman knives on ebay that had the retail price on it... I guess they were retailing for $25 back then.
I remember being a kid in 1976 and feeling how special that year was to almost everyone. Yeah, the 1976 Bicentennial year for America was really an awesome time... Well, at least as for how I remember it to have been!
How cool it must have been for Camillus Cutlery and their employees that year, celebrating the Country's 200th year of existence, and celebrating their own firm's 100th year anniversary!
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Here are a couple pics of the one on ebay showing it with the 1976 retail price tag.
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Will Power said:
I'd really like to have attended, but it's about 6200 kms / 3900 miles from here :eek: Pity if these shows are a dying breed, but like most things that are worthwhile, Traditional knife connoisseurship is a fringe thing.

You got a fine knife in that Böker, they do a very good Large Stockman - always worth getting one, their Whittler is a very decent pattern too. I notice that the tang stamp has the Spanish for Germany on it, not seen that before except on Argentinian knives.

Thanks, Will
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Okay, Will, you got me wondering about my newly acquired Boker and the tang stamp being a bit unique.
So, I did a little bit of online searching and found this little video that explains the 'Tang Stamp Series' Boker knives and why they have the different markings 👍


I'm glad you brought it up, or I would have never investigated it at all 😊
 
Interesting video, and it shows what a good knife their Whittler is.

I don't know the significance of those dates on the shields, 1848 was the Year of Revolutions in Europe but I don't think that's the connexion ;) The Böker firm had been making tools and sabres since the c17th but as far as the Böker pocket knife and razor company is concerned, Heinrich Böker established it in Solingen in 1869. His brothers Hermann and Robert had emigrated to the US a little earlier and set up an import business for the firm's products. Later in the c19th they began knife manufacturing in the US itself-due to both tariffs and demand. Both firms used the same logo on the shields of a Chestnut tree, the American firm anglicised its spelling by dropping the umlaut (ö) and becoming BOKER rather than BÖKER- change in pronunciation too.

The Whittler in the video has a frosted style etch on the blade and I think this elaborate type was used on stainless knives? At least, the Penknife I have with it is certainly stainless but with carbon back spring- the opposite of CASE who have cv/carbon blades and stainless back springs.

I had a Red Bone Stockman with a special 140 Jahre shield from 2009 but it went in a GAW and a Washboard Whittler in Greenbone went to a fellow forumite in Germany- who due to some bizarre EU laws couldn't buy Böker traditional in Germany itself! Some Solingen made Böker have a Federal shield with the Chestnut tree within it. Manufacturing still goes on in Solingen Germany, in Argentina, China and I think US manufacturing has resumed again after a gap but these are Moderns and not the Traditional types. The Chestnut tree symbolises growth and longevity, Böker has managed this under sometimes very testing conditions.

Regards, Will
 
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