Camillus problem ?

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festerfromnzed

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I gave this to a good friend about 6 months ago.It has been carried and used everyday since then and has worked beautifully..He woke two days ago and there was a wee issue with it...I would be extremely grateful if i could be pointed to where i can have this fixed ?..My friend is quite distraught so is carrying my#23 Trapper til his precious is either fixed or laid to rest ..With thanks.....FES



 
A wee issue is putting it mildly FES. That knife will need a total disassemble and a new spring drilled, ground then heat treated and reassembled. Maybe a job for one of the makers on site here. Good luck in your quest, looks like it was a fine knife...
Bummer to see that by the way.
 
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To you and me, it's a tragedy!
To an experienced cutler, it is a routine repair. It helps to save the pieces of course.
If you can find someone in NZ it would help, otherwise 2-way shipping is gonna add $50 to the repair.
 
First off, thanks for mentioning my name, that means a lot! :o

What is the first picture, it's hard to tell on my end. The second picture looks like a utility pattern that has a broken spring. Is that what we are talking about here?

If so, it is fixable, in a couple ways of course. A new spring could be made, and installed (which I am not set up for...yet). The other way would be to locate a replacement spring, which may not be too difficult, depending on the pattern. If it's not too old, Phil Gibbs may even have a new replacement spring for it (But I wouldn't want to speak for him).

Either way, there are many fine makers and mechanics on this forum. If you want me to look at it, please message or email me, I'd love to work on it.

Thanks,
Glenn
 
Bummer!
So sorry to see that; I have NEVER seen one of those springs break so far! :o
I may have a spring.
Let me know if I am the only option; it is intolerable to me that She be "laid to rest"!

As a side note, this model has a slightly unusual method of construction on the clevis end.
The knife was fully finished without a clevis by using a stainless steel tube flared into the bolsters.
Once the knife was fully polished, a small nickel silver pin was passed through the clevis & tube and spun at each end.
This solved several of the pains of conventional clevis manufacturing methods.


(NB: the internals in this sketch do not match the knife in question; it does however represent the method of construction.)

I would not want to be the cutler attempting to disassemble the knife without knowing that ahead of time!!
 
If this frame was common to several issues and not specific to that one, you might locate a spring donor knife with a broken blade for dirt cheap, less than making a new spring. I am particularly thinking of knives made by Camillus for Sears and Schrade. Also, might it be possible to not even cut the clevis pin, just the spring pin and pivot pin on the other end? I guess you can tell that I have never been a cutler.
 
Codger_64 said:
If this frame was common to several issues and not specific to that one, you might locate a spring donor knife with a broken blade for dirt cheap, less than making a new spring. I am particularly thinking of knives made by Camillus for Sears and Schrade. Also, might it be possible to not even cut the clevis pin, just the spring pin and pivot pin on the other end? I guess you can tell that I have never been a cutler.
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If it is a four blade knife, there is a way of removing the spring pin only!
 
Codger_64 said:
If this frame was common to several issues and not specific to that one, you might locate a spring donor knife with a broken blade for dirt cheap, less than making a new spring. I am particularly thinking of knives made by Camillus for Sears and Schrade. Also, might it be possible to not even cut the clevis pin, just the spring pin and pivot pin on the other end? I guess you can tell that I have never been a cutler.
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If my memory serves me (big if) this knife was only made as Remington Bullet & Camillus Classic Cartridge.
And yes, I would only remove the mid pin if I were trying to repair it. :thumbup:
 
waynorth said:
If it is a four blade knife, there is a way of removing the spring pin only!
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I thought so but didn't want to go to far in displaying my ignorance. :o

Look at a Sears Craftsman 95043 circ 1977 and see if the frames match. They are not uncommon in used condition. Length closed 3 3/4".

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Codger_64 said:
I thought so but didn't want to go to far in displaying my ignorance. :o

Look at a Sears Craftsman 95043 circ 1977 and see if the frames match. They are not uncommon in used condition. Length closed 3 3/4".

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The OP's knife is quite a bit larger than a standard "scout" type knife.
 
Fantastic help by some of the best, very interesting Fes, I have had only one knife do the exact, the spooky thing about it, I put the knife down in perfect condition, woke the next morning - picked up the knife and the blade just flopped out!!!!!!!!!!
It will be very interesting to see the results.
Good luck with this Fes.
 
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