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camillus sailor's rigging knife
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look like this one?
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probably WWII sailors knife, maybe a later civilian production model if it has black scales. The pictured one was WWII production.
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Hi,I have one just like this one . It says camillus.N.Y. and U.S.A. under that and on the back side It looks like U S and maybe another S not sure what it and there may be another letter after this, under that is 94405 there may be a 1 in front of the 9.Any info. would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks Dave
Thanks Dave
"Camillus also made this knife as a model #S702. This knife has black acetate handles, stainless steel blade and can-opener and a clevis. This model was introduced in
1949 and is known as the U.S. Coast Guard knife."
I had forgotten that thirty years ago, I did a very nice favor for a young man. A
couple of months ago, without preamble, he sent me 4 nice knives from his
collection. One was a Case small two blade Damascus pen and two were in the
original sealed Plastic bags.
The #S 702 was in a sealed Plastic Bag marked U.S. Coast Guard. The knife in the
bag had a six foot long, soft, 1/8" Diameter braided string clamped in a loop attached to the very large bail by a Sailor's knot. Is this "bail" called a clevis? If not, what is a clevis? I assume that it is not the Can Opener.
Mr. Williams, Codger, Larry, Thawk and many other other kind folks, like
Roland Procter and Charlie WayNorth, I sincerely Thank you for this Camillus and the Schrade thread. You have compiled a wondrous amount of valuable information for
us less diligent folk.
I am not a collector, but I do enjoy Blades. My Camco Rocket Whistle knife, a
pristine, and excellently built Daddy Barlow, Some nice Stockman knives, two
5.5 Mad Maxx's and a Cuda are among my favored items.
I do not look for these; they have kind of appeared like the S 702.
It is hard to describe, but these serious, well-made and joyously used workman and
children's knives give me as much joy as the Bose and other customs, which you
have also introduced me to.
Your posts here, and in the Traditional Forum, add much to my enjoyment of the
physical items.
Mike H.
1949 and is known as the U.S. Coast Guard knife."
I had forgotten that thirty years ago, I did a very nice favor for a young man. A
couple of months ago, without preamble, he sent me 4 nice knives from his
collection. One was a Case small two blade Damascus pen and two were in the
original sealed Plastic bags.
The #S 702 was in a sealed Plastic Bag marked U.S. Coast Guard. The knife in the
bag had a six foot long, soft, 1/8" Diameter braided string clamped in a loop attached to the very large bail by a Sailor's knot. Is this "bail" called a clevis? If not, what is a clevis? I assume that it is not the Can Opener.
Mr. Williams, Codger, Larry, Thawk and many other other kind folks, like
Roland Procter and Charlie WayNorth, I sincerely Thank you for this Camillus and the Schrade thread. You have compiled a wondrous amount of valuable information for
us less diligent folk.
I am not a collector, but I do enjoy Blades. My Camco Rocket Whistle knife, a
pristine, and excellently built Daddy Barlow, Some nice Stockman knives, two
5.5 Mad Maxx's and a Cuda are among my favored items.
I do not look for these; they have kind of appeared like the S 702.
It is hard to describe, but these serious, well-made and joyously used workman and
children's knives give me as much joy as the Bose and other customs, which you
have also introduced me to.
Your posts here, and in the Traditional Forum, add much to my enjoyment of the
physical items.
Mike H.
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Heh, some non cutlery savvy people I know call the bail on my Mil-K a "jeep tower"
They don't believe me when I say that it would break the pin holding it on if I tried towing a jeep with it...
They don't believe me when I say that it would break the pin holding it on if I tried towing a jeep with it...
OK fella’s my wife has now made it official that you are a bad influence on me.
I was granted a little me time yesterday and headed out to a gun show to look around and see what I could see.
At one of the tables this fellow had a box labeled (Coast Guard Knives). Most of them where still in the clear plastic wrapper so i started looking thru the box. The packaged knives all turned out to be a maker that I don’t collect and was starting to resign myself to one of those ‘Oh well’ moments when I spotted this in the bottom of the box.
The blades never been sharpened. The original oil placed on the knife has turned to varnish, there are light scratches on the knife from the way it was stored over the years, and the acetate scales have shrunk as you can see in the S702 photo. IMHO not bad for a $16 knife.
I was granted a little me time yesterday and headed out to a gun show to look around and see what I could see.
At one of the tables this fellow had a box labeled (Coast Guard Knives). Most of them where still in the clear plastic wrapper so i started looking thru the box. The packaged knives all turned out to be a maker that I don’t collect and was starting to resign myself to one of those ‘Oh well’ moments when I spotted this in the bottom of the box.
The blades never been sharpened. The original oil placed on the knife has turned to varnish, there are light scratches on the knife from the way it was stored over the years, and the acetate scales have shrunk as you can see in the S702 photo. IMHO not bad for a $16 knife.
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Vit_213,
I worked on the project for the U.S. Coast Guard knife shown above. I got a call from one of the guys in the Engineering Dept. and he wanted to see the records for the WWII Sailor's knife. I located all the production records and tang stamp information for him. He said he was basing the reproduction on parts that we used in the model #S-702 U.S. Coast Guard knife. That is the Camillus #425/2 pattern. The WWII era knife is a #425/1 pattern. The number after the / indicates the number of blades. I told him that the WWII era knife did not have a can-opener. The can-opener was not added until 1949.
Tom Williams
I worked on the project for the U.S. Coast Guard knife shown above. I got a call from one of the guys in the Engineering Dept. and he wanted to see the records for the WWII Sailor's knife. I located all the production records and tang stamp information for him. He said he was basing the reproduction on parts that we used in the model #S-702 U.S. Coast Guard knife. That is the Camillus #425/2 pattern. The WWII era knife is a #425/1 pattern. The number after the / indicates the number of blades. I told him that the WWII era knife did not have a can-opener. The can-opener was not added until 1949.
Tom Williams