Camillus scout knife help

zzyzzogeton said:
leghog - when did Camilus start putting YOM on them? The reason I ask is that I have a Camillus MIL-K-818-like knife with "PAT PEND" instead of a date.
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Might be from the mid-war period. Does it have a claw-type can opener like a modern one, or the U shape like above?
 
An easy way to date the knife is by the liners. If the liners are brass, you know it's post war. If the liners are steel, it's a wartime knife.
 
Buzzbait said:
An easy way to date the knife is by the liners. If the liners are brass, you know it's post war. If the liners are steel, it's a wartime knife.
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Depends on which knife you are posting about. If the MIL-K-818, the earliest ones (1944/1945) had brass liners (and carbon blades). Went to all steel construction quite early in the multi-decade run of over ten million pieces. Camillus first produced the MIL-K-818 in 1949 (with brass liners) but didn't go into full production of that knife until 1957 (with steel liners).



Sword and Shield said:
zzyzzogeton said:
leghog - when did Camilus start putting YOM on them? The reason I ask is that I have a Camillus MIL-K-818-like knife with "PAT PEND" instead of a date.
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Might be from the mid-war period. Does it have a claw-type can opener like a modern one, or the U shape like above?
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Can't be a WW2 knife as Camillus didn't make the knife during the war.

As I think about it, is the "PAT PEND" on the can opener? If so that has to do with the opener and not the knife.
 
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Buzzbait said:
I was referring to the OP'S Engineer's Knife.
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I've read experts claiming the Camillus manufactured Engineer Knife (Army Specification 17-10) included brass linings early and steel by late 1942 and then with some late war Camillus Engineer Knives with the three line tang stamp and again having brass components. While brass was on the critical materials list, it did not preclude manufactures from using brass it had on hand. It made it difficult to procure more. This supports the claim that some early Army spec 17-170 knives and late war Army spec 17-170 knives had brass liners.
 
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