Carbon steel blades and caplifters?

[kingston73]

I currently have a gec 15 with a caplifter but I’m wondering if there are any other patterns that are inexpensive and have a carbon steel blade and caplifter? I know case makes one similar but it’s stainless, and there are a million scout type knives on eBay. Does anybody make something similar to the beer scout but that costs less?

 

[Ramrodmb]

Case makes one. I'm not sure if it's Carbon or Stainless. I'll try to find a pic or link.

 

[22-rimfire]

Rough Rider makes a couple different patterns with cap lifters including a scout type knife. They may be 440A rather than carbon steel however. There are always SAKs. They aren't a Blade Forums dealer however so I hesitate to post one of their stock photos from their website/catalog.

 

[kingston73]

I know case makes a stainless version but didn’t find a carbon steel version. I actually have that exact rough rider, nice inexpensive knife but stainless.

 

[screened porch]

RR might come out with one in their carbon line.
I have an old Imperial from before the shell handle days, but it's the only one I've seen.

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

There's always the vintage route, I was extremely lucky to find this WW2 Camillus PX knife for $10 in a local antique shop

 

[Will Power]

Actually, I think stainless is a superior bottle opener given the wet conditions it's often left laying around in my 15 Beer Scout is not looking very pretty after 3 years on the job cutting citrus, opening bottles, being on a hook in the kitchen. It's also developed some annoying bone cracks despite not being dropped or banged...

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

While I don't chase patina for its own sake, I love the character a carbon blade developes.

 

[WhittlinAway]

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There's always the vintage route, I was extremely lucky to find this WW2 Camillus PX knife for $10 in a local antique shop

Oh, that’s very cool. Congratulations on the find. I hadn’t seen one of those before. But, now that I have, I’ll have to keep an eye out for one now.

 

[afishhunter]

Get one of the Ulster, Imperial, Remington, et-al Scout knives with carbon steel blades.
That awl/punch comes in handy more than you might think, and they have one of the best can openers you can get.

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

WhittlinAway
Thanks and good luck! The covers are rosewood, although on mine they're almost ebony black. I cleaned a lot of black gunk out that smelled of used motor oil. I think a mechanic owned it, and the grease and grime of that work dyed the covers. From my own research, which naturally brought me back to an old thread here I found out its apparently the rarest of the PX resale knives nowadays. I'll try to add a link to the other thread
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/camillus-army-post-exchange-resale-knife-from-wwii.1276675/

 

[CasePeanut]

Case makes a mini trapper with caplifter in Carbon CV