Craftsman gunstock jack

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Bartleby

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I turned up an old bone handled Craftsman 2 blade gunstock jack and I'm hoping that someone here has some idea when these were made. The master blade is etched in two lines,"Craftsman 9465" followed by "Sta-sharp" the blade is stamped on the tang "Highcarbon steel U.S.A." It has nickel liners and bolsters. Any idea about when it was made? Thanks.
 
Does the STA-SHARP read like this...or, the way you originally typed it?
I ask, because STA-SHARP was the brand that preceeded Craftsman for Sears-Roebuck. It sounds like maybe a transitional piece during the change...maybe made by Camillus about 1940. I should add, this is a guess based on what you described.

Or, maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree, and it's Schrade made. :o

Bill

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Scan or picture?
 
Look in the Camillus forum for a post by Tom Williams on Sears knives. He stated that he and the Sears rep were looking at old ad slicks of camco/Sears knives, and the rep decided to revive some old marks. Do you have a picture of the knife?

Codger
 
It is indeed STA-SHARP, all caps. The "C" in Craftsman underlines the rest of the word. Sorry, I don't have pictures or a way to post them (we are still in the dark ages of film cameras).
 
Thanks the 1948 is pretty close. The etch looks kinda like the middle version, but the "C" is the same size as the other letters except the bottom underlines them (without the dashes in the middle). The STA-SHARP starts right below the "R."
 
Could one of you who has the technology kindly post a picture of a Schrade or Camillus gunstock jack for the sake of comparison? Thanks.
 
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