Dating a Camillus Knife?

Interesting
I thought they only made the "jigged "handles with the shield

Here is mine
Pretty sure I bought this in 1978


My 1st Knife by Trent Rock's Visual Vices, on Flickr

[Sorry about crappy pic
I think this was the 1st knife pic I ever took:o]

Yours looks older based on the font of the logo on the handle
 
60's-70's stamp or closing stamp. Either way, not worth $75! Just my worthless opinion.
 
Fisting_Chili said:
Hi,
Thank you for the link! May I respectfully ask though, doesn't it look more like the 1989-Closing tang stamp?

Thank you!
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I'm not that familiar with them, just knew where the link was at the bottom of the page. Add to that I read the wrong line below the picture.:o
 
I'm looking to replace a long-lost Cub Scout knife I had, circa 1963, off of eBay. Sentimental kind of thing. What's my best source for identifying what company was making the Cub Scout knives in 1963 and what the correct period blade stamp, etc would look like so I can distinguish it on eBay? Thanks in advance.
 
See here http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/497708-Camillus-Tang-stamps-and-dates?highlight

My Cub Scout knife from 60s-70s
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@Vit, thank you for the thread link and especially for that great photo. Is that stainless steel? Also, was the main blade etched with the BSA logo and 'official scout knife' or did that etching come later?
 
Also on the Cub Scout knife, I notice on eBay many of the knife scales (including Camillus) are navy blue. The regular Boy Scout knives were always brown, and I recall my 1963 Cub Scout version (like yours) as being brown also.
What's the story on the blue scales versus the brown?
 
My knife has a carbon steel blade. Unfortunately etching was lost.
As far as I know, Camillus made ​​this model only with blue scales, but I could be wrong.
 
When I first read the title of your post I thought that you were actually dating a Camillus knife as in like going to the movies on a date. I was thinking some of the knife nutty's on this forum really are bonkers for their knives!
 
Vit, that carbon steel looks incredibly perfect for being '60s-70s.No oxidation at all. It literally looks brand new out of the box. Have you restored it?

Maybe it's my monitor but your knife scales look brown to me in the photo. Are you saying they are blue?
 
Vit, thanks. So it's my monitor, not your knife ( :-) That's a great restoration.

That fits with my understanding that the Boy Scout scales were brown while the Cub Scout scales were always blue or occasionally black.
 
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