Electrician's Knife

[Jesse Livingston]

Over the years I have worn out several Camillus Electrician's knives. Always the blades would accumulate some rust. About 2 or 3 years ago, I bought a new Electrician's model. Despite almost daily use, the blade has remained shiny as new. Nothing on the blade says anything about stainless steel. Did/does Camillius make any of these models with stainless blades?

 

[stjames]

I think the Camillus model is some sort of 440, I remember that they are made to Gov. Specs. so it has to be on the right chart to be used.

 

[Rick1955]

I have owned several of these type of knives. Only one had a carbon steel blade, all of the others were stainless steel.

All the ones that I saw issued in the Army had stainless steel blades.

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Jesse Livingston:
Over the years I have worn out several Camillus Electrician's knives. Always the blades would accumulate some rust. About 2 or 3 years ago, I bought a new Electrician's model. Despite almost daily use, the blade has remained shiny as new. Nothing on the blade says anything about stainless steel. Did/does Camillius make any of these models with stainless blades?</font>

 

[yoda4561]

Yep, there are various electricians knives that Camillus makes, they use both stainless steel and hi carbon.

 

[RH]

In case you're interested, Klein also makes a folding electrician's knife with a liner lock. Mine sits in the car console, after several years it's showing some slight pitting, I don't know if it's supposed to be stainless or not.