Jack's Random Tuesday Carry

screened porch said:
It looks sharp enough to cut from a distance.
This is a Camillus I got partially assembled and with its stamps ground off. It looks like the rosewood side was attached but not ground to shape, and the other side is my walnut.
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Looks exactly like a Double Eagle Imperial knife I had growing up, I believe Camillus also made it, I think mine was made in Ireland. There was some threads about Imperials too here.
 
cbach8tw said:
Looks exactly like a Double Eagle Imperial knife I had growing up, I believe Camillus also made it, I think mine was made in Ireland. There was some threads about Imperials too here.
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The Irish Imperials were made in the Jowika factory in Listowel. Some Camillus-made parts were also shipped to Sheffield after Imperial took over the Richards group of companies, which included Rodgers and Wostenholm 👍
 
Jack Black said:
The Irish Imperials were made in the Jowika factory in Listowel. Some Camillus-made parts were also shipped to Sheffield after Imperial took over the Richards group of companies, which included Rodgers and Wostenholm 👍
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Here is picture of what mine looked like from another member, apparently my Imperial may have been made in the USA, not Ireland, but I won’t know for sure until I find mine again in my boxes. 😜


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Jack Black said:
I know the feeling! 😁👍
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I may have added too much oil to the joint so it is kind of gummy when opening the last time I found it, so, do would silicone spray work to help it open? Or is it better to use some thing to clean out the old oil residue? I want to get it back into rotation. My dad got me it as a teenager so it has more sentimental value to me.
 
cbach8tw said:
I may have added too much oil to the joint so it is kind of gummy when opening the last time I found it, so, do would silicone spray work to help it open? Or is it better to use some thing to clean out the old oil residue? I want to get it back into rotation. My dad got me it as a teenager so it has more sentimental value to me.
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Do you remember what sort of oil you used? It'd definitely be better to get the old oil out I reckon. WD40 or a scrub with Dawn dish soap should do the trick. Trying using a drop of fine mineral oil for lubrication. Nice that you still have it 👍
 
Jack Black said:
Do you remember what sort of oil you used? It'd definitely be better to get the old oil out I reckon. WD40 or a scrub with Dawn dish soap should do the trick. Trying using a drop of fine mineral oil for lubrication. Nice that you still have it 👍
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I hate to say it is either 3 in 1 oil or it may be Vaseline. I know don’t kill me.
 
cbach8tw said:
I hate to say it is either 3 in 1 oil or it may be Vaseline. I know don’t kill me.
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I once used some camelia oil, which came very highly recommended. Probably the worst thing I've ever used on a knife, it stripped the original polish off a old Rodgers blade 🫣
 
cbach8tw said:
I hate to say it is either 3 in 1 oil or it may be Vaseline. I know don’t kill me.
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The smell of 3 in 1 oil instantly brings me back to my childhood - sharpening my knife on an oil stone with it, tinkering in the basement, lubricating BB guns and mechanical toys with it…

I don’t actually like the smell of it on my knives now, so I use mineral oil, but if someone made a 3 in 1 oil cologne I would probably buy it 😄😄
 
Just Tom. said:
The smell of 3 in 1 oil instantly brings me back to my childhood - sharpening my knife on an oil stone with it, tinkering in the basement, lubricating BB guns and mechanical toys with it…

I don’t actually like the smell of it on my knives now, so I use mineral oil, but if someone made a 3 in 1 oil cologne I would probably buy it 😄😄
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LOL! :D I know what you mean Tom, there's a certain smell that I used to encounter when passing by old factories, when Sheffield still had working factories, that takes me straight back to my dad's overalls. I think it's the smell of oil on hot machinery :thumbsup:
 
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