Need help identifying old pocket knife

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jwhiteley718

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I was recently given an old pocket knife, and am trying to identify it. It is a 5-blade Boy Scout pocket knife. The blades are awl, screwdriver/bottle opener, main blade, can opener, and phillips screwdriver (which has broken off). The handle is wood (not bone or plastic), attached with three rivets. The wood is slightly convex. I have never seen this type of Boy Scout insignia on the handle -- it is the Boy Scout First Class Badge superimposed on a shield. There is no wording on any of the blades to indicate the manufacturer or place of manufacture. The knife has obviously been used very much, and sharpened many times, which might account for no wording on the blades.

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated!
 
At the very least there should be a stamp on the main blade near the pivot that should give you a clue.
 
I'll post pictures when I get home.

There is no stamp at all anyplace on the knife. I have checked all the blades. The only identifier is the Boy Scout First Class emblem superimposed on the shield.
 
I would suggest posting this question (with pictures!) in Bernard Levine's forum here on BF. He, literally, wrote the book on pocket knife identification.
 
5 tools would make it a "Deluxe" Camp Knife. I know Camillus made one, but then again, without pictures, we really can't tell a thing.

Even if the blades are worn, there should still be a maker's stamp on the tang.
 
Thirded or fourthed on the tang stamp being there somewhere. I've some pieces in the collection that are worn out- blades like toothpicks and bone smooth as ivory- and the stamp is still there.

I also question the wood scales. Bone and Delrin are most common, followed by celluloid (especially cracked ice) and that odd Kingston in 1946 that was steel. Never seen one in wood in nearly 20 years of collecting.
 
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