Oddball Camper Flint & Steel Poughkeepsie NY USA

[T. Erdelyi]

I got this on Ebay and I was hopin' it wasn't a pos, I didn't expect a USA stamp on the tang.

The flint is removed by openin' the pen blade, (I'm such an idiot, in my excitement I struck the flint which was mint till then). and liftin' the flint from the scale.

Anyone ever bought one or heard of the Co. before?

It's very sturdy.

Here's a few quick pics:

 

[dalee100]

Hi,

Very nice! I think I remember back in the mid to late 60's, seeing ads for a similar knife. I think it was either in Popular Mechanics of Field & Stream or some such publication. But I don't think it was one exactly like yours. Lordy, I'm gettin' old.

A very nice score on your part. I wound why such folders aren't still made today.

dalee

 

[sunnyd]

As dalee says, I have also seen similar knives like this advertised. I used to see these in survivalist magazines and in mail order's in the early 1970's. But nothing near the quality of this piece here. Good snag, very . I might go looking for one here myself now that I have seen yours. Thanks for showing this here, T.

Anthony

 

[T. Erdelyi]

I'm sure this was a contract knife, I'm just not sure who made it, Imperial, Colonial? I'll link to BRL's forum maybe he can help.

 

[Thomas Linton]

Back from the dead.

The inventor, Robert William Bray, of Poughkeepsie, started the process of registering a trademark for Flint & Steel in 1992 but abandoned his efforts before finishing the process.

http://www.trademarkia.com/flint--steel-74277195.html