old camillus knife

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beta464

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Can anyone tell me what this is and when it was made?
Also I am not a Camillus collector so I will part with it

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The only stamp I can find is Camillus New,York USA
 
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It looks like a Camillus #14 Utility Knife. I was issued one in 1967 while in Vietnam.
 
beta464, this is a discussion forum, not an Exchange forum. Do not offer knives here.
 
Beta,
Sooner or later you will be collecting Camillus's as well.
Camillus made many knives for Imperial and Schrade including the 8OT.
Camillus was owned by the Baer family and Henry was known to visit the factory.
If you like the knife put it away for a while and come back and take another look before you just give it away,
 
coondog108 said:
http://www.collectors-of-camillus.us/Catalogs/1946-Camilluss.pdf Try this also, 1946 catalog page 34, maybe a Navy and Coast Guard general utility knife. If it has steel liners and a 4 line tang stamp. its pre 1945 probably.
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I don't think that can opener is pre-1945. The Mirando opener was patented on Christmas, 1945 and assigned to Imperial. It appeared on some knives a year or two before that, and spread widely after the war. The opener on this knife does not have the pointed hook of Mirando's design, but looks to be a derivative. Probably post-WWII.
 
That is a Navy and Coast Guard General Utility Knife (see third knife from the top in the "Camillus Knives That Went to War" ad below). Camillus shipped them during WWII and later. If the marking is Camillus New York USA it would have been a post-war model. If you provide some close-up pics of the knife, including the marking, it might be possible to get a better idea of the age.

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beta464--compare brands and research-look thru the old camillus posts. CAMCO, irv, codger64, Phil and a few others are encyclopedias of blade knowledge and "collector gods"
 
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