"Old Knives"

waynorth · 2026-03-11T16:20:29-0400

cudgee said:
Say What !!!!

Confuses the heck out of me!! I have a niece, and she insists she's a they!!!

SteveC · 2026-03-11T16:43:27-0400

Camillus changed the blade configuration on the #72 sometime shortly after Augie's example, coping blade goes to the other end and the penblade is replaced by a clipblade.

This is also a shortline

waynorth · 2026-03-11T16:53:30-0400

SteveC said:
Camillus changed the blade configuration on the #72 sometime shortly after Augie's example, coping blade goes to the other end and the penblade is replaced by a clipblade.

This is also a shortline

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These blades match the configuration of my old Empire!!! previous page!!

SteveC · 2026-03-11T16:55:55-0400

waynorth said:
These blades match the configuration of my old Empire!!! previous page!!

So they do :thumbsup:

I wonder if that was an influence on Camillus switching their design.

Oldy · 2026-03-11T18:01:35-0400

SteveC said:
Camillus called it a Carpenters Whittler

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Was Camillus the first to use the term bone stag,I know case use the term bone stag 6.5 now.

waynorth · 2026-03-11T18:50:30-0400

SteveC said:
So they do I wonder if that was an influence on Camillus switching their design.

I suspect we'll never know!!!

black mamba · 2026-03-11T19:49:57-0400

I'm fairly certain that I heard the term "stag bone" before I ever heard it the other way around as "bone stag,"
but of course they are interchangeable and it may just have been luck of the draw which I heard first.

Pennlu · 2026-03-11T20:23:56-0400

WR Case and Sons

black mamba · 2026-03-11T20:25:47-0400

Wow! How old is that one, Pennlu, and where do you hide the time machine??

Pennlu · 2026-03-11T22:18:21-0400

black mamba said:
Wow! How old is that one

1905-1914

Pennlu · 2026-03-11T22:25:51-0400

Cattaraugus Exhibition Pearl Sheep's Foot Swell End Jack, From the Cattaraugus exhibition knives displayed at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition

Pt-Luso · 2026-03-12T04:21:23-0400

Alex.Y. · 2026-03-12T05:48:47-0400

r8shell said:
I'm afraid I can't help with the date of your knife, but here's one that's similar.
It's got an even weirder abbreviation: ROBT
It's a mystery to me.

Nice one! A mystery indeed: two different stamps of cranes on yours; smaller shield; secondary blade is also clip, but of a different shape... I think we need a german knives expert here.

Campbellclanman said:
Nice Klaas Pocket Knives, they certainly made a great knife

Thank you! They sure did!

lambertiana said:
I got some new production Robert Klaas knives in the early 90s and the tangs are stamped Robt like R8shell’s.

That is interesting. Do you know who made them back then? Nowadays trademark is owned by the "foggy hill" company, if I recall correctly.

Augie · 2026-03-12T06:27:27-0400

Nice discussion on the 72's everyone, thank you. Here is another short line 72 I have that has the locations of the pen and coping switched, also the pen is like a mini clip. Also showing an earlier 4 line Camillus true split spring whittler, you don't find many Camillus split springs.

Augie · 2026-03-12T06:28:34-0400

waynorth said:
Nice knife, Augie!!! A non-split spring whittler!!!

Here is a similar knife, a very early Empire from the 18th century!!!! You can tell by the W.Winsted marking (West Winsted) used before the two towns were incorporated together into (now) Winsted CT. Three-blade with carpenter blades in a swell-center handle!!!View attachment 3129663 View attachment 3129665 View attachment 3129666

Love that Empire Charlie, real knife history.

SteveC · 2026-03-12T08:04:07-0400

Augie said:
Nice discussion on the 72's everyone, thank you. Here is another short line 72 I have that has the locations of the pen and coping switched, also the pen is like a mini clip. Also showing an earlier 4 line Camillus true split spring whittler, you don't find many Camillus split springs.

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That split spring sure is a beauty !

lambertiana · 2026-03-12T08:59:50-0400

Alex.Y. said:
Nice one! A mystery indeed: two different stamps of cranes on yours; smaller shield; secondary blade is also clip, but of a different shape... I think we need a german knives expert here.

Thank you! They sure did!

That is interesting. Do you know who made them back then? Nowadays trademark is owned by the "foggy hill" company, if I recall correctly.

I'm not sure who made them, I heard rumors that it was Böker. But that may have just been a rumor. I got them from the foggy hill company. Definitely German made (Solingen on the tang), unlike the recent production that comes from China.

Too bad G germania isn't seen around here any more, he probably has the answer.

Augie · 2026-03-12T10:28:43-0400

SteveC said:
That split spring sure is a beauty !

Thank you Steve, sorry I missed your 72, just like the second one I posted, wonder what the timeline was on the 2 shoreline bone 72's with different blades.

SteveC · 2026-03-12T14:38:29-0400

Augie said:
Thank you Steve, sorry I missed your 72, just like the second one I posted, wonder what the timeline was on the 2 shoreline bone 72's with different blades.

No worries, The 1948 catalog shows the change so between 1946 and 1948

http://www.collectors-of-camillus.us/Catalogs/Catalogs.htm