"Old Knives"

[rockman0]

Thanks Charlie, the etch and bolsters pushed me over the edge.

Thanks Lyle, I love the stag on the 2 of the trio above

Thanks Paul

 

[waynorth]

Is one of these a Boy's first knife, maybe?? Each around 3 1/8" or a hair more.

 

[waynorth]

For the more rambunctious boys, a tether to keep from losing them!! All SCCs.

 

[rockman0]

Impeccable SCC boys knives Charlie

 

[tongueriver]

For the more rambunctious boys, a tether to keep from losing them!! All SCCs.
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If called upon, I could be a boy.

 

[waynorth]

Impeccable SCC boys knives Charlie

Thanks, Rob!!

If called upon, I could be a boy.

When were you anything else, Cal??

 

[tongueriver]

Touche'. Those are some mighty fine knives, Charlie.

 

[waynorth]

Thanks young Feller!!

 

[wlfryjr]

Fine knives Charlie

 

[TheChunk91]

Good thing I have this chain on my knife so's I can't lose it.

 

[SteveC]

Beautiful knives fellas !

 

[waynorth]

Thanks Cal, Lyle and Steve!!!

Nice example, Paul T!!!
TheChunk91

 

[herder]

waynorth, fantastic examples of some Boy's knives and considerably better quality than anything I had as a youth.

The Chunk91, Another great example of a knife I wish I had as a boy.

 

[Campbellclanman]

Rob, Thats a neat Old Knife there, a Great Old Primble- now to find out who made it.....

Charlie, What a collection of Stunning Knives!!

Paul - another dandy!

great viewing Gentlemen!

 

[waynorth]

Glad you enjoyed them Neal and Duncan, and the herd of "likers"!! Boys' knives become equally attractive to big boys as little boys as we collect along!!

 

[rockman0]

That's a nice scc boys knife Paul, love the wood

Thanks Duncan, I'm clueless on the maker but I'm all ears if anyone has a thought

 

[eisman]

 

[waynorth]

Great-looking Primble, eisman!!

 

[Campbellclanman]

Here is a interesting Scout from Camillus, well- you may be forgiven to think- "Ahhh well yes...like all the other Hundreds Ive seen..."
And rightly so- but if all the other Hundreds were in good shape- you've seen a lot of very nicely put together and attractive Knives!

But this fellow here has a few points of interest, and I am glad this Knife has these, as something like this makes a different knife to put away with my other Scouts!

So I put up a smaller line up of Camillus WW2 era Scouts / Utility Knives - the five are in good shape and are all very sturdy Knives, but the one you see open on the right hand size has Rear Spring that is Massive when compared to all of my Camillus Scouts /Utility Knives, it also has a faded Etch that in large lettering says " BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA " Another interesting point is that each and every Blade, tool of this Knife is stamped the earlier 3 line Camillus Stamp- I haven't any other Scouts that have them all Stamped!

The Punch also you don't see often on a Camillus- sure Camillus use a few different Punches, from their lovely and famous Spiral Punch, another is a very plain and thin Punch that is fairly unremarkable, and now this one Patented Aug 11th 1908, No. 895778, the Moritz Mayer Punch, although this Punch has been used and worn but not abused, the Punch sports not only all the above Patent information, but on the other side the 3 line CAMILLUS. CUTLERY CO. CAMILLUS NY. as do all the other Blades / Tools.

Bone is outstanding, and the pins are all Hammered, where as the WW2 era'd Knives- the Spring Pin is Spun on all.

On the left you see the much larger Spring for the main compared to the others- you may have to look a little close as the Liners and Springs a a little hard to differentiate in these poor cell phone photo's..

So I suspect that this would be one of the much earlier Scouts that has these different points compared to most others I have seen, in fact I have not seen another like this - but would like to if you have one please?

 

[Campbellclanman]

I am not too sure if this will take your Fancy, but it does me, I snagged this Fixed Blade the other day as it too has something I havent found before on a Wade and Butcher, and that is the Etching inside the Fuller in Fancy Script " TROQUAIR " I have to be honest and dont know what this means, TRAQUAIR is a Scottish era / town, but the etching is spelt with a O and not an A?
can anybody help me with this?, usually there is an etch of a Famous Person, Battle etc, but each time I google the Troquair spelling it switches it to the known spelling with an A?
This fixed blade is the more decent sized Knife nearly 13 inches long and I was surprised when I received this knife as the condition is just great, mostly a 100% full blade with Patina - but I personally think it's a great Knife- and the bonus is that it is as tight as the day it was made!!