"Old Knives"

I agree, that old stag looks great. Good (new to me) info on the 72 Camillus pattern. I can see why you guys like both the bone and the pattern. Cool etch tongueriver! I love the Boker pick bone and the pick bone on the congress and Russell jack. On that note, here's an early NYK Co. with pick bone. I might try for better pictures outside tomorrow since it's supposed to be cloudy.
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Augie, Herder, Beaver, lambertiana, Pt-Luso and Tongueriver!!! Wow!!! Lovely Lovely Examples of fantastic Bone!

What a neat Congress Augie! Beautiful Old Example! I havent seen too many Older Russell's with those particular version of Pic Bone- darned nice and a lovely match too- I agree!

Lambertiana and Cal- Lovely example of Bokers Bone - I would call that Bokers Pic Bone - but boy is it s "busy" version of Pic Bone!!! Whew! - great stuff!
LongBlade- another great 72- a wee bit of a special one too eh!- Great score on that one my friend!
Nice ol' Sears Cammy Cal- very :cool:.
 
Whooooooooaaaaa!!!!!! Hold the Horses! Charlie my friend I totally agree, Dayam that's one VERY nice ol NY Pruner Mike - deserves to be in New Zealand I say! :D Thats just plain stunning that is! ( trying to sound Gentlemanly whilst wanting to rip out Hearts with Jealousy!! )
 
Thanks Charlie and Duncan. I spent time going through the "Prune big or go home thread" that you both have contributed a lot to prior to pulling the trigger on the NYK Co. That knife has had quite the life Les!
 
Mike Robuck said:
I agree, that old stag looks great. Good (new to me) info on the 72 Camillus pattern. I can see why you guys like both the bone and the pattern. Cool etch tongueriver! I love the Boker pick bone and the pick bone on the congress and Russell jack. On that note, here's an early NYK Co. with pick bone. I might try for better pictures outside tomorrow since it's supposed to be cloudy.
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Mike, what a stunner, just beautiful. One thing I noticed about most of the pick bone shown is you can see a pattern in the bone, I can see a X or W, your NYK Pruner shows it in the second picture. Cal's Boker shows it also.
 
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Augie said:
Mike, what a stunner, just beautiful. One thing I noticed about most of the pick bone shown is you can see a pattern in the bone, I can see a X or W, your NYK Pruner shows it in the second picture. Cal's Boker shows it also.
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I noticed a diagonal pattern on the pile side of my Howard Bros.
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Was this kind of jigging done by hand, maybe with a small chisel tool? If so, I can imagine a back and forth, zig-zag pattern would be a natural way to evenly cover the handles.
 
LongBlade said:
Nice knives Augie, Herder, Beaver, lambertiana, Pt-Luso and tongueriver :thumbsup: :thumbsup: ... all nice editions.. but following up on the Camillus 72 -



Here's a Camillus 72 but this one was made in 1946 which is the year the pattern was first made... Note the coping blade on the back end rather than next to master blade which is the major difference... This was the only year they did this and some refer to it as a First Generation "72"... Though as you say it is not a true whittler I still keep it with my other whittlers just given the name but probably more so because it probably made a fine whittler or carpenter's knife given the functionality and size :) ... This one is abit out of my focus in terms of my geocentric collecting in terms of makers o_O - but can't pass up a good knife when the occasion arises - so I consider it part of my special opportunity finds ;) ...

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LongBlade, nice example and you are correct on the different blade configurations on earlier models, but off a bit on the dating. Popular belief is that the Camillus 72 pattern was a post WWII design when in fact it was produced prior to WWII according to documentation that I have. Enclosed is a picture showing the different blade configurations from the first and second models as you described (first model on bottom). A few other differences seen between the first two models were that the main blade on the first model had a saber grind on both sides, where the second model had a flat grind on the back side. Another interesting bit of minutia is that the coping blade on the first variation is the only blade to have a half stop, no half stops on the second variation.

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tongueriver, wonderful old Sta-Sharp with a great etch.
Mike R., fantastic NYK pruner, rare find.
k33ncutter, nice NYK example.
r8shell, two nice examples, and the pic-bone on that HSB is beautiful.
 
Two more nice examples of pick bone on those great Bokers, lambertiana and tongueriver!!:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Fine example of an early 72, Lee!:thumbsup:
I like that Sta-Sharp, tongueriver, especially the etch!
Mike, that NYK pruner is a spectacular knife!:thumbsup:
Nice well loved NYK Hammer Brand pen knife, K33ncutter!:thumbsup: Looks like the master blade may have originally been a Wharncliff.
Two more lovely examples of pick bone, r8shell!:thumbsup: The Howard has the same fine jigs as Augie's Providence.
Good examples of first and second model 72's, herder!:thumbsup: Thanks for the additional information, it is always good to learn something new.

Here are two more examples of pick bone. First is an early Keen Kutter. Second is an EC Simmons/St Louis. Both have been posted in the Simmons/Keen Kutter thread, but, I don't believe either has been previously posted in this thread.

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