Please help me Identify this old Camillus!!!

[ghunter94]

Hey all, was digging through some old boxes, and I found an old knife. My dad said he got it about 20 years ago at a flea market, and said i could have it.

It is a Camillus knife. On the smaller blade, it reads: Camillus Cutlery New York
I could not read what the bigger blade says..
The handles look to be made of bone. The metal has a little pitting
the knife opens very nicely concidering how old it looks

So, if anyone has any info on what model and what year it is from, that would be great!

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[Vanguard41xx]

Looks like a tear drop pattern. Can you post pictures of the tang?

 

[Arathol]

Bone handled teardrop pattern, hand jigged brown bone, most likely WW1 era or a bit before.

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

Stamp on secondary (smaller) blade, seen in the 3rd pic, almost looks like the 'arched' CAMILLUS stamp, circa 1916, maybe like this one (pic borrowed from thread linked below):

Pic borrowed from this thread --->: [url]http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/497708-Camillus-Tang-stamps-and-dates[/URL]

 

[ghunter94]

the stamp looks exactly like that one on the smaller one
sorry, my camera isnt that good for macro

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

the stamp looks exactly like that one on the smaller one
sorry, my camera isnt that good for macro

Looks like it was just good enough. That 'arched' stamp is pretty unique, made it a little easier to see.

(I was squinting at the pic on my 17" HD notebook display, holding a magnifier to the screen )

 

[ghunter94]

hahaha, yea sorry about that lol

 

[Campbellclanman]

ghunter, Charlie here has a thread about the early Camillus, your Tang stamp is in there on page two...here is a link to that page...
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...illus-had-the-touch-when-needed!-R.I.P./page2