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DuncanAnother Camillus Built Beauty, and again stamped HIGH CARBON STEEL ( over ) U.S.A on the Tang of the Main.
Etched on the Main is STA SHARP, under this is the block lettering acid etching FOUR BLADE- then in stylised and extremely faint Carbon Steel
Clip point Main this time, but with the same other blade arrangement ( apart from the cool little Clip Point ) as the previous Camillus - this Knife has the 4 blades and not the 5, this one too hails Circa 1927 -1940.
The Spiral Punch this time has the very cools Tang stamp stating just that in stylised Writing Spiral Punch.
The Bone almost borders on a jigged Apoloosa- it's nice, it's Mellow and I really like it a lot, the small oval shield is pinned.
Turn the Knife over, this Double Springed Knife has a lovely fancy Coined Liner running through the middle.
Yet another classy Knife built by one of THE greats...
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JakeBeautiful examples, Charlie
Surveyor (Fancy cattle pattern according to book terms but called a stockman in the old Maher & Grosh catalogs)
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Eureka (Fancy cattle knife)
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Equal end cattle with "Cattle Knife" etch on blade
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Junior Cattle Knife
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... (Is a "humpback stockman" a cattle knife??)...
- GT
If YOU don't know, Charlie, then I feel much better about the fact that I don't know!...
I don't know about the humpback, GT!
Using Jake's summary, it seems like the Case humpback stockman is definitely NOT a stockman, but it may be a cattle knife if the humpback frame is "fancy".r8shell, That's a reasonable approximation. This is off the top of my head so if there are mistakes or omissions, please correct them...
Serpentine with clip = Stockman
Serpentine with spear = Cattle Knife ancestor(*1) to stockman (bulky="premier" & slender="transitional")
Equal end or "fancy"(*2) with clip or spear =Cattle Knife
(*1) I think a good question is... What about long after 1890? Can you still have ancestors or transitional patterns 50 years later??
(*2) fancy=jumbo, balloon, surveyor, eureka
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Here is a Case humpback stockman, which I guess is actually a fancy cattle knife.
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Looks like Jeff and Will agree with me (or I agree with them
Speaking of agreeing with Will, I completely concur with his exalted opinion of this model....
For a prod knife, the CASE Hump has a lot going for it: totally sunk joints, nice cut-out to access the Spey and smooth yet crisp W&T.
Thanks, Will
I tend to agree with you about the Vic Electrician model, KV!My SAK Electrician is equal end with a spear main,a sheepfoot and a punch + a bottle cap opener/screwdriver. Would it be considered a cattle knife if it didn't have the extra blade?--KV
Wow, what a treat to see so many new and old cattle knives!!!
And few guys, (waynorth & campbellclanman) have more than they deserve. Envious I am.![]()
Duncan
Wow mate !!! I was waiting till I had more time to savor your oldies and oh what a treat !!! Outstanding collection of cattle gems![]()
My friend - I feel the opposite- I actually feel I need more- and cannot understand the unfairness of the World that I can Knives like Charlie![]()
Whether I deserve them is another subject altogether![]()
Once, or IF you convince Charlie to send you any or all of his knives Duncan, PLEASE tell Charlie to route them through ND and I'll be sure you get them![]()
My friend- if only the Gods would smile upon us - I can just see it now - this big box will come and I would be ripping it open with such anticipation- to find it having been intercepted by you and contains bricks and the odd bit of grease paper![]()
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Another 4-blade, in the guise of a Schatt & Morgan Railsplitter. This is a Surveyor variation of the Cattle knife. Quite beautiful with that nice Redbone finery!!
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