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ASBOB

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I just picked up a neat two blade Sears Craftsman.

Reads: Sears Craftsman U.S.A. 95222

The other side says: Stainless

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Can anybody tell me:

--who made this for Sears, what company?

--what steel might this be?
 
I have a couple of Craftsman stockmen, and I too think they (and yours) were made by Schrade USA, so probably 440A stainless.

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ASBOB said:
I just picked up a neat two blade Sears Craftsman.

Reads: Sears Craftsman U.S.A. 95222

The other side says: Stainless

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Can anybody tell me:

--who made this for Sears, what company?

--what steel might this be?
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Your particular example was made by Camillus, and Baer had some blank Uncle Henry shields sent over from the Schrade buildings. The tip-off is the visible bolster pin. When made by Schrade this pattern would have used the Swinden system, with no visible pin. At this point in history, Baer mostly controlled Imperial, Schrade and Camillus, and contracts, parts, knives, employees, etc. were traded around on a regular basis within that system.
 
tongueriver said:
Your particular example was made by Camillus, and Baer had some blank Uncle Henry shields sent over from the Schrade buildings. The tip-off is the visible bolster pin. When made by Schrade this pattern would have used the Swinden system, with no visible pin. At this point in history, Baer mostly controlled Imperial, Schrade and Camillus, and contracts, parts, knives, employees, etc. were traded around on a regular basis within that system.
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Nice catch on the pin!

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ASBOB said:
Thank you so much. Since it's Camillus, what would the steel be?
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That might not be easy to answer. Camillus and Imperial Schrade used 420C and 440A at various times, I believe. Someone will know more than I.
 
No yours are definitely Camillus made there Black Mamba.A dead giveaway is the spey blade.Secondly is the swedgework which Schrade Cutlery didn't do,but Camillus did...Schrade ground the shoulders off the clip-point's blade spine on their stockman pattern up until the early 1980's.
 
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Great knives. I love how it's made from what we think of as a super corrosion proof steel (either 420 or 440), yet the etch knows the type of person that may pick up a Craftsman knife and therefore claims "rust resistant".
 
Macchina said:
Great knives. I love how it's made from what we think of as a super corrosion proof steel (either 420 or 440), yet the etch knows the type of person that may pick up a Craftsman knife and therefore claims "rust resistant".
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Most American metallurgists refer to 440A and other such alloys as "CRES" alloys = Corrosion REsistant Steel.

Only the Germans were so optimistic as to call such alloys, "Rost Frei" or Rust Free.

Put them in the wrong environment, and they will rust away.
 
Frotier76 said:
No yours are definitely Camillus made there Black Mamba.A dead giveaway is the spey blade.Secondly is the swedgework which Schrade Cutlery didn't do,but Camillus did...Schrade ground the shoulders off the clip-point's blade spine on their stockman pattern up until the early 1980's.
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Interesting information on the different makers, but mine are both Swindon key construction (no visible pivot pins), which I thought only Schrade used.
 
black mamba said:
Frotier76 said:
No yours are definitely Camillus made there Black Mamba.A dead giveaway is the spey blade.Secondly is the swedgework which Schrade Cutlery didn't do,but Camillus did...Schrade ground the shoulders off the clip-point's blade spine on their stockman pattern up until the early 1980's.
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Interesting information on the different makers, but mine are both Swindon key construction (no visible pivot pins), which I thought only Schrade used.
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Yes, David Swinden of Imperial Knife Associated Companies (Schrade being one) filed for the patent in January 1960.

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knarfeng said:
Most American metallurgists refer to 440A and other such alloys as "CRES" alloys = Corrosion REsistant Steel.

Only the Germans were so optimistic as to call such alloys, "Rost Frei" or Rust Free.

Put them in the wrong environment, and they will rust away.
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I have this conversation with my customers all the time! I explain that it's Stain-Less, that a simple Carbon Steel, Not Stain-Proof! ;)
 
This is my daughters EDC knife. All the research I've done shows it to be made by Schrade in the late 60's - mid 70's...
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Clay
 
I've looked and can't see a pin on the bolsters, so I believe this little one was made by Schrade.

 
r8shell said:
I've looked and can't see a pin on the bolsters, so I believe this little one was made by Schrade.

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If that's a Craftsman 9473 which it appears to be, it's made by Ulster as its an Ulster 89 rebadged for Sears.
 
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