Show Us Your Camp Knives, Utility Knives, Scout Knives

556hunter -
Congratulations on your find. That is an awesome knife. It's so cool when you can give an artifact a new life. It's amazing to think how much useful life is left in these old knives. I can't think of many things built to today to last more than one lifetime - let alone one.

AreBeeBee - nice ulster. love that desert beauty. I miss it - I used to spend time running around Mojave and other high desert areas.

- Rex
 


Got this old Case Scout. I haven't seen another quite like it. I wonder if any of you collectors can give me some insight. I do know it is supposed to be a 1920-40 knife.
 
BuzzBait, that is a very nice collection you have of Scout type knives. I was interested in the Western as i picked up what i think was a "Second" as the "Western" has a line scribed thru it, as if done with a Dremel tool, below that is just "U.S.A." and on the other side of the tang "S-901" over "Stainless". The only thing wrong with the knife was the end of the awl was not finished, looked almost like a poor made gouge. Took less than a minute on a Norton Fine India stone to fix it, but I noticed that you said most of the awls were messed up. It was worth $10 to me and has been in my pocket since I bought it. I also have a reported pre-WWII KaBar "Kamp Knife" with dull burgundy (?) phenolic scales, awl, old type can opener, screw driver and spear point blade. John
 
In the spirit of Avengers: Age of Ultron, I've been packing along a pocketknife Steve Rogers would have been issued during the war- a four-line Camillus utility. Good shape all around, but the master blade has had some heavy use and needs the edge thinned. It takes a good edge, but very thick- I'll need to get the Lansky out and get to work.
 
So I may have just thrown away a little cash, but this looks to be everything I was looking for in a scout knife, under all the rust that is. Long pull spear, full blades, jigged bone covers, bow tie shield. Now I just gotta get it in hand and see what lurks under the crust. Seller says there's good snap on all the blades.

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^^^ nice find - has a lot of potential. You'll have to post pics once you get it cleaned up. You gotta love giving new life to these old knives.
-Rex
 
I'm glad you got it! Can't lie, I'm just a little jealous;);):D:D I'd sent in a bunch of offers but they were turned down:( any how, I'm really happy that another knife nut got it:D and i can't wait to see some pics of it all cleaned up!!!!! What brand is it by the way?


Ryan
 
556hunter said:
I'm glad you got it! Can't lie, I'm just a little jealous;);):D:D I'd sent in a bunch of offers but they were turned down:( any how, I'm really happy that another knife nut got it:D and i can't wait to see some pics of it all cleaned up!!!!! What brand is it by the way?


Ryan
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I tried to resist, then I low balled the guy, ended up picking it up for a reasonable price with free shipping. A little more than I wanted to spend but hopefully it'll all work out. And the brand? I wish I knew!
 
bleh said:
I tried to resist, then I low balled the guy, ended up picking it up for a reasonable price with free shipping. A little more than I wanted to spend but hopefully it'll all work out. And the brand? I wish I knew!
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Something is saying Kent to me.
 
I'm hoping for Ulster, Camillus, or Remington, but I'd be happy with any of the old school usa makers. I'm honestly not even sure if it's American. Could be German or Irish.

Only markings I can make it in the seller's pics is an undiscernable stamp on the mark side of the spear, and a very faint F, E, or R and the numbers 792 on the pile side of one of the blades.

Tracking says I'll have it Monday.
 
Here are a couple more wonderful Camillus scouts for your viewing pleasure. These both have Delrin India Stag scales, which IMHO are exceptionally ugly. Camillus had a few different Delrin stag-like scales over the years, all which looked nicer than these. But despite my opinion on Delrin India Stag, the knives are functionally sensational. The first knife I know very little about. I can't find anything on it. It's just like a Camillus 99, but with different Delrin, different shield, and no 99 stamp.

The second knife is the very cool C4. It's part of the Classic Cartridge Series, having a .30-06 shell cap for a shield. It's just like a Camillus-made Remington R-4, but with different Delrin, shield, blade stamping, a philips head screwdriver instead of a can opener, and the coping blade is scalloped. Very unique.

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Here is a knife I won here on the board a number of years ago. I hope the individual who made it is still here. I would love to let him know how well the knife has worked for me. I seem to remember the blade steel was ATS 34 with a brass guard and cocobolo handles. I also seem to remember Frank saying it was his first knife which is awesome.

It is my utility/garage knife. I use it in my garage for all of those tasks you would not want to subject your pocket knife to. It has performed wonderfully!

The tang stamp reads F. Aquirre, or at least that is what it appears to be.

If Frank is still around please contact me.


 
Here's mine for the day. This KABAR really is one of my favorite scout knives. It just feels......right.

 
Here is my only scout or utility type knife. I am not sure where I found it. It may have been in a box of reloading stuff I got from an uncle. I have never seen a knife with shrunken scales like this, and have always wondered what they were made of, and what made them shrink. They look like brown Delrin, but I don't think Delrin would shrink. Does anyone have any information on this issue, or know how old it might be?
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"Shrinky-dink" scales were used by Camillus for about 20 years, if memory serves me. It's not Delrin. Some other type of plastic. I've seen a lot of them in the same condition.
 
Aha. Since I don't think a Camillus like mine is particularly valuable, I have been considering making a project of rescaling it, perhaps in ebony or cocobolo or some other exotic wood. That would have to be an improvement on "shrinky-dink" scales, wouldn't it?
 
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