The Camillus Saw Scouts

redsparrow said:
May I ask how often you carry one of your saw scouts? Have you found much use for the saw? Thanks for sharing with us! -James
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While colder weather ushers my GEC Beer Scouts into my pocket, warmer weather is saw scout time. I spend a lot of time hiking and camping, and a saw scout is most always in my pocket. I started out carrying a Remington R-4, but quickly noticed that the can opener almost never got used. So I made the move to the Camillus C4 this year, and have been very happy. The philips screwdriver is very handy.

I personally find the wood saw to be very useful. Marshmallow sticks get cut when camping with my wife and daughter. Makeshift hook disgorgers are whittled when trout fishing. There are tons of outdoor uses for the saw. It's a tool for making more tools.
 
swaybacksteve said:
but totally not aware of the R4 that came with the special presentation goodies and that Sierra Club Camp knife.
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Keep your eyes peeled. The Remington presentation boxes show up on auction every few months. The wait for a Sierra Club knife to show up is much longer.
 
Congrats on your success in acquiring all the Camillus-made saw scouts you were after, Buzz!! :thumbup::thumbup:
Very cool collection, and the personal characteristics necessary to make it happen are even more impressive!! :cool::)
I like scout knives and SAKs; think I'll have to keep an eye out for the most common of these Camillus versions. I've admired your R-4 and C-4 since you first posted them! :thumbup:

- GT
 
John A. Larsen said:
Wardo46. To cut wood. Seriously it comes from my military days, when we would cut into hedge groves to make hide sites, normally at night. Very hard and noisy too, to try and chop your way into a hedge grove with a large knife, plus it tends to leave pointy ends that can stick you, hopefully not in your eye. Once using SAK saws and a couple of pruning shears we cut into a untrimmed nursery grove in Germany, trees about 25-30 feet high, branches all the way to the ground, cut paths and sleeping areas for 22 USAF Security Police, we were training and 10 of us, with hardly any noise. You could walk even at night down the paths we cut to the edge of the nursery to pull guard, no noise, no crashing thru branches, and because we did it right, the German Forest Meisters never got mad at us and turned us in to the OP4. I have also used them successfully to cut right angles into branches that were being used to make snares or dead falls. Making a fire, taking small branches, quick cut with a saw either all the way thru, or just enough to break the branch over the knee to make kindling. John
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Well, I asked for that one. :D

I was just curious because I'm trying to think of ways to use the saw on my Vic Farmer. Nothing military, I'm just an old geezer using a knife around the house and for occasional camping and fly fishing. So far, the saw's of limited use.

Regards
 
Buzzbait said:
...I spend a lot of time hiking and camping, and a saw scout is most always in my pocket. ...I personally find the wood saw to be very useful. Marshmallow sticks get cut when camping with my wife and daughter. Makeshift hook disgorgers are whittled when trout fishing. There are tons of outdoor uses for the saw. It's a tool for making more tools.
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Thanks Buzz, you're right,"There are tons of outdoor uses for a saw." As an outdoor enthusiast I have used pocket saws processing firewood and making tent stakes. A saw would be very handy for shelter and furniture building, (during an unexpected extended outdoor stay) so I carry a Vic huntsman on nearly every outdoor adventure. Today my hunting, canoeing and hiking outings are less frequent and most of my knife needs are those found closer to home. Thanks again for your response. I enjoyed your wonderful collection of saw scouts and your post about them. -James
 
Buzzbait,

I've enjoyed your posts for the past 12+ years. I have an R-4 with a scalloped coping blade. I love the knife, but wish the handle was a bit longer; it feels small to me.
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Hi Raja - That's an cool oddball. It seems that Camillus produced a variety of saw scout oddballs. I saw a Camillus branded saw scout on auction last week, the same as the Sears saw scout, but with a Camillus tang stamp.
 
I finally managed to track down one of those brass bolster saw scouts with a Camillus tang stamp, identical to the Sears saw scout, other than the tang stamp and lack of blade etch. According to Spork60:

The brass bolstered Camillus was a leftover parts knife sold by SMKW
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I feel like this might be the next traditional i start tracking down. Wish GEC would do a 98 camp with a saw instead of an awl/punch.
 
Buzzbait, the old "S" cards that Camillus used to make knives for other folks list the wood as Mahogany Fibron.
 
edbeau said:
Buzzbait, the old "S" cards that Camillus used to make knives for other folks list the wood as Mahogany Fibron.
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Awesome info. Thanks. Is that true of all the resin impregnated wood covers from Camillus, or just a certain model?
 
I was researching the Frontiers from Imperial and the Craftsman ones and came up with the same wood.
 
VashHash said:
I feel like this might be the next traditional i start tracking down. Wish GEC would do a 98 camp with a saw instead of an awl/punch.
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This was my mindset from the beginning of the 98. I have posted this in the 98 thread numerous times, but to no avail...

I have looked at the R4 and C4 plenty of times, and would likely go for the C4, but I always have something else pulling my wallet strings.
One day I will grab one and see how well it suits my uses.

Great job on removing the scallops on the sheepsfoot and thanks for the education.
 
Street Samurai1978 said:
Just picked this up off eBay. Has the serrated/scalloped blade. I like it, so I'll keep it as is. This one comes in just the little box.View attachment 720579
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That's a nifty oddball!!! I've never seen an R4 with a scalloped blade. But it seems like there are a lot of interesting "parts knives" out there in auctionland right now. I see traditional 4-blade scouts with Remington shields and the R4 designations on the blades.
 
Congratulations Buzz, that's a great collection :) :thumbsup:

Buzzbait said:
I just happen to have one of the old Shrade USA honesteels. They're awesome. Due to the relatively soft steel on most traditional pocketknives, I find that my edges often deform long before they dull. The honesteel does a good job at realigning the edge, without any removal of steel from the blade.

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Very sorry for missing your helpful post before Buzz. I decided to pick up one of the new ones a few weeks back, and like it :) :thumbsup:
 
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