The Radio, Electrician, and Lineman's Knife

[neal70]

That saw blade Charlie! How many times it would have been nice...Great knives all! Keep them coming!
Thanks, Neal

 

[Gevonovich]

I like to collect advertising Electrician knives. Most of the advert ones are Colonial.

Very cool Thanks for the look !!

 

[Buzzbait]

Here's a later Schrade Walden electrician's, with a saw!!
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Thanks, Charlie. That ends the mystery of whether Camillus or Scrade made my Sears.

 

[Buzzbait]

I used this one all day, for electrical work. It’s a great knife. I’m just letting it age, but with care.

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It is real isn’t it? I bought it off the big auction site.

That would be a late-era Camillus #1770 (stainless) or #229 (carbon steel) electricians’s knife, although I’ve never actually seen a #229 in the wild. Camillus made the pattern by the boatload for the military, but also sold many of them to the civilian market. Think of it as a Camillus TL-29, without the TL-29 on the handle.

Here’s a catalog link.

 

[Ramrodmb]

Thanks, Charlie. That ends the mystery of whether Camillus or Scrade made my Sears.

Just noticing that the teeth of the two saws are cut differently. Not sure if/how that matters, just an observation.
Cool knife though!

 

[waynorth]

Buzz, does that saw on your Craftsman have grooves/jimping on top of the blade?

Here is a near-relic Camillus. Lived a rough life - maybe never saw oil!!!???
The screwdriver is virtually unused, but the blade is abused. I am happy to have it because of the amazing handles!!

Darn!! See pictures in next post!!

 

[waynorth]

Here it is!!

 

[Buzzbait]

Here it is!!

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I adore that Camillus bone!!!

 

[supratentorial]

Here is the Camillus again with a Schrade Cut Co either side. One has unfilled TL-29 stamped into the wood, and the other is undoubtedly an Empire contract knife, on the left.
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I have the knife on the left and I wondered about the Empire connection. The unique locking mechanism is pretty cool. Schrade used a similar mechanism decades later when they designed their first multi-tools.

 

[chuko]

Here is a different approach. A NYK double end jack with a locking screwdriver.
Charles

 

[supratentorial]

Very cool, Charles

 

[knowtracks]

Sweet covers on that Camy!!
That Hammer is something else!!
Thank You both for sharing those Babies!!

Dave

 

[supratentorial]

c1922

 

[paulhilborn]

What Jake said...Very cool

 

[Gevonovich]

Here it is!!

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Now that one is electric with character !!

Here is a different approach. A NYK double end jack with a locking screwdriver.
Charles

Just stunning and that bone...wow !!

c1922

I really enjoy it when you post the catalog images ! Thank you

 

[veitsi_poika]

I was asked to post these here from the Old Knives forum... enjoy.

Very cool waynorth! I dug up some government documents on the TL-29 WWII models a while back... I will post some images when I find them. If I remember right it was a purchase order from the US Govt to different manufacturers requesting certain quantities of the TL-29.

Here are the documents I was talking about... pretty cool to see a historical purchase order for one of the classic and useful pocket knives

 

[veitsi_poika]

Naturally I did all that research for a reason... I've got a couple The two Ulster Knife Co ones have U.S.N. stamp on handles and the Schrade Cut Co / Ulster Knife USA have TL-29 stamp on the handles. I think I have seen a few that have TL-29 on the shield but I would think after awhile they found it as a waste of metal to be sending into war. I find it interesting that the Schrade Cut Co is the only one with steel liners / lock and the others have brass but it does note in the spec that many were made with brass. That was the main reason for my research on these knives because I doubted the ones that had brass but that document leads me to believe that the U.S.N. ones are the real deal. The Schrade Cut Co is an awesomely made knife with full snap on open / mid / close... when it snaps shut I can hear the original cutlers saying "go win us a war"

- Kevin (V_P)

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

Here it is!!

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Great thread, and thanks for your contributions to it!

Considering the date of your post, that’s a very appropriate choice of accesories!

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

Away from home, so no pics to share, but a couple of observations/questions...

Am I correct in thinking that at least with Camillus, the tl27 was the civilian market version of the mil tl29? I have a couple 27s and I notice they are slightly lighter in construction. The blades and springs are a bit thinner. Both have the brown scales.

And with regard to the ubiquitous black handled Camillus, which seem to be the most common and easy to find, among mine, some are stamped tl29 right into the scale, one has it on a decal, and some say nothing. However, in construction-especially blade and spring thickness, they are identical. And it looks like the decal label would likely have come off on many so labeled knives.

 

[neal70]

Buzzbait -great link! More than a few there I’d like to have! chuko and supratentorial -Jake, Charles tremendous add ons. Chuko that is an incredible knife eight ways from Sunday, the jigging! Jake love the old adverts too, amazing you always find the right one. That wrench knife you were kind enough to send, I’m hoping to have it re-handled/scaled this next year, Ebony if that seems fitting?(no pun).
Thanks, Neal