Anyone have any info on this 305? The knife is a bit unusual, at least given what I thought I knew about the making of these knives. The master blade has the long pull and the pivot pins are not at all visible. I thought the knives made by Camillus has visible pivot pins. Any ideas on when this was made?
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Unusual 305
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Very early Camillus somewhere around 68-71.
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It's the very first'est 305. No model number, scale pins, Made in USA on tang,extra brass spacer. If Scharde ever made a 305 it was prototype as a whole bunch of people have never seen one. On all CC and Buck 300s , shine your bolster a little and blow your damp breath on it and the pin will show up.
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Thanks for all of the info. There are no visible pivot pins. I did shine the bolsters and blow on them, as well as examining under 16X magnification. I have thousands of knives and I'm always able to find the pin even on well worn and well blended knives. This knife came from the estate of a very advanced collector and most of the knives were pre 1970. I was actually wondering whether this might be some type of Schrade proto.
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Nope on proto., have couple of three jest like it. On the closeup photo you can just make out the hint of a pin, its right in line with the brass scale pin. Still a decent find. Lots of these have cracks in the scale at the bottom of the spring rivet. 300Bucks