USS Kidd

[JimMLa]

Under the bunks were displays from other WWII ships and their fates. ( mostly sold for scrap metal). There were two blades, one fixed, one folder. The folder looks to be in good shape for it's age. Can anyone identify it?
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t250/jimmla/BatonRouge042.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t250/jimmla/BatonRouge041.jpg

 

[Arathol]

Probably Navy issue, almost certainly made by Camillus.

 

[mnblade]

If you're referring to the folder, Arathol, I don't think so. By the looks of it, I have a knife just like that! Was my grandad's. It's an Imperial easy-opener jack.

 

[Arathol]

I have the same knife myself, its marked Camillus.

 

[mnblade]

Interesting. Was Imperial ever part of the Camillus family?

 

[Arathol]

Camillus produced a lot of knives for just about every other maker. During this time Imperial was making mostly the shell handle knives, not a whole lot of solid handles after the late 30s and only shell handles after WW2. The bone in the picture looks like what you would see on a typical WW2 era Camillus, and the bolsters look to have a rough finish, again what you would expect on a WW2 Camillus. Without actually seeing what it says on the knife its hard to tell for sure, but I think that whether its stamped Imperial, Camillus, Ulster or whoever it was probably made by Camillus.