What is the Camillus Arclite handle material

[Standa]

I thought that the Camillus Arclite was made of 420 HC.
But I´ve read recently that the handle material was D-2:
http://onestopknifeshop.com/store/camillus-arclite-info.html
Even the OAL doesn´t fit to the blade and handle lenghts.
Could you anybody tell me the right date of the knife?
Standa

[This message has been edited by Standa (edited 04-20-2001).]

 

[Richard]

I have mine sitting in front of me right now. The knife is 420HC...all of it. Blade = 3" and handle = 3 3/4" for an OAL of 6 3/4".



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[Cougar Allen]

That's pretty funny -- as you can see from the pic, the knife is all one piece (of 420HC). Overall length is 173mm. I like mine....


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[Will Fennell]

Standa,
Sorry for the confusion from the www.1sks.com site. The current production ARCLITE is one piece of 420HC. Handle and blade. The blade lenght is 3.25".

Thanks for the interest, and I hope this helps!


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[bquinlan]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Will Fennell:
The current production ARCLITE is one piece of 420HC.</font>

So when will we be able to get a batch in 154CM?

Pleeeeeease!

--Bob Q

 

[Standa]

Thank you all, guys.
Richard, thanks you for correcting the OAL lenght. 7.875" AOL necker would have been too long, IMO.
I believe the AOL is 6 3/4" = 173 mm (thanks Cougar) and the blade 3 1/4", that is handle 3 1/2".
Will, thanks. I thought there had been a mess in the Arclite info at that site.
I´m gonna have to second the 154CM. Aren´t you gonna use this steel for Arclite?
I asked for Arclite´s price and shipping-to-Czechia details at Top of Texas Knives on Friday and am still waiting for their response.
Standa

 

[numbersman]

I too thought the steel was D2. Have they ever been made in D2, and is so, in what years?

 

[edbeau]

numbersman, you pulled a 12 year old thread from the well of information. I don't believe the knife was made for that long to have been made with more than one type of steel. My Arclite is in the center of this picture.

 

[Phil Gibbs]

We did make a D2 version for A.G. Russell.

 

[numbersman]

Aha, so it was made in D2!! Of course mine isn't the Russell version.....Sorry about the date, I did a search and didn't even look at the date.

 

[harkamus]

The Arclite is coming back. If I'm not mistaken it's a Darrel Ralph design. Back when I was HTM/DDR moderator, it was one of the things he and I discussed. I forget who will market it though. Could be HTM or Meyerco. If memory serves me right, it'll be D2 this time around.

 

[Vit_213]

Sorry about the date, I did a search and didn't even look at the date.

Camillus made Arclite from 2001 to 2005