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2brothers

2brothers

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I was digging through boxes of misc stuff (knives :D ) and what did I find.
A Camillus 3T lockback with that sweet thin Turkish blade.
Sitting in the sheath, bothering no one. Just waiting......and waiting.

I pulled it out thinking it would look horrible sitting in the sheath all these years.
Glad I was wrong. Just a few marks on the brass which actually just wiped off. Could have been from the leather.
Blade is in pristine condition too, never touched.

Pretty sure I got it back in the mid-to-late 90's. Funny thing though, I remember them having a big Camillus etch on the blade. This one does not. :confused:

A few quick photos, sorry about the quality didn't have time to go outside to the photobox.

CAM3TB.jpg

CAM3TA.jpg
 
Thank you. It is a fine looking knife.

I'm trying to find out exactly when they were produced.
I've gone through the Camillus catalogs/pricesheets and it is only mentioned in 1992 and '93.
Also mentions "limited". Seems kinda odd that something like this would be limited.
 
Nice one and a very pleasant surprise!

I love that pattern.
I am looking for a user in that pattern.
I sold one that was NIB a while back.
You are right about the blade etch, mine had it.

Dale
 

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Dale's picture is the model #3.
3T means Turkish Clip point blade, same handle, different blade. (Catalog shows them to be the same in every other way)
Apparently it was not produced with a Camillus logo etch.


**Edit
Did a little copy from a 1992 Catalog. It shows the knife with blade etch, but I've never seen one.
Camillus-3-3T.jpg
 
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Sometimes catalogs and flyers are as good as it gets for I.D.ing Schrade and Camillus knives. Just remember that a lot of those pictures are preproduction photosamples. And also older pictures were reused in subsequent catalogs because they felt the minor production changes weren't significant enough to justify a reshoot.

DOn't forget that you can still visit the old Camillus website via the Wayback Machine.
 
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