Kamp King knives

[Joe Dirt]

Dale, even us civvies needed to open a cold one now and then

After seeing k7k's in an older post that had taken a turn towards "church keys",
I was on a mission to find my own.
I truly lucked out finding the red one.
I payed about 2 dollars more for it than I would have a "standard" Kamp-King!(reference wosey's post)

They are rare indeed!

....... Joe

[orvet]

It is a great find Joe.
Congrats!

Dale

[1quickquestion]

Just found this knife walking through my dad's rental house. And I'm wondering if anyone has any tips on how to get this knife cleaned up to look nice?

[Cooter Brown]

I got an Imperial Kamp King a while back on the bay as part of a cheap two knife deal along with a Schrade 80T. The 80T was not in great shape but the King was almost new except for a little rust on one of the blades. I cleaned in up and it took a great edge!

I gave it to my nephew and it's been in his pocket ever since.

[orvet]

1quickquestion, welcome to AAPK!

Here is a link that that discusses a lot about cleaning knives, even though the topic is about springs.
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... 26&start=0

Hope that helps.

Welcome aboard,
Dale

[coffeecup]

What's up with that jigged plastic?

They don't have to be so colorless.....

Joe, I'm Dutch uncle to a couple of boys who got into Scouting, so I had to tag along a bit. Their dad and I put together a set of knives and stones for introducing knife sharpening to the Cubs. Thanks to a few good folks here at AAPK, that "set" of practice knives ranges from Remington and Pals to Kamp Kings (lots of Kamp Kings).

The universal favorites are the knives I got cheap without handles, and just puttied on new scales using JB Compound. Doesn't get much more colorless than that.

[trey]

I thought since I started this thread I'd add a picture of my Kamp King Knives.

[Barkingdog61]

I have an old "kamp king" but the shield is missing and the tang is stamped "MADE IN USA".

Any ideas on identifying based on the photo?

[carrmillus]

.........I remember finding one on a boat ramp years ago, cleaned it enough to read the kamp king mark, but it was so far gone, I threw it away!!.......... ...............

[garddogg56]

Welcome Barkingdog I don't believe she's an Imperial Kamp King maybe a Camillus or a Colonial she has jigged bone scales with solid bolsters,nice knife though

[Another Knife Collector]

I have an old "kamp king" but the shield is missing and the tang is stamped "MADE IN USA".

Any ideas on identifying based on the photo?

That's a WWII era knife, likely made by Camillus. They were produced during the war and a while after using surplus materials.

[Barkingdog61]

I have an old "kamp king" but the shield is missing and the tang is stamped "MADE IN USA".

Any ideas on identifying based on the photo?

That's a WWII era knife, likely made by Camillus. They were produced during the war and a while after using surplus materials.

Thanks for the info! As you can probably tell I am very new to collecting. I have carried knives as tools for many years. I inherited this one from Father's collection. Would I be wrong to try and clean this one up for some light carry duty. I love the size and blade configuration.

[garddogg56]

Thats what there made for

[mausheart]

I need any information anyone can give on my Kamp-King knife. It has a kind of gold pearlesant scale handle, a fish scaler/leather punch, main blade with the hammer brand logo, a flathead screwdriver/bottle opener, and a can opener pat. pen. on it...

[Tsar Bomba]

to AAPK, mausheart. It sounds like you've got one of the Imperial Kamp King shell knives from the mid-20th century, though it would be much easier to confirm if you posted some photos. The knives are constructed of a metal "shell" and the MoTS handle finish you see is actually a thin layer of material applied over top of the metal to give the handle color. The bolsters are generally hollow on these knives, too. Imperial made Kamp Kings for a long time, even before the shell knife days, so to be any more specific we would need photos so the experts here can "read the knife", as they say.

Enjoy the forum!

[knife7knut]

Posted this on another thread but figured to post it here as well. A Kamp King solid bolster knife;the only one I have ever seen.

[Tsar Bomba]

Without the bail, the old solid-bolstered Kamp King is a mighty slim knife...

[deltaboy]

They are solid EDC knifes.

[mausheart]

the hammer brand logo is on the cutting blade and features an arm holding a hammer. the can opener has CanOpener Pat Pen on it.

[deltaboy]

Great Knifes.

[ges]

I usually carried a Kamp king as a youngster. As an adult, I discovered the Super Kamp King. Does anyone know when they were sold and maybe some history behind them? I have procured several from Ebay.

[OLDE CUTLER]

I usually carried a Kamp king as a youngster. As an adult, I discovered the Super Kamp King. Does anyone know when they were sold and maybe some history behind them? I have procured several from Ebay.

I too started with an Imperial Kamp King as the first "real" knife mom would let me possess. So I always wanted to customize one, which I finally did with brass bolsters and Kirinite Patriot scales.

[doglegg]

OC another excellent job. Knice, knife.

[OLDE CUTLER]

In the process of sorting my camper and scout knife boxes the other day, I happened to notice something that I was not aware of before. I have 2 of the Imperial Hammer Brand Kamp King knives which when I first looked at them I thought "these two are the same". But upon closer examination, they are not the same. Both carry the same tangstamp, Hammer Brand USA with the arm and hammer logo which is from the period 1945-1955 according to the Price and Zalesky book. One has a very deep stamp on the master and one a faint stamp. But what is different is the layout of the can opener and that one has brass liners and one has steel. Both have the Patent number P2391732 stamped on the can opener, but the can opener is on opposite ends of the two knives and is of different sizes.

If the dates 1945-1955 are correct, is it possible that the one with the steel liners is the earlier one, from 1945 when brass was still used by the military for the war effort? And then some time after WWII ended and brass was once again available to industry, the liner material was changed?

[New_Windsor_NY]

Those are ALL very nice Kamp King pocket knives. I really like OC's customized Kamp King knife that is a few posts above this one. I only have one Kamp King, an Imperial, here it is.