TL-29 Electricians Knives

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Thanks Eric.

I like caddy's rear bolster idea. I will have to try that someday.

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There's some beautiful work on those custom TL-29s! ::tu:: As long as everyone is showing off here's one I made a while back
http://allaboutpocketknives.com/knife_f ... it=+custom
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elbertson wrote:Quality practically guaranteed!

http://cgi.ebay.com/2-Pack-Stainless-St ... 3f010a7dcf
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2, count them,2 knives shipped to your door for 5 bucks total...knives themselves must be what...$.75 each? If that doesn't reek of quality, I don't know what does. From glorious Pakistan, no less...the home of mysterious, magical steel that practically slices through stuff just by being in the same room. I hope we all don't miss out on this one!
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robinetn wrote:The most notorious use for the Case electricians knife is to use the master blade for a "replacement" of the spear blade on a 6488 congress pattern .

Bob R. (RIDGEWOOD CUTLERY)
Yep, and I've seen the 54 pattern trapper with the 75 pattern main clip blade traded out. I would think the 75 stockman or moose would look a little weird with the 54 trapper main blade in it.

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Another Knife Collector wrote:There's some beautiful work on those custom TL-29s! ::tu:: As long as everyone is showing off here's one I made a while back
http://allaboutpocketknives.com/knife_f ... it=+custom

Very nice, especially for your first attempt at reworking a knife. ::tu:: ::tu::

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Camillus electrican's knife variations... #27's w/o model #'

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A few days ago I created a post titled "Camillus electrican's knife variations" on the Camillus Cutlery Collectors' sub-forum. The knives I addressed weren't strictly TL-29's because none of them were marked that way, but the pattern is the same and they were often distributed via the same channels.

Anyway, here's a link to the post: http://allaboutpocketknives.com/knife_f ... 63&t=19139
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I found a new TL-29 on ebay. A brand I had not seen before, thanks to an alert AAPK member who emailed me about the ebay listing.

It is stamped A.E. FULLER/U.S.A.

The etch on the screwdriver blade is mostly visavle.
The odd thing is the type of bail on the knife.
It looks like a bail on a cheap camper pattern.

What do you think?
Has anyone ever heard of them?

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orvet wrote:I found a new TL-29 on ebay. A brand I had not seen before, thanks to an alert AAPK member who emailed me about the ebay listing.

It is stamped A.E. FULLER/U.S.A.

The etch on the screwdriver blade is mostly visavle.
The odd thing is the type of bail on the knife.
It looks like a bail on a cheap camper pattern.

What do you think?
Has anyone ever heard of them?

Dale
Dale, I've got one here, somewhere. . . . Not in as good condition as yours, and missing the bail. I found mine under an old school about 15 years ago, while helping prep the building for demolition.

I've always wondered if they were made during the Great Depression/pre-WWII years. Mine is reasonably well-made, but the bail suggests an attempt to lower costs.

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coffeecup wrote:
I've always wondered if they were made during the Great Depression/pre-WWII years. Mine is reasonably well-made, but the bail suggests an attempt to lower costs.

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I agree Jim. It looks like a bail on an inexpensive scout or camper pattern.
I actually have two TL-29s with a similar type bail. One on an shell handle Imperial and one on a Ric-Nor, which was possible made by Camillus. Tom Williams once told me that Camillus made some Ric-Nor TL-29s, but I don't know if they made all of them.

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I have accumulated enough TL-29s and variants that I can usually pass them by, but this one was in comparatively good shape (i.e., nobody took a grinder to the edge of the screwdriver trying to sharpen it, the liner lock is not twisted and bent, the bail isn't missing, etc, etc) and I don't already have a decent Klein three blade hawksbill, so I bought it. A little elbow grease could make this one look practically new.
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I picked this up today at a gunshow.It's a Ka Bar.It has U.S.ARMY stamped on the walnut handle.ARMY is hard to make out.It has steel bolsters and a steel lock.The camera died before I could get a picture of the blades.The blades are stained but are in very good condition.You need a glass to read the KA BAR but thr OLEAN N.Y. is readable.I looked through this thread and didn't see a KA BAR mentioned.Are these rare?



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Rifleman wrote: I looked through this thread and didn't see a KA BAR mentioned.Are these rare?
I don't know how common the Ka-Bar TL-29 is, but they are nowhere as common as the Camillus or the other brands made by Camillus.
Now that I think about it, the Ks-bar may have been made by Camillus as well.
That is research I will have get to someday....... :lol:

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Here is a little transformed one. Bokote wood handles - lost the driver blade and filed spring.
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Thanks.I just found this book on google books by C. Houston Price, Mark D. Zalesky that describes my Ka Bar as having wood handles and stamped U.S. ARMY.When the page comes up,scroll down a bit.


http://books.google.com/books?id=ko-r0f ... &q&f=false
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I have an old Empire electrician's knife on fee bay right now if anyone is interested.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :MESELX:IT
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I put a bid on it Jack to get things started.

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Thanks, Dale!
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I might go peek at that myself, Jack ...

I was an electrician in another life, and actually carried an M Klein & Sons version for years ... not sure where she went ... I'm thinkin there's a garage excavation in my near future ...

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I'm in total agreement, Aimus, the TL-29 thread should not be shrouded in the fogs of history. Let's bump it back to the front and go to town!
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I posted this one in another thread but it should be on the "official" TL-29 thread. A brand new Utica. Yep, Utica is still making them in original configuration (Bear has one with a hawkbill blade).
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This is a great thread! ::super_happy:: I love the knives fellas! ::tu:: I just gave my Mom a replacement Camillus TL-29 related to a "no longer employed" handyman stealing hers. She took it hard because it was my Dad's knife. She's much better now! Thanks for the catalog pictures I've copied them to my files for future reference. ::handshake:: Rocky
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Here is a brand not shown before..........

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