TL-29 Electricians Knives
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here are some electrician knives, some can't quite be called tl-29's but none the less.
mint camillus
near mint case 3 blade
near mint kutmaster 3 blade
mint kutmaster two blade, serrated
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near mint kutmaster 3 blade
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queen
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I have finally added not one but two bone handled TL-29s to my collection.
A Camillus & a Pal Blade Co.
I am happy!
Dale
A Camillus & a Pal Blade Co.
I am happy!
Dale
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I like the old TL-29 camillus as well. What type of steel did they use? Seems hard to sharpen when brand new, but once you get the profile down a bit, they can be like a razor.
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I looked at the entire TL-29 thread. Nice Knives.
I did not see a Robeson. I could of missed one, don't know. So, here is my one and only WWII Robeson TL-29.
Notice that it has no bail. It never did. However, I've seen Robeson TL-29's with a bail, so I
guess I need to find a nice one.
Robeson made the knife after the war as a civilian item. It's pattern number was 222030,
shown below.
As my dad was an electrician, I have some of his, still. There's a Camillus, a Holub and a Klein.
His black handled Camillus was actually part of a lineman's set with knife and pliers in a leather
two compartment pouch. I'm sure it was post war, though, as the pliers were made by Boker.
The three pieces are not together, but they're all here somewhere. It'd take me a bit of
searching to get them all together again.
I don't know why these photos came out so large. They are only 3"x3" in my photo program,
and all my other picture posts come out correctly.
Charlie Noyes
I did not see a Robeson. I could of missed one, don't know. So, here is my one and only WWII Robeson TL-29.
Notice that it has no bail. It never did. However, I've seen Robeson TL-29's with a bail, so I
guess I need to find a nice one.
Robeson made the knife after the war as a civilian item. It's pattern number was 222030,
shown below.
As my dad was an electrician, I have some of his, still. There's a Camillus, a Holub and a Klein.
His black handled Camillus was actually part of a lineman's set with knife and pliers in a leather
two compartment pouch. I'm sure it was post war, though, as the pliers were made by Boker.
The three pieces are not together, but they're all here somewhere. It'd take me a bit of
searching to get them all together again.
I don't know why these photos came out so large. They are only 3"x3" in my photo program,
and all my other picture posts come out correctly.
Charlie Noyes
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These two showed up in my mailbox just today.
An Imperial and a U.S.A. Boker.
An Imperial and a U.S.A. Boker.
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I believe the steel is 0170-6C, known as Carbon V by Cold Steel and known as CV by Case. The original steel name is 50100-B, one of the most common steels in he industry at least when Schrade and Camillus were in business. I would have to guess that 440A is the most common now coming out of China.blueskat wrote:I like the old TL-29 camillus as well. What type of steel did they use? Seems hard to sharpen when brand new, but once you get the profile down a bit, they can be like a razor.
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I am glad you guys found this old thread.
Here is an Challenge I got a while back.
Charlie,
I have one stamped Robeson and one stamped Robeson Shuredge.
I will have to dig them out & take a pic.
Dale
Here is an Challenge I got a while back.
Charlie,
I have one stamped Robeson and one stamped Robeson Shuredge.
I will have to dig them out & take a pic.
Dale
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Here is a group shot of my Tl-29 type knives.I have one more but it is buried in a box;a Camillus 4-line with wood scales and a shield stamped,"TL-29";part of a military lineman's kit.
Some individual pictures of the unusual ones:
Colonial marked,"Buckley Powder Co."
Colonial Barlow with a TL-29 type screwdriver blade.
Colonial with saw cut plastic scales(reminds me of a Buck).
Holub with unusual screwdriver blade(cutouts for various sizes of wire)
Klein 3 blade with unusual blade(not sure of it's purpose)_.
Queen with a TL-29 type screwdriver blade.
Ric-Nor Electric Mate(blade not stamped but have seen others so stamped)
Xelite(not sure who made this one)
Colonial 3blade marked,"High Carbon Steel"on pruner blade and,"Colonial" on spear blade.Thought Schrade or Camillus made the High Carbon stamped blades.
Some individual pictures of the unusual ones:
Colonial marked,"Buckley Powder Co."
Colonial Barlow with a TL-29 type screwdriver blade.
Colonial with saw cut plastic scales(reminds me of a Buck).
Holub with unusual screwdriver blade(cutouts for various sizes of wire)
Klein 3 blade with unusual blade(not sure of it's purpose)_.
Queen with a TL-29 type screwdriver blade.
Ric-Nor Electric Mate(blade not stamped but have seen others so stamped)
Xelite(not sure who made this one)
Colonial 3blade marked,"High Carbon Steel"on pruner blade and,"Colonial" on spear blade.Thought Schrade or Camillus made the High Carbon stamped blades.
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IIRC, from what one of our electrician members posted, that tool is made specially to strip the cover off a specific brand of electrical cable.knife7knut wrote:Here is a group shot of my Tl-29 type knives.
Klein 3 blade with unusual blade(not sure of it's purpose)_.
I am pretty sure Tom Williams said the Xelite was made by Camillus.
That is a nice assortment you have there. Quite a variety of variations on the pattern.
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Here is a Sheffield version from the circa 1930 Wostenholm catalogue. Unfortunately, I do not have the knife itself. s-k
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Interesting aside on that IXL advert:It appears that the blades are stamped on the reverse side of what most knives usually are.As it is not a photograph but rather a rendering,I wonder if they did that to balance out the picture with the copy.
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WOW I see so many.
I think I can add this one.
She is a SOG Kilowatt EL-01 Electrician Tool AUS 8 Steel.
I find her realy handy even to cut copper wire.
I think I can add this one.
She is a SOG Kilowatt EL-01 Electrician Tool AUS 8 Steel.
I find her realy handy even to cut copper wire.
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Just an artist's rendition I suspect. Many of the knives have Wostenholm on the blade in the catalogue but do not for real. s-kknife7knut wrote:Interesting aside on that IXL advert:It appears that the blades are stamped on the reverse side of what most knives usually are.As it is not a photograph but rather a rendering,I wonder if they did that to balance out the picture with the copy.
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Here is an old Schrade Cutlery.
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Nice one Knfmn. That old Schrade looks to be in wonderful condition.
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In July 4th I received an email from Mr. Gary Cunningham. He had been reading 2008 TL-29 thread here on AAPK and said that I had posted that I needed an Empire TL-29 for my collection. He said; “Don't know if you have found an Empire since, but if not, I have one that I would sell. Not in the best condition, some pitting, blade has been sharpened and has lost a little form, but not horrible either.”
He offered it to me at what I thought was a very reasonable price. PayPal was sent and I received a very nice Empire TL-29 in the mail today.
This is the old style TL-29, of WWI vintage.
The release for the screwdriver blade is activated by pushing down on the spear blade.
Thank you Gary!
Gary is the author of “American Military Bayonets of the 20th Century.”
He is also a contributor to Frank Trzaska's U. S. Military Knives website.
He has a lot of very good info there entitled “Bayonet Points.” - http://www.usmilitaryknives.com/bayonet_points.htm
If you are a bayonet collector or just interested in bayonets, it is well worth the read!
Lastly he is a moderator on http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ ... howforum=8
They have an entire forum there devoted to military knives.
Nor only did I get an great old Empire for my TL-29 collection, but I also got a membership in another forum!
Thanks again Gary. I hope you will also join AAPK and bless us with your knowledge.
There are at least two more TL-29s I need for my collection, a Winchester and a Schatt & Morgan.
Does anyone know if Walden Knife Co. or New York Knife Co. made TL-29s?
Dale
He offered it to me at what I thought was a very reasonable price. PayPal was sent and I received a very nice Empire TL-29 in the mail today.
This is the old style TL-29, of WWI vintage.
The release for the screwdriver blade is activated by pushing down on the spear blade.
Thank you Gary!
Gary is the author of “American Military Bayonets of the 20th Century.”
He is also a contributor to Frank Trzaska's U. S. Military Knives website.
He has a lot of very good info there entitled “Bayonet Points.” - http://www.usmilitaryknives.com/bayonet_points.htm
If you are a bayonet collector or just interested in bayonets, it is well worth the read!
Lastly he is a moderator on http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ ... howforum=8
They have an entire forum there devoted to military knives.
Nor only did I get an great old Empire for my TL-29 collection, but I also got a membership in another forum!
Thanks again Gary. I hope you will also join AAPK and bless us with your knowledge.
There are at least two more TL-29s I need for my collection, a Winchester and a Schatt & Morgan.
Does anyone know if Walden Knife Co. or New York Knife Co. made TL-29s?
Dale
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Here's two, one is a 1976 Queen and the other is a 1980's Craftsman.
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Electrician knife with ALUMINIUM handle.... shocking Seriously sounds like a bad idearemington collector wrote:Heres a rare Remington electricians knife. Its a R43 with aluminum handles and a internal spring lock for the screwdriver blade.
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were the old camillius TL-29,s carbon blades ? id like to mabe find a decent one and have it reahandled and file worked, some id seen on ebay were listed as stainless ?
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Yes, most of the Camillus I have seen are carbon steel.
They are a fun knife for me to do conversions on.
Here are some of the variations I have made from a Camillus TL-29.
This is a linerlock blade with desert ironwood made from a Camillus TL-29.
This is also a linerlock conversion of a TL-29 with stag handles.
This also started as a TL-29. I put long brass bolsters on it and did crown file work on them.
File work on the backspring and the blade.
The handles are camel bone.
The TL-29 holds a special place in my collection.
I enjoy collecting the many different brands made here in the USA. At this point I have about 44 different brands. Camillus probably made more of them than any other company.
As you can see I also enjoy working on the Tl-29 as well.
There is so much you can do with such a solid and basic pattern.
Dale
They are a fun knife for me to do conversions on.
Here are some of the variations I have made from a Camillus TL-29.
This is a linerlock blade with desert ironwood made from a Camillus TL-29.
This is also a linerlock conversion of a TL-29 with stag handles.
This also started as a TL-29. I put long brass bolsters on it and did crown file work on them.
File work on the backspring and the blade.
The handles are camel bone.
The TL-29 holds a special place in my collection.
I enjoy collecting the many different brands made here in the USA. At this point I have about 44 different brands. Camillus probably made more of them than any other company.
As you can see I also enjoy working on the Tl-29 as well.
There is so much you can do with such a solid and basic pattern.
Dale
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nice dale ! ill have to watch ebay a bit, id say theres a lot out there, i guess the main thing would be to find one with tight blades, and little wear for a good canidate to rework.
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