CAMILLUS 70 Cattle Knife
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Re: CAMILLUS 70 Cattle Knife
.......very interesting, jerry!!1..thanks for posting this!!....... ................
Re: CAMILLUS 70 Cattle Knife
So, while we are on Rogers bone... I have this 4 Line Camillus that I was told had Rogers bone on it. Its a Swell End jack with punch and spear. I look at the jigging on this one, versus the #70 in post #1 and it appears to be very different. I would imagine this knife is from the '30s.
Reading the BL article Jerry posted, it says that the Indian Trail worm groove bone is Rogers also. I have that style on an old Cattaraugus knife. Interesting!
Reading the BL article Jerry posted, it says that the Indian Trail worm groove bone is Rogers also. I have that style on an old Cattaraugus knife. Interesting!
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Re: CAMILLUS 70 Cattle Knife
I picked up one of these a few months ago. Not a lot of info out there on this model.
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That's a nice one SteveC. I missed out on one just the other night on the bay. Here's the catalog cut from the 1946 catalog.
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Re: CAMILLUS 70 Cattle Knife
Thanks Greg ! I was watching that one tovsee how much I it would go for. Sorry you missed it !
Re: CAMILLUS 70 Cattle Knife
As of 1987 they still had that machine..........I wonder where it ended up.
I bet they didn't want to start it up because it was to dangerous. That is about the time osha was cracking down on factories and lots of great old equipment got scrapped due to a lack of guards, and safety switches.
I'd love to see that old machine and how it worked.
I bet they didn't want to start it up because it was to dangerous. That is about the time osha was cracking down on factories and lots of great old equipment got scrapped due to a lack of guards, and safety switches.
I'd love to see that old machine and how it worked.
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Are there any more 70's out there? I have several, one of which is "in the shop" for some new handles. Still looking for a nice bone one.
This is one I found that had factory edges and is unused but it had shrinky dink handles, so I had it rehandled in ebony to better suit this fine knife. Now it's perfect. I really like it.
This is my first 70 that I found at a gun show and it's what put the pattern on my map. I like to carry it.
This is one I found that had factory edges and is unused but it had shrinky dink handles, so I had it rehandled in ebony to better suit this fine knife. Now it's perfect. I really like it.
This is my first 70 that I found at a gun show and it's what put the pattern on my map. I like to carry it.
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Mine is probably the worst one that is still usable, but I love it. It's the perfect size for me, and feels great in my hand. Handles have shrunk (to the point the shield could easily be dislodged) and two of the three blades have heavy wear. Tang stamp has nearly worn off the master blade. I have carried it so much, I had to touch it up before throwing it in my pocket today.
Did these survive past the short line stamp date range? I've never seen an example of the 70 with any other stamp.
Did these survive past the short line stamp date range? I've never seen an example of the 70 with any other stamp.
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Re: CAMILLUS 70 Cattle Knife
That's not a bad one at all; I have seen some that were quite rough.cody6268 wrote:Mine is probably the worst one that is still usable, but I love it. It's the perfect size for me, and feels great in my hand. Handles have shrunk (to the point the shield could easily be dislodged) and two of the three blades have heavy wear. Tang stamp has nearly worn off the master blade. I have carried it so much, I had to touch it up before throwing it in my pocket today.
Did these survive past the short line stamp date range? I've never seen an example of the 70 with any other stamp.
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The short line stamp is the only one I've seen too. I can only find the 70 in the 1946 and 1948 catalogs. In 1946 it's listed with bone stag handles and 1948 is listed as stagged, which would probably be the shrinky dink stuff. 1954 is the next catalog on collectors of camillus after the 1948 catalog and the 1954 has no 70's.
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Re: CAMILLUS 70 Cattle Knife
cody6268 wrote:Mine is probably the worst one that is still usable, but I love it. It's the perfect size for me, and feels great in my hand. Handles have shrunk (to the point the shield could easily be dislodged) and two of the three blades have heavy wear. Tang stamp has nearly worn off the master blade. I have carried it so much, I had to touch it up before throwing it in my pocket today.
Did these survive past the short line stamp date range? I've never seen an example of the 70 with any other stamp.
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Yes, great size. Same frame as the Heavy Jacks #16 & #17 and also the army engineer knife. As nice as the smaller Junior Cattle knives are, like the Schrade 856 this bigger size just feels right in the hand.
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Re: CAMILLUS 70 Cattle Knife
......that sure looks like rogers bone to me!!......... ...................CheckSix wrote:So, while we are on Rogers bone... I have this 4 Line Camillus that I was told had Rogers bone on it. Its a Swell End jack with punch and spear. I look at the jigging on this one, versus the #70 in post #1 and it appears to be very different. I would imagine this knife is from the '30s.
Reading the BL article Jerry posted, it says that the Indian Trail worm groove bone is Rogers also. I have that style on an old Cattaraugus knife. Interesting!