TL-29 Electricians Knives

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I would be happy to trade you out of the Powrkraft & Proto.
Those are two that I don't have yet. I have 31 other brands, but not those two. Wanna trade or sell?

An even more difficult question is what do I do with all the screwdriver blades after I have modified them? :lol:

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what have you got to trade? email me
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BTW email me a list of the brands you have.
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I'm new to the forum, and I'm seeing this thread for the first time. Great old knives, but you know what? I like this best: ::nod::
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I was reading back through this thread today and came upon the discussion (page two of this thread) as to the origin of the TL-29s with the M. Klein tang stamp. I do have some updated information.

I was talking recently with Tom Williams (CAMCO) and he said that Camillus did make the M. Klein TL-29s for a few years. This information doesn't answer all questions raised on page two, but it does add some interesting additional info.

Also in looking back through this thread I noticed that no one had yet posted a bone handled TL-29. According to Michael Silvey’s book "Pocket Knives of the United States Military" there were a few of them made by PAL Blade Co. The ones he shows are both marked U. S. Army, one on the pile tang of the main blade, the other by etch on the screwdriver tang.

Recently I was able to purchase one of these knives on eBay. However, my example does not have the U.S. Army stamp on it. If the tang was etched it has long since worn off. There are no markings on the pile side of the knife and the main blade is pretty worn.
Nonetheless, it is a welcome addition to my collection, being the only example in my collection of a bone handled TL-29.

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cool addition dale.
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Yes, very nice addition. I have a bone handled Camillus TL29, 4 line marking. I'll try to take some pics and post them this weekend.

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Yes, please do Art!

I would love to see it! ::drool::

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This is the only "29" that I have...It's a Schatt ::tu::

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here are some electrician knives, some can't quite be called tl-29's but none the less.

mint camillus
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near mint case 3 blade
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near mint kutmaster 3 blade
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mint kutmaster two blade, serrated
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excellent case 1970 10 dot
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Here are a couple. Not the greatest pics.
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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! :mrgreen:

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::tu:: great knives.
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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.

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These two showed up in my mailbox just today.
An Imperial and a U.S.A. Boker.
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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 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.
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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.

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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.
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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)_.
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.

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. :D 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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