Show Us Your Camillus Knives!

The Camillus Cutlery Company was one of the oldest knife manufacturers in the United States with roots dating back to 1876. The company manufactured Camillus branded knives and was a prolific contractor for other knife brands up until its last days in 2007 when the company filed for bankruptcy.
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Here we can pretty well date when the tang stamp was used.

Only one blade is marked; single backspring.

Tiny knife (Tuxedo?)
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trail wrote: Here is a late model linoleum knife. According to Steve Pfeiffer's book, this knife was also made on contract to Case to be resold as their 61011 SS.
Camillus made a lot of knives for other companies.
Actually the pattern you call a linoleum knife, was originally used for pruning and grafting.
I think it predates the popular use of linoleum.
Perhaps Charlie knows when the pattern originated, but I would imagine it was in the early part of the 1800s and probably earlier.

Don't feel bad though. When I first saw one I thought it was a folding linoleum knife myself! :mrgreen:

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Here's a couple...

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Nice ones Glenn!
I am especially fond of the old ones with Rogers Bone!

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Glenn,

Like that party knife set ::tu::
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Upnorth, you KILLED me with three of those knives on page one!

Think about and you'll know which three!
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Geez Dave!! I didn't mean it! :cry:

Anyway, I'm glad you're not like DEAD killed :shock: !

:mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I'm guessing the stockmen?
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The three with nice equal ends and at least one Spear Point blade!

My Fave pattern and blade shape!
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These are my three latest Camillus purchases
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Another example of the Camillus 49. This is about as far from an electrician's knife as you can get, but a Camillus nevertheless. A good workman wants something special to carry to church on Sunday.
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Here is another small Camillus, an 802 Silver Sword. I carry this one a lot. The coping blade is perfect for opening boxes and packages, cutting paper and doing other office jobs. Plus nobody could find this little knife intimidating.
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:D heres an older model 69 that belonged to my dad. in the early 70's we were into trying to learn how to throw them i broke the bone handle on the sheild side. stored it all these years and found a local marvel here at aapk-------dale v. "orvet" that put me on new handles for a sentimental piece of mine. what a beautiful job he did ::tu:: this 4" large serpentine stockman with factory gimping on the silver liners is sitting proud. thanks dale---------------------------brady
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Here's an oldie ::smirk::
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Heres a few
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Was out "Knife Hunting" yesterday and was able to find these 2 at a close out sale. ::nod::

BSA Whittler & #99 Camp Knife

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rangerbluedog wrote:Here's an oldie ::smirk::
I'm bonkers for equal ends and Spear Point blades....

But that is a SWEET old Stockman!
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Great find Keith and still on a store shelf!

Here are some more of my Camillus knives.


This is a #3. At just 4-1/8 inches closed, it is a great small size lockback.
I sold this one, but hope to find another someday.
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Here is a Camco Barlow with red celluloid handles.
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What intrigued me about this knife is the springs. The spring is constructed of two pieces.
One piece of the spring extends beyond the end of the knife to allow for a hole for a lanyard.
This can be seen in this picture of the springs.
Obviously that was not an expensive knife, as there was not a lot of finish work that went into it.
But here we have the example of an inexpensive knife that has survived 40 or 50 years of use!
That makes it a good knife and a great value in my book.
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This next knife is a real enigma to me. We all know that Imperial made shell handled knives here in the USA.
This is the only knife I have seen with a Camillus name on it that is made with shell construction.
I removed half of the handle so it is easy to see the shell construction of the knife.
I can only imagine that it was produced by Imperial for Camillus, possibly after Albert Baer bought out Camillus.
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Here is a bone handled #72 whittler, circa WWII or perhaps pre-war.
The Rogers bone on the handles makes this knife for me. I wish someone could produce handles like this again.
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Well, that is all for the moment.
I will post more of mine later.

Y'all keep posting pics of your Camillus' knives!

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I found this cute little Camillus the other day, it's similar to one pictured on another thread
with the exception of the tang stamp. Would you call it a five line....they sure put alot of
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I am new to the forum and I hope that posting photos of a fixed blade knife is okay. I won this item on eBay a couple of years ago and I believe it is called a "parasite" knife due to the detachable caping knife. It came in the original box with a nylon sheath and it was made in Taiwan. The box had a dealer price on it of around $55.00 but I got it for considerably less.
I was familiar with the Chinese "Camco" knives they sold near the end but was not aware of any Camillus knives being made in Taiwan. I admit I was disappointed at first that it wasn't made in the U.S.A., but I found it to be very well made and the edge is outstanding.
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::tu:: dale that #72 is one cool specimen :shock: that swedge is awsome!! :wink:
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Spectrum wrote: I was familiar with the Chinese "Camco" knives they sold near the end but was not aware of any Camillus knives being made in Taiwan. I admit I was disappointed at first that it wasn't made in the U.S.A., but I found it to be very well made and the edge is outstanding.
The series of Robo Assisted Opening knives were made in Taiwan. There were three knives in that series, the Heat, Blaze & the Sizzle; three sizes of the same pattern.
Your knife is probably from that same company, perhaps made after Camillus closed.
I am not aware of any fixed blades made in Taiwan with the Camillus name on them, at least not when Camillus was still in business.

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Thanks for your reply. I posted some photos of the knife a couple of years ago on another forum and Phil Gibbs said it was designed by Rob Simonich and that these knives were stuck in customs when Camillus closed.
It came in a Camillus box with a "Buckmasters" logo and the model number on the label is "BMSM2B". Except for the UPC label on the end of the box it is exactly like the box the Camillus Buckmasters BM66 sheath knives came in.
Anyway, it is a nice knife and I didn't have to pay too much for it.
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Here are some of my CAMILLUS knives.
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Lot's of nice vintage Cammies here, how about one of the last knives made...

This trapper was put together using Cold Steel trademarked Carbon V blades with an etched Camillus stamp on the main, Camillus shield, and a different jigging pattern than Cold Steel's. Basically a parts knife made from leftovers not to long before Camillus closed down.

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