camillus #72

[OLDE CUTLER]

I finally got it in gear and took a group shot of my custom 72s. There's too much sun today but this will have to do.

Wow, those are nothin' but nice!!

[Colonel26]

Cuz, those are purtier than a speckled pup! Wow!

[Meridian_Mike]

Cuz, those are purtier than a speckled pup! Wow!

YEP... and I SHO NUFF like the rams horn and the stag.......SWEET!!

[Colonel26]

I have a Glennbad custom 72 I need to get out. I had two but I gave dad one.

[gsmith7158]

I finally got it in gear and took a group shot of my custom 72s. There's too much sun today but this will have to do.

Jerryd those all look fantastic! You've got a great design eye.

[jerryd6818]

I finally got it in gear and took a group shot of my custom 72s. There's too much sun today but this will have to do.

Jerryd those all look fantastic! You've got a great design eye.

Aww shucks. Twarn't nothin'.

[DM11]

Wow Jerry those are awesome!

[jerryd6818]

Thanks David.

[Colonel26]

Here's the last customized 72 I own. It'll stay, the other I gave to dad. Glennbad did this one for me. Excuse the smudge on the shield. I didn't notice until I cropped the image that I hadn't gotten all the wax off when I waxed it last.

[jerryd6818]

Tis a beauty indeed, Cuz. You're a lucky man to have it.

[DM11]

Here's the last customized 72 I own. It'll stay, the other I gave to dad. Glennbad did this one for me. Excuse the smudge on the shield. I didn't notice until I cropped the image that I hadn't gotten all the wax off when I waxed it last.

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That's a real good looker right there.

[gsmith7158]

A Lazy Saturday at home so quite naturally I gravitate to my knife room.I'm doing some cleaning and rearranging and I notice it''s taking along time on my 72 section. I look around and I am surrounded by 72's. Someone recently suggested that it could be time for some intervention regarding my appetite for Northwoods,they may be right. I now have 50 72 clones and to top it off I have two more on my ebay watch list.

[jerryd6818]

That's quite a pile you've accumulated Greg. Here's a couple you might want to keep an eye out for.

[carrmillus]

A Lazy Saturday at home so quite naturally I gravitate to my knife room.I'm doing some cleaning and rearranging and I notice it''s taking along time on my 72 section. I look around and I am surrounded by 72's. Someone recently suggested that it could be time for some intervention regarding my appetite for Northwoods,they may be right. I now have 50 72 clones and to top it off I have two more on my ebay watch list.

...greg!!....top row - 2nd. from right????....what is it????......... ...............

[gsmith7158]

Tommy that one is marked High Carbon steel USA so I'm guessing it was made for Sears. It' got milled liners and is in the configuration of a first gen 72. At times I think there is a remnant of a Sta-Sharp etch on the blade but I can't be sure.

[carrmillus]

...that doesn't look like the one I'm asking about-the second one from the right in the top row has very light-colored handles and an earlier shield and appears to be unmarked on the tang..... ..........

[gsmith7158]

...that doesn't look like the one I'm asking about-the second one from the right in the top row has very light-colored handles and an earlier shield and appears to be unmarked on the tang..... ..........

Sorry about that Tommy. You are talking about the one in the first picture. That is a four line Sword Brand with those pre-delrin composite handles made to look like stag. It also looks like a first gen but doesn't have the long pull matchstrike but both sides of the blade are saber ground. It also has milled liners. Feel free to Identify that Pattern for me.

[jerryd6818]

You are correct Greg. Made by Camillus for Sears only yours is based on the #80 which was the Deluxe and looks to have bone handles.

Mine is based on the #72 and has those funky handles that's very brittle and (I think) made of a milk product. Don't hold me to the handle part. My handles are cracked.

Tommy got all excited because the shield made him think it was a split spring whittler.

[carrmillus]

...that doesn't look like the one I'm asking about-the second one from the right in the top row has very light-colored handles and an earlier shield and appears to be unmarked on the tang..... ..........

Sorry about that Tommy. You are talking about the one in the first picture. That is a four line Sword Brand with those pre-delrin composite handles made to look like stag. It also looks like a first gen but doesn't have the long pull matchstrike but both sides of the blade are saber ground. It also has milled liners. Feel free to Identify that Pattern for me.

...o. k., greg!!...I have it's twin brother, mine is sword brand/ 4 line stamped,milled liners, with oval, 4 pointed shield, handles are caramel bone without the black streaks!!......jerry, I also have a split-spring true whittler, same bone, shield, milled liners, but no sword brand mark!!............ ...............

[gsmith7158]

You are correct Greg. Made by Camillus for Sears only yours is based on the #80 which was the Deluxe and looks to have bone handles.

Mine is based on the #72 and has those funky handles that's very brittle and (I think) made of a milk product. Don't hold me to the handle part. My handles are cracked.

Tommy got all excited because the shield made him think it was a split spring whittler.

So Jerryd, set me straight on this if you can. Did Camillus only make the 80 in delrin for their brand but would make it in bone for Sears?

[jerryd6818]

You are correct Greg. Made by Camillus for Sears only yours is based on the #80 which was the Deluxe and looks to have bone handles.

Mine is based on the #72 and has those funky handles that's very brittle and (I think) made of a milk product. Don't hold me to the handle part. My handles are cracked.

Tommy got all excited because the shield made him think it was a split spring whittler.

So Jerryd, set me straight on this if you can. Did Camillus only make the 80 in delrin for their brand but would make it in bone for Sears?

[carrmillus]

....this subject is getting to be harder than calculus!!............... ..........

[gsmith7158]

Tommy "who knows" seems to be the answer to a lot of what Camillus did.

[carrmillus]

...I'm gettin' too old for all this stuff, greg!!....I think at my age, i'll just sit back and enjoy looking at them(Camillus knives I'm talking about now)!!!!............. .................

[Colonel26]

Impressive Greg. That old sword brand is fantastic.