Show Your Camillus Fixed Blade 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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Old or new let's see what you have ::tu::

I love the jigged bone on this one :)
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OOOW's and AAAAH's From the gallery MB. That is some sweet Bone in a Hunkeriffic Slab.
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Thanks Greg ::tu::

Yeah, probably could rehandle two or three pocket knives with those slabs! :lol:
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MB, what is the overall length of that Camillus?
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Miller Bro's wrote:Old or new let's see what you have ::tu::

I love the jigged bone on this one :)
...mb, I've got 2 like this one, and the bone IS beautiful on them!!!.............. ::tu:: ::tu:: ....................
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...........both of mine are about 7 1/2" overall, is that the length on this one??.............
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.....i'll re-phrase that question........does anyone have one of these with a blade longer than 4"????................ ::tu:: ..............
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Tommy, mine is the same as yours. The blade 4" overall 7 1/2".

I guess we are the only two people on here that have Camillus Fixed Blade knives :roll:
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.........unless my memory is totally failing, I think I saw one on ebay a while back with a 6" blade, but that's the only one!!............ ::tu:: ...................
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Miller Bro's wrote:I guess we are the only two people on here that have Camillus Fixed Blade knives :roll:
Nah, 'D'. I have ONE. Made post 1974.
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carrmillus wrote:.........unless my memory is totally failing, I think I saw one on ebay a while back with a 6" blade, but that's the only one!!............ ::tu:: ...................
Could be, it would not surprise me if they made it in a 6" blade.

I would prefer the 6" blade myself ::nod::
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jerryd6818 wrote:Nah, 'D'. I have ONE. Made post 1974.
Well Jerry if you're only going to have one that is a very nice knife to have, looks like it was hardly if ever used ::tu:: 8)

And I stand corrected, there are three of us that have Camillus Fixed blade knives on here ::uc::
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I posted this one in the Military forum. A USN Mark 2, that was on PT boat #234 in the Philippines, back in '43 - '45.
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..........do you think maybe JOHN WAYNE handled that one in "they were expendable"??????................... ::tu:: .........
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carrmillus wrote:..........do you think maybe JOHN WAYNE handled that one in "they were expendable"??????................... ::tu:: .........
Unfortunately... we'll never know. :lol:
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An old USMC fighting knife.
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carrmillus wrote:.........unless my memory is totally failing, I think I saw one on ebay a while back with a 6" blade, but that's the only one!!............ ::tu:: ...................
This one is the Camillus 5665L66 USAAF Emergency Kit Knife. They were supplied in 1942, 5 inch blade, 35,500 were made almost evenly split between stagged bone and stagged rosewood. Sheathes supplied by J.H.Mosser.
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...........the 2 that I have look identical to the top one, except both of mine are about 7 1/2" o.a., and about 4" blade length.................... ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu:: .........................................
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here's my just acquired #1014 Grand Canyon.... 12-1/4" OAL
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bayonetman wrote:This one is the Camillus 5665L66 USAAF Emergency Kit Knife. They were supplied in 1942, 5 inch blade, 35,500 were made almost evenly split between stagged bone and stagged rosewood. Sheathes supplied by J.H.Mosser.
Nice examples thanks for showing them ::tu::
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CheckSix wrote:here's my just acquired #1014 Grand Canyon.... 12-1/4" OAL
Looks like a good knife I might have to find me one of those ::nod::
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Camillus "Western". I need a sheath for this one in case any of you guys have one.
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I picked this one up at a yard sale over the weekend. It's pretty beat up, and the sheath is wrong, but the price was to good to pass up.

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....wonder if it's a ww2 knife??..there is a way to tell from the markings, but I don't know how to do it??...it looks old enough to be ww2!!.......... ::tu:: ::tu:: ................
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The guy I got it from said it is a "old army knife". I did'nt ask him what war, but if it is ww2 maybe the sheath is mill. issue. I do'nt see any other markings on the knife and I have'nt cleaned it yet. do you know where to look for some clues to it's age?

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