What is Your Latest Old Camillus? (pre-1960)

[carrmillus]

Here's one I just picked up . I believe these are fairly scarce .A bone handle TL -29.

..nice one, greg!!....the one I have I've had for years and they are really getting scarce now!!!.......... .......

[gsmith7158]

Here's one I just picked up . I believe these are fairly scarce .A bone handle TL -29.

..nice one, greg!!....the one I have I've had for years and they are really getting scarce now!!!.......... .......

Thanks Tommy! I think that old Roger's bone on any knife is getting pretty scarce. You've got to snag those any time you find a good one.
Since we've got this thread fired up I should go ahead and post the pearl whittler I just recently won on Ebay and get some opinions on the stamp that is on the small clip. It doesn't have the line-dot-line under the curved Camillus. I think this stamp is described in Goins but I'm not sure.

[carrmillus]

Here's one I just picked up . I believe these are fairly scarce .A bone handle TL -29.

..nice one, greg!!....the one I have I've had for years and they are really getting scarce now!!!.......... .......

Thanks Tommy! I think that old Roger's bone on any knife is getting pretty scarce. You've got to snag those any time you find a good one.
Since we've got this thread fired up I should go ahead and post the pearl whittler I just recently won on Ebay and get some opinions on the stamp that is on the small clip. It doesn't have the line-dot-line under the curved Camillus. I think this stamp is described in Goins but I'm not sure.

......all the curved Camillus 3 line stamps(1915 and 1915-1918) in my goin's book have the dash, dot, dash, underline, there is none without it???..............another new mystery???............. .......................

[carrmillus]

........mistake!!...... .......it's 1915 and 1916, not 1915 -1918!!...... .........

[carrmillus]

....btw, in my pocket right now is the 3 1/4" 4 line, ROGERS BONE sleeveboard Camillus whittler which you gifted me a long while back!!...........it may be nearly used up , but I love it!!!........... .........................

[gsmith7158]

....btw, in my pocket right now is the 3 1/4" 4 line, ROGERS BONE sleeveboard Camillus whittler which you gifted me a long while back!!...........it may be nearly used up , but I love it!!!........... .........................

Tommy it makes me very happy that you are still enjoying that old gal!

[ScoutKnives]

Picked up this early 3 line no USA Camillus at our local flea market for 10.00 .
Looks to have never been sharpened .

Thanks for looking .

Mike

[New_Windsor_NY]

Very nice! I really like those handles.

[WelderBob]

Added a few more to the Camillus folder, a three line Congress, steel bolsters and brass liners, tight and snappy, 4 1/8".

Sword Brand swing guard, nickel bolsters and steel liners. Really like the grind on this blade and the handles are nice...

[gsmith7158]

Very nice Bob! That swing guard is in great shape,

[carrmillus]

Added a few more to the Camillus folder, a three line Congress, steel bolsters and brass liners, tight and snappy, 4 1/8".

Sword Brand swing guard, nickel bolsters and steel liners. Really like the grind on this blade and the handles are nice...

...that 3 line congress has "flung a cravin' on me"!!!!!............ ..................

[WelderBob]

Thanks' Greg and Tommy, after seeing your's and Joe's swing guard I set out to find one and stumbled across the congress, I had to bring them home..

[carrmillus]

Thanks' Greg and Tommy, after seeing your's and Joe's swing guard I set out to find one and stumbled across the congress, I had to bring them home..

......"Missouri Ozarks"- it's been many (70)+ years since I was there!!, my mother had 2 older brothers who lived there when I was still wet behind the ears!!.............. ...............................

[Meridian_Mike]

Just added this Camillus to my collection yesterday.....

Mike

[carrmillus]

.....can't make out the tang stamp, but it looks like an old one, mike!!!!................ ...............

[WelderBob]

Tommy, I used to go through Tupelo on my way to Columbus in the mid 90's. Had a project going on at the time, I believe we made some gun/knife shows in Tupelo, I do remember buying some nice knives...good times

I mite as well show this Pearl Whittler 3 1/4", it had to come home with me...

[carrmillus]

...that's just like the one I carry most days now!!...mine was a gift from greg and it has the old rogers bone handles!....i really like it!!......... ...........

[WelderBob]

A Camillus WW1 rope knife made for export 1915-16. Doesn't appear to have been used, just laid around all these years.

[carrmillus]

.......I like that one , bob!!!, I don't remember ever seeing that Camillus pattern before!!............ ................

[WelderBob]

Thank you Tommy...I passed on a really rough one 10-12 years ago. This is the second one so I bought it...

[jerryd6818]

Doesn't it make you wonder what circumstances have to come into alignment for something like this to "just lay around" for over 100 years. Great find Bob.

[WelderBob]

Thank you Jerry, one can imagine all kinds of scenarios...I wonder if it will last another 100, that would be nice.

[doglegg]

WelderBob a very special find there. Not mint but for a hundred years old awfully close. Great find and looking old knife.

[carrmillus]

A Camillus WW1 rope knife made for export 1915-16. Doesn't appear to have been used, just laid around all these years.

..what's the knife in the picture above your I. d.???......... ..........

[WelderBob]

Thanks' doglegg, don't believe I'll see a better one in my lifetime !

Tommy thats a Barnsley Bros, belonged to my grandmother. We think it was her uncle's, found it among her things over 50 years ago.
I would have liked to talked to her about it...