*HELP* Need Info From The Camillus Gurus

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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*HELP* Need Info From The Camillus Gurus

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O.K. I have been doing searches on the Q&A thread, Camillus Threads, and through the Camillus Catalogs trying to find info on this Camillus trapper. Never found one in the catalogs. I bought it with some other Cammilus knives at a flea market sometime around 2002. I have seen it pop up from time to time on your well know auction sites, but never with a pattern number. I've seen it called a Camillus Trapper, Small trapper, Dogleg Trapper, and even a Peanut. But never with a pattern number. It is a long line tang stamp Camillus, It is 3 inches long closed, with Nu-Pearl or Imitation Pearl Handles. No shield, has a Clip master blade and Pen Secondary blade. Both blades have half stops. As the frame goes,it does look similar to a Case Peanut as the bolster on the blade pin side does seem to have a mild up sweep, and the rear or blade tip end does have an arch turning down to the rear bolster. Mine does not have a pattern number stamped on any blade. As I have said, I see them pop up on the Bay from time to time, and have never seen a pattern number. Any Ideas.
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Well I'm no guru by a long shot but to me it looks like a Camillus #15 from the mid 50's.

Cut came out of the 1955 catalog.
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jerryd6818 wrote: Sun Aug 15, 2021 9:47 pm Well I'm no guru by a long shot but to me it looks like a Camillus #15 from the mid 50's.

Cut came out of the 1955 catalog.
I've seen that one, but the catalogs said it was 3-3/16" closed, and the frame looks like it is more serpentine with a up sweep at the rear with equal size bolsters. ::shrug:: Actually with a set of digital calipers, mine measures 2.961" or 2-31/32"
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Papa Bones wrote: Sun Aug 15, 2021 9:18 pm O.K.....
Smitty, whatever it's called, whatever the pattern # is (if there is one), it's
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Looking at the axle pin, I get the impression that this knife was disassembled not at the factory. And I am not sure that it was assembled according to the factory configuration :roll: . IMHO
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Vit_213 wrote: Mon Aug 16, 2021 6:17 pm Looking at the axle pin, I get the impression that this knife was disassembled not at the factory. And I am not sure that it was assembled according to the factory configuration :roll: . IMHO
I don't know the background. So are you thinking they were fabricated from another knife??

Like I said, I've seen others some in better shape than mine and some worse. All seemed to be the same configuration with the same handle material. So far, none have had a pattern number on them. Could they be an end of run knife near the closing of Camillus? I was just wondering if it did have a pattern number.

Here is one in much better shape than mine that was posted on a different knife forum.
Myst Cam_c.jpg
Here are a couple that were posted on Ebay in the past, in a little worse shape.
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Hmm... I'm puzzled and don't know the answer... ::shrug::
By the way, the knife from the bottom photo has a different main blade.
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::hmm:: Could the shrinking of the scales cause the pivot pin to recess into the bolsters? I have seen this on other manufactured knives, and not just celluloid.
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