Camillus lock back Help!!
Camillus lock back Help!!
Here is a picture of the knife. We want to know the age of this knife.
The tang stamp is on three lines staright. All capitals top line CAMILLUS
second line CUTLERY CO. last line CAMILLUS NY We could not find this exact stamp in any of my books. This stamp is like a four line without the usa.
Stockman
The tang stamp is on three lines staright. All capitals top line CAMILLUS
second line CUTLERY CO. last line CAMILLUS NY We could not find this exact stamp in any of my books. This stamp is like a four line without the usa.
Stockman
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Re: Camillus lock back Help!!
I don't know the date, but I have an old ebony handled easy opener that has the same tang stamp on both blades, and I would also love to get an approximate date. All that I CAN say is that the tang stamp is not shown in Goin's, at least not in my edition.
By the way, great knife.
By the way, great knife.
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Re: Camillus lock back Help!!
are letters sans serif?
johnnie f 1949
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Re: Camillus lock back Help!!
Hand set steel pins, and it looks like the same bone as this jack which is a four line stamp, so maybe about the same age ?
If it worries you, I'll take it off your hands !
Fran
If it worries you, I'll take it off your hands !
Fran
If it's meant for me to have it, it'll still be there.
Re: Camillus lock back Help!!
jonet143, yesjonet143 wrote:are letters sans serif?
Stockman
Re: Camillus lock back Help!!
Stockman,
Are you sure that those letters don't have serif's? From what I can see, and on the knife I have that has this(?) three line marking the letters definitely have serif's.
Are you sure that those letters don't have serif's? From what I can see, and on the knife I have that has this(?) three line marking the letters definitely have serif's.
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Maybe I don't know what they are give me some quick lessons.msteele6 wrote:Stockman,
Are you sure that those letters don't have serif's? From what I can see, and on the knife I have that has this(?) three line marking the letters definitely have serif's.
Thanks Stockman
Re: Camillus lock back Help!!
The 4 line Camillus stamp has serifs, the " little tails " on the letters.
The next stamp does not, and is sans ( without ) serifs.
Hope this is explaination is clear.
Fran
The next stamp does not, and is sans ( without ) serifs.
Hope this is explaination is clear.
Fran
If it's meant for me to have it, it'll still be there.
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Well, it looks like Sauconian beat me to the punch, I hope his pictures are clearer than my explanation.
Re: Camillus lock back Help!!
Thanks Fran and msteele6, It is like I thought, except I did not look at the tang close
it is like Frans first knife the 4 line stamp. I am still looking for a approximate age of the knife.
Again Thanks
Stockman
it is like Frans first knife the 4 line stamp. I am still looking for a approximate age of the knife.
Again Thanks
Stockman
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goins places the four line like frans in 1941-1946 era. perhaps camco will show up.
johnnie f 1949
on the cutting edge is sometimes not the place to be.
please support our troops - past and present
if not a member...join the NKCA! they're on our side.
on the cutting edge is sometimes not the place to be.
please support our troops - past and present
if not a member...join the NKCA! they're on our side.
Re: Camillus lock back Help!!
No it does not. The 4 line stamp was used starting right after WW1. Until the start of WW2 all blades were marked, after only the master blade was marked, up until 1946.goins places the four line like frans in 1941-1946 era
In regards to the knives above, both the swing guard and the 2-blade appear to have hand jigged handles in addition to hand set pins. My guess would be early 1920s for either one.
Does the swing guard have a 3 or 4 line stamp? I have a 2-blade EZ Open jack that has 3 line stamps as originally described on both blades, and another jumbo jack with a 4-line stamp on the master blade and the 3-line stamp on the small blade.
Re: Camillus lock back Help!!
arathol, goins does place the 4-line as 1941-1946. levine says it was used through ww 2. i am not "guessing", just relating what is written in several books. right or wrong.arathol wrote:No it does not. The 4 line stamp was used starting right after WW1. Until the start of WW2 all blades were marked, after only the master blade was marked, up until 1946.goins places the four line like frans in 1941-1946 era
In regards to the knives above, both the swing guard and the 2-blade appear to have hand jigged handles in addition to hand set pins. My guess would be early 1920s for either one.
Does the swing guard have a 3 or 4 line stamp? I have a 2-blade EZ Open jack that has 3 line stamps as originally described on both blades, and another jumbo jack with a 4-line stamp on the master blade and the 3-line stamp on the small blade.
johnnie f 1949
on the cutting edge is sometimes not the place to be.
please support our troops - past and present
if not a member...join the NKCA! they're on our side.
on the cutting edge is sometimes not the place to be.
please support our troops - past and present
if not a member...join the NKCA! they're on our side.
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Yes, it does say that in Goins. But, if you were to read the passage on Camillus entirely you would see that the 4-line stamp used from 1941-46 was only put on one blade. From 1919-1941 it was on all the blades. Frans knife above is marked on both blades, so it was made earlier than 1941, probably quite a bit earlier.goins does place the 4-line as 1941-1946
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did'nt dig deep enough. thanks
johnnie f 1949
on the cutting edge is sometimes not the place to be.
please support our troops - past and present
if not a member...join the NKCA! they're on our side.
on the cutting edge is sometimes not the place to be.
please support our troops - past and present
if not a member...join the NKCA! they're on our side.
Re: Camillus lock back Help!!
Jeez fellows, I don't want to stir the pot here, but stockman wants to know the age of his knife.
I only posted mine for an example of serifs.
Stockman's knife has a 3 line stamp with serifs, but only one blade. But he also has hand jigged bone and hand set pins, so might it be from the same era as mine ?
I think the bone & pins is more telling than the ( apparently ) unlisted stamp.
Fran
I only posted mine for an example of serifs.
Stockman's knife has a 3 line stamp with serifs, but only one blade. But he also has hand jigged bone and hand set pins, so might it be from the same era as mine ?
I think the bone & pins is more telling than the ( apparently ) unlisted stamp.
Fran
If it's meant for me to have it, it'll still be there.
Re: Camillus lock back Help!!
That stamp isn't listed in any reference book I have seen. However, I do have a 2 blade ez open that has the same stamp, hand jigged bone, etc. I think(if I remember right) that machine jigging wasn't done until sometime in the mid 1920s, so I figure that that stamp was used sometime after WW1. There was an earlier 3 line stamp that read Camillus Cutlery/Camillus/New-York, used around 1918-1919. The stamp described above may have been a transition between the earlier 3-line and the 4-line.
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Thanks Guys, This all helps I'am still looking but have found nothing different
than what you all have found. We all have the same books, I have a large stack of books
and still can't find alot of knives. Someone knows maybe he will see this and come in.
Keep looking
Thanks Stockman
than what you all have found. We all have the same books, I have a large stack of books
and still can't find alot of knives. Someone knows maybe he will see this and come in.
Keep looking
Thanks Stockman