Camillus 72 Clones

[doglegg]

Fished this one from the bay recently. One I did not have a Hollinger Freemont.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Fished.....

NICE catch, Floyd!
It is good when you can scratch a
CAMILLUS 72 wannabe off your list.

[doglegg]

Thank you and yes it is.

[Ripster]

Fished this one from the bay recently. One I did not have a Hollinger Freemont. 20240115_130642.jpg20240115_130700.jpg20240115_130737.jpg

Great addition to the collection!

[doglegg]

Thanks JP

[toomanyknives]

Got an interesting one for my Birthday. My wife found this for me on the net. It's a Kutmaster. Same dimensions as a #72, but has steel liners, a clip main blade, a coping blade, and a pen blade. An odd thing is the coping blade has a half-stop, but the other two blades don't.The knife is in great shape, all of
the kicks look good, excellent snap, no wobble.
I can't find another like it anywhere on the net. Any of you #72 collectors ever seen one? Skip, Jerry?

[jerryd6818]

Sorry. I don't have anything for you.

[toomanyknives]

Sorry. I don't have anything for you.

Thanks for the response, Jerry. It looks similar to the Trust Worthy Hardware one on the previous page, but the blade configuration is different. Same shield though. Do you know who made the Trust Worthy knife?

[jerryd6818]

No sorry, I don't. My memory is failing me big time.

[doglegg]

Got an interesting one for my Birthday.


Good onya wife. I have one. I think I have seen two different tang stamps on them. One a little bolder than yours. They don't come up a lot but they do on occasion. That one is certainly a great example. Congratulations! The Trust Worthy is a lot harder to find.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Got.....

VERY NICE CAMILLUS "72" wannabe, Kerry.
A belated Happy Birthday.
Enter Kutmaster in the search box on top of the page.
You will see other Kutmaster, CAMILLUS "72" wannabes.

[toomanyknives]

Got.....

VERY NICE CAMILLUS "72" wannabe, Kerry.
A belated Happy Birthday.
Enter Kutmaster in the search box on top of the page.
You will see other Kutmaster, CAMILLUS "72" wannabes.

Well dang Skip, that's too easy! I'd much rather irritate the membership with dumb questions! Ha! I always forget about the "search" function. I'm surprised they didn't come up on my Google search. Thanks for the reminder though. I found two just like mine immediately when I searched the old posts as you suggested. Thanks again. At least now I know they exist! Thanks for the Birthday wishes!

[New_Windsor_NY]

Well.....

Definitely NOT a dumb question and definitely NOT an irritation, Kerry.
Just easier for me!

[toomanyknives]

Well.....

Definitely NOT a dumb question and definitely NOT an irritation, Kerry.
Just easier for me!

[New_Windsor_NY]

Here are my four, Kutmaster, CAMILLUS "72" wannabes and the tang stamps.
ALL have been previously posted, under and throughout, this topic or thread.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

[toomanyknives]

Here are my four, Kutmaster, CAMILLUS "72" wannabes and the tang stamps.
ALL have been previously posted, under and throughout, this topic or thread.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

Thanks Skip! I saw those after you directed me to the search. They are great. Bone Kutmaster's are hard to come by. You have a pretty rare one I'd say.
Thanks so much for the help. You and Jerry have an amazing wealth of knowledge on the 72's and clones! Love this forum!

Kerry

[New_Windsor_NY]

]
Thanks.....

You're welcome and thank you, Kerry.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Here is a repost of the list of wannabes or variations that Jerry (jerryd6818) so kindly provided.
Of course, there are still the variations of the variations and the variations that aren't on the list.
It would be interesting to see how many wannabes on the list are actually posted under this topic or thread.
Just looking at the list, I think that at least 95%, maybe more, have been posted. NOT JUST BY ME!
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE (not picture #1).

[toomanyknives]

Here is a repost of the list of wannabes or variations that Jerry (jerryd6818) so kindly provided.
Of course, there are still the variations of the variations and the variations that aren't on the list.
It would be interesting to see how many wannabes on the list are actually posted under this topic or thread.
Just looking at the list, I think that at least 95%, maybe more, have been posted. NOT JUST BY ME!
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE (not picture #1).

[treefarmer]

doglegg, mentioned back during the unveiling of the POS goodies, that any time you had a "look alike" 72 you didn't have a bad pile. Got to reading the Camillus 72 Clones thread and found it quite interesting.
The one Floyd was referring to is a Hammer Brand that is similar to the real 72. This one doesn't have a pattern number, in fact I don't remember seeing any Hammer Brand knives with pattern numbers.
This one needs a bit of cleaning and a touch up on the edges and it would be a fine carry for those not needing a bigger knife, a full sized stockman or trapper.

Hammer Brand wanna' be 72.

Full blades need a bit of sharpening.

tang stamp

Treefarmer

[doglegg]

doglegg, mentioned back during the unveiling of the POS goodies, that any time you had a "look alike" 72 you didn't have a bad pile. Got to reading the Camillus 72 Clones thread and found it quite interesting.
The one Floyd was referring to is a Hammer Brand that is similar to the real 72. This one doesn't have a pattern number, in fact I don't remember seeing any Hammer Brand knives with pattern numbers.
This one needs a bit of cleaning and a touch up on the edges and it would be a fine carry for those not needing a bigger knife, a full sized stockman or trapper.003.JPG001.JPG002.JPG

Treefarmer

Philip, that one is a winner

[New_Windsor_NY]

doglegg.....

Philip, that is a VERY nice CAMILLUS 72 "wannabe" or "l👁👁k alike"

[GSPTOPDOG]

Fished this one from the bay recently. One I did not have a Hollinger Freemont. 20240115_130642.jpg20240115_130700.jpg20240115_130737.jpg

Nice pickup D.L. I am sure I do not have a Hollinger Freemont... I can't ever remember seeing one

[GSPTOPDOG]

Here are my four, Kutmaster, CAMILLUS "72" wannabes and the tang stamps.

Very nice! Great examples of CAMILLUS "72" wannabes

[doglegg]

Fished this one from the bay recently. One I did not have a Hollinger Freemont. 20240115_130642.jpg20240115_130700.jpg20240115_130737.jpg

Nice pickup D.L. I am sure I do not have a Hollinger Freemont... I can't ever remember seeing one

They don't show up very often. The first on I saw belonged to Skip
Thank you and I am excited to have it.