Stainless Cutlery Co. New York City – Post Them If You Have Them

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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FRJ wrote: Sat Apr 20, 2024 3:53 am
GSPTOPDOG wrote: Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:43 am I had no idea it was a Camillus at heart.... ::shrug::
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Just got this one in the mail. I love a stainless steel swell end jack!
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Beautiful knife! ::drool:: ::tu::

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jflores wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2025 4:48 am Just got this one in the mail. I love a stainless steel swell end jack!
Very nice old Jack ! Don’t see many Jacks with the Stainless stamp.
Thanks for sharing ::tu::
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jflores wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2025 4:48 am Just got this one in the mail. I love a stainless steel swell end jack!
That is a pretty wonderful old Jack. Welcome.
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jflores wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2025 4:48 am Just got this one in the mail. I love a stainless steel swell end jack!
Welcome here, jflores, ::tu:: thanks for contributing to the thread.

What a handsome and beautiful knife. ::nod::
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jflores wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2025 4:48 am Just got this one in the mail. I love a stainless steel swell end jack!
Very nice jflores! What is the closed length on that one?
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gsmith7158 wrote: Sat Feb 15, 2025 9:02 pm
jflores wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2025 4:48 am Just got this one in the mail. I love a stainless steel swell end jack!
Very nice jflores! What is the closed length on that one?
This one's 3 1/4" closed.
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First Stainless Cutlery Co. N.Y. City Knife I've owned, this is Solid Aluminum construction scales with no liners and nice machine work. Measures 3-1/8" closed. Stainless Steel etch on mark side of main with C.P. Murphy etch on pile side of main, pile side of blade tangs stamped with a single S.
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Here's a 3-1/4" in bone and a 2-3/4" in glitter celluloid. The "Stainless" line seemed to have good quality. Like the scales on yours. J.O'.
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Forgot I posted those two pages back! O'.
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Clark23 wrote: Sun Jun 15, 2025 2:06 am First Stainless Cutlery Co. N.Y. City Knife I've owned, this is Solid Aluminum construction scales with no liners and nice machine work. Measures 3-1/8" closed. Stainless Steel etch on mark side of main with C.P. Murphy etch on pile side of main, pile side of blade tangs stamped with a single S.
A unique design on those covers, Clark.
A good looking little knife. ::tu::
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Ridgegrass wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 7:45 pm Forgot I posted those two pages back! O'.
Those two knives are always worth second look. ::tu::
I'm glad you posted them again. ::nod::
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Thanks Joe. ::handshake:: J.O'.
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Ridgegrass wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 7:36 pm Here's a 3-1/4" in bone and a 2-3/4" in glitter celluloid. The "Stainless" line seemed to have good quality. Like the scales on yours. J.O'.
Hey Ridge, that glitter celluloid knife is a Coffin crown pen . Nice to see you posting your Stainless cut co knives ::tu::
If you scroll down the page here the Camillus section ,towards the bottom of this page is an article posted by Dale ( Orvet) . Titled Camillus Coffin Crown pen display at OKCA 2016 . Excellent read. If you would could u please post it there for future reference.
Here’s the 3 that are currently in my collection of Camillus knives.
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Ripster wrote: Thu Jul 03, 2025 6:34 pm Here’s the 3 that are currently in my collection of Camillus knives.
Thank you . Happy Fourth of July weekend to you out there.
Good looking trio, Ripster. ::tu::
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Sure will Rip. Thanks. I never know what to call a pattern. ::shrug:: Nice ones you're showing. Happy 249th. J.O'.
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Clark23 wrote: Sun Jun 15, 2025 2:06 am First Stainless Cutlery Co. N.Y. City Knife I've owned, this is Solid Aluminum construction scales with no liners and nice machine work. Measures 3-1/8" closed. Stainless Steel etch on mark side of main with C.P. Murphy etch on pile side of main, pile side of blade tangs stamped with a single S.
I don't consider myself an expert and I don't want to offend anyone, but I have some doubts about the authenticity of this knife. Moreover, on several grounds at once, although I may be wrong.
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Vit_213 wrote: Fri Jul 04, 2025 10:47 pm
Clark23 wrote: Sun Jun 15, 2025 2:06 am First Stainless Cutlery Co. N.Y. City Knife I've owned, this is Solid Aluminum construction scales with no liners and nice machine work. Measures 3-1/8" closed. Stainless Steel etch on mark side of main with C.P. Murphy etch on pile side of main, pile side of blade tangs stamped with a single S.
I don't consider myself an expert and I don't want to offend anyone, but I have some doubts about the authenticity of this knife. Moreover, on several grounds at once, although I may be wrong.
Hello,Vit. Good to see you posting my friend ::handshake::
What are some of your thoughts ,doubts, on the C.P.Murphy etched knife . Is it the aluminum construction? Do value your feedback . And if it helps us learn even better.
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Vit_213 wrote: Fri Jul 04, 2025 10:47 pm
Clark23 wrote: Sun Jun 15, 2025 2:06 am First Stainless Cutlery Co. N.Y. City Knife I've owned, this is Solid Aluminum construction scales with no liners and nice machine work. Measures 3-1/8" closed. Stainless Steel etch on mark side of main with C.P. Murphy etch on pile side of main, pile side of blade tangs stamped with a single S.
I don't consider myself an expert and I don't want to offend anyone, but I have some doubts about the authenticity of this knife. Moreover, on several grounds at once, although I may be wrong.

It would be interesting and educational to hear your concerns about this knife, Vit_213.
I wouldn't want anyone to be offended either. I think a good conversation could be had about the knife.
Many of us are here to learn.
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The aluminum construction looks perfect for its age, but if the knife hasn't been used in all that time, I suppose that could be true.
My doubts are caused by the blades. Too sharp edges of planes and poor quality of surface treatment. Too good preservation of etching (considering age) with disgusting quality of printing (crooked fonts). I think that these blades were regrinded and re-etched. I have already seen similar knives on this forum, and they already raised doubts in me. It seems to me that this is the work of one man.
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Having gone through the thread I find the etch to be quite similar on all the knives that have it.
The tang stamp is different in some cases in that some say "Stainless Cutlery Co., New York City.".
While other stamps say "Stainless Cutlery Co., N. Y. City".
Others may see it differently that me. ::handshake::
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I'll repeat once again - I'm not an expert and I could be wrong. But the photo with C.P. Murphy etch aroused my suspicions the most. If all the photos were of better quality, then perhaps I would have fewer questions, or perhaps more :) .
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Vit_213 wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:58 pm I'll repeat once again - I'm not an expert and I could be wrong. But the photo with C.P. Murphy etch aroused my suspicions the most. If all the photos were of better quality, then perhaps I would have fewer questions, or perhaps more :) .
Thank you, Vit_213. ::tu::
Photos vary in quality from time to time on the forum. I think members try to do the best they can. ::nod::
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