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Sometime within the past four or five months, someone posted information on the era these two part can openers were used in Camillus utility knives. I don't remember who it was or what era they said. Could we get a reprise of that?
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Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
My first post to this site. I hope I am doing it right. This Imperial Scout is blue in the front and red in the back. I do not think fading could do this. The knife does not look worked on. I got it for less than $10 on Ebay and it was a ball of rust and corrosion when the mailman brought it. What do you guys think? Is this knife correct? Has anyone seen one like it?
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I've done so much, for so long, with so little, I can do anything with nothing.
Here is another Imperial. This one was also a ball of rust and corrosion when the mail man brought it. It seems a crime to let these old work horses fall to neglect and abuse. I try to bring them back and let them live clean and oiled.
AAPK Member 7001. Joined September 9, 2011.
Proud United States Army Veteran. 1971 - 1979
I've done so much, for so long, with so little, I can do anything with nothing.
I did not intend to collect knives, it just happened. It started with scouts. Then barlows. Then Case. Then all things pointy. I need HELP. I'm addicted!
AAPK Member 7001. Joined September 9, 2011.
Proud United States Army Veteran. 1971 - 1979
I've done so much, for so long, with so little, I can do anything with nothing.
I hear ya. I wouldn't trade my time in for anything and I would do it again in a heartbeat (but I get to be 17 again). The problem was, the military and I were not compatible.
Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
Welcome Randy - I'm an Old Soldier myself. I think I might send you my old Imperial Scout knife for some beautifying!
Deep in the guts of most men is buried the involuntary response to the hunter's horn, a prickle of the nape hairs, an acceleration of the pulse, an atavistic memory of his fathers, who killed first with stone, and then with club...Robert Ruark
Wow - I just finished going through all 59 pages of this thread - breathtaking really. So many great knives shown. So much history!
At the end of the day, my mind went to wondering, why are there so few Scout pattern knives newly manufactured today? The first assumption is that knife makers produce what they think their consumers will buy. I love this pattern. And there's more than a few on this forum that that seem to feel the same way. What happened along the way? Any thoughts?
Johnie,
Here you go Bud. It's more valuable as an Ad knife than a maker but you never know. It was ruffed up pretty good by a rookie with a new buffer. It is stamped BROWN over Shoe company over ST. LOUIS. I have Richard D. White's Advertising cutlery book. In it he shows Buster Brown knives and Brown shoe company knives. He also states they were made by many different makers and leaves the investigation of that up to me. It has great old brown bone knife with a can opener that might help tell who made it. Click on the pic it should magnify it.
wazu013
johnnierotten wrote:Those are nice. ....could you show the Brown shoes with the blades open? ......I'm assuming Buster Brown...