Help Identifying a knife

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vhicks
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Help Identifying a knife

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My grandpa gave me a bunch of old knives and this one has no marks other than "Made In U.S.A." I've searched but can't find anything like it. Anyone on here know who makes it?
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I think USA "is" the brand. .
or atleast thats how theyre spoken of.

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"Made in U.S.A." usually means CAMILLUS made for Sears & Roebuck.
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As T.J. said, 'Made In USA' was a tang stamp used on knives made by Camillus for Sears & Roebuck from 1924 to 1965. With the saber ground blades and Celluloid handles, yours appears to have been made before 1940. I'll be corrected if I'm wrong about that.
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I think yours might be in here.
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Definitely appears to be a pre WWII Camillus made cattle knife. Pretty unusual to see a knife with all of the blades saber ground. The only one I own (out of 900) is also a Camillus made knife, a "Hammer Forged" cattle knife made for Keen Kutter. Nice old knife.
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0078 wrote:I think yours might be in here.
But how can we tell? Can you make it get bigger? ::uc:: ::woot:: ::facepalm::
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Thought it might be interesting to show this knife for comparison. As I said, I think that this knife is also a Camillus made knife for Keen Kutter. It's interesting in that all three of the blades are saber ground.
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Msteel, That knife there is really really awesome!!!! The first one I've seen like that
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