camillus #72

Shearer · Post by **Shearer** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 8:38 pm

Good find Jerry.

jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Sun Jun 08, 2014 12:18 am

Do you have one of those Grant?

Shearer · Post by **Shearer** » Sun Jun 08, 2014 2:04 am

jerryd6818 wrote:Do you have one of those Grant?

No Jerry .I did not know they made them.
Now I put it in my Ebay watch list.( Every time a knife turns up my wife asks:" is it the last knife?"

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If I don't answer I can't get in trouble.

Grant

Colonel26 · Post by **Colonel26** » Sun Jun 08, 2014 12:14 pm

That Rigid is a cool looking little knife there Cuz. I had no idea about the history of the company either. Thanks for sharing that.

PigSticker · Post by **PigSticker** » Sun Jun 08, 2014 2:43 pm

Good one Jerry--them scales remind me of something brain ain't workin yet--how many makers have you got in that pattern??

jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Sun Jun 08, 2014 6:07 pm

Gary if you mean actual manufacturers, then probably a half dozen or less. If you mean tang stamps then I have probably between 20 and 30. That's just a guess, I have never sat down and counted tang stamps.

The vast majority were actually made by Camillus with Schrade/Ulster/Imperial coming in second.

jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 8:46 pm

This one plugs a hole in my pile. I didn't have a double line Camillus 1047 Scout. Do now.

Shearer · Post by **Shearer** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:08 pm

jerryd6818 wrote:This one plugs a hole in my pile. I didn't have a double line Camillus 1047 Scout. Do now.

Nice knife.
Jerry my collection is like a sieve .There is a lot of holes to plug.

Grant

jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:21 pm

Grant, I'm pretty confident there are holes we don't even know are holes.

Do you think either one of us will ever have an opportunity to get our hands on a Cussin & Fearn?

I'm still looking for a Moor Mans' (I think they made livestock feed)

Shearer · Post by **Shearer** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 10:19 pm

I do have the Moore Man's
Is that my photo?

:lol
Jerry I did not know that they made one with the Cussin & Fearn tang stamp.I did see one with the Hibbard and Spencer ( True Value ) stamp but the price was to high.

Grant

jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 11:07 pm

Thanks. I couldn't remember where I got it. I just labeled it so I'll know next time. Hibbard and Spencer eh? Another one that's new to me.

jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 2:37 pm

Picked up an 84-11 Powr-Kraft this past week. From the seller's pictures, it looks like it may be in better condition than my other Powr-Krafts. I'll find out this coming week when it gets here. Probably made by Camillus in the late '60s or early '70s. Meanwhile, seller's pictures.

carrmillus · Post by **carrmillus** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 6:05 pm

....that's another new one to me!!!........, I know that you passed me a long time ago.....how many "72's" have you got now???..I've only got 31, but they're all Camillus..........

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jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:23 pm

Tommy, the Powr-Craft 84-11 was made by Camillus for Montgomery Wards.

A good portion of my pile has the Camillus tang stamp and probably at least half of those with a tang stamp other than Camillus were made by Camillus. I'd say 90% of the rest of the clones were made by Schrade/Ulster/Imperial. In my opinion, only a handful were made by someone other than the big four. I need one more to have seventy two 72s (and clones). Now I'm looking for a tang stamp not already in the pile. I started inventorying them this morning but quickly became bored with that chore.

carrmillus · Post by **carrmillus** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:35 pm

........which tang stamp do you NOT have????.........I'm still looking for an early 3 line(pre 4 line) split-backspring whittler????...................

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Shearer · Post by **Shearer** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 10:02 pm

jerryd6818 wrote:Picked up an 84-11 Powr-Kraft this past week. From the seller's pictures, it looks like it may be in better condition than my other Powr-Krafts. I'll find out this coming week when it gets here. Probably made by Camillus in the late '60s or early '70s. Meanwhile, seller's pictures.

Jerry that knife is a bit different to my Powr Kraft.The Powr Kraft I have is the same as a Camillus 80 with black handles and does not have any numbers.

Grant

jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 11:57 pm

Shearer wrote:
jerryd6818 wrote:Picked up an 84-11 Powr-Kraft this past week. From the seller's pictures, it looks like it may be in better condition than my other Powr-Krafts. I'll find out this coming week when it gets here. Probably made by Camillus in the late '60s or early '70s. Meanwhile, seller's pictures.
Jerry that knife is a bit different to my Powr Kraft.The Powr Kraft I have is the same as a Camillus 80 with black handles and does not have any numbers.

Grant

Does yours have jimping, nickel silver liners and pins? I have three Powr-Krafts that have 84-11 pattern stamp on the back of the main blade and one Powr-Kraft just like a Camillus 80 with no pattern stamp on the back of the main blade.

Tommy -- I don't have a Cussin and Fearn Hardware and I don't have a Moor Mans'. With this pattern being so popular, I imagine there are more I don't know about. Those two are just the ones I've "seen". I didn't know the Amplough 52 existed until I saw and bought one off eBay.

Shearer · Post by **Shearer** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 12:17 am

Mine has the nickel silver liners and pins.The same as the Camillus 80 .I only have the one.

Grant

jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 1:53 am

I've only seen the one I have and yours, plus the one Camillus 80.

Shearer · Post by **Shearer** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 2:37 am

jerryd6818 wrote:I've only seen the one I have and yours, plus the one Camillus 80.

Here's mine they all have nickel silver lines and pins( the one in the middle look's brown.I never noticed to I took these pictures ).

Grant

jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Tue Jul 01, 2014 1:52 pm

Thanks to Grant for the heads up and thanks to the seller for refusing to ship to Australia.

The newest edition to my pile of Camillus 72s and clones is a High Carbon Steel, blade etched STA-SHARP Wood Carver 9511. Made by Camillus for Sears. Several handle cracks but otherwise in very good condition. It has half-stops on both secondary blades. Note the 1st generation blade compliment. I know the Kastor List says High Carbon Steel with the STA-SHARP blade etch was made from 1928 to 1940 but I'm convinced this is a 1946 knife.

carrmillus · Post by **carrmillus** » Tue Jul 01, 2014 2:45 pm

......I like that one, jerry, especially the old blade arrangement!!!!....is that bone or delrin??..........

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orvet · Post by **orvet** » Tue Jul 01, 2014 3:15 pm

Nice one Jerry, the first one I have seen.

carrmillus wrote:......I like that one, jerry, especially the old blade arrangement!!!!....is that bone or delrin??.......... .....................

The handles are an early plastic, possibly celluloid judging from some of the ones I have seen deteriorate.

carrmillus · Post by **carrmillus** » Tue Jul 01, 2014 4:18 pm

.........dale, I've got 5 Camillus short-line #72's like this with this blade configuration, and they are all bone handled;thought maybe the other brands would have been the same??..........

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Shearer · Post by **Shearer** » Tue Jul 01, 2014 4:39 pm

jerryd6818 wrote:Thanks to Grant for the heads up and thanks to the seller for refusing to ship to Australia.

The newest edition to my pile of Camillus 72s and clones is a High Carbon Steel, blade etched STA-SHARP Wood Carver 9511. Made by Camillus for Sears. Several handle cracks but otherwise in very good condition. It has half-stops on both secondary blades. Note the 1st generation blade compliment. I know the Kastor List says High Carbon Steel with the STA-SHARP blade etch was made from 1928 to 1940 but I'm convinced this is a 1946 knife.

Top knife Jerry.
Lucky to get that one.
I could not see one on your list.

Grant

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