camillus #72

[Colonel26]

Wow! Thanks for that. So does that mean that my short line bone 72 with the first generation blade lay out is a pre 1948?

[jerryd6818]

Cuz, your Camillus short line bone 72 with the first generation blade lay out is 1946.

BECAUSE in the spring of 1947 Camillus discontinued the pen blade, replaced it with the small clip blade and moved it to the lower end of the knife, pairing the main blade with the coping blade.

This is an exert from the 1946 catalog (which I think was trotted out again for 1947).

[Colonel26]

Thanks! First year layout is my favorite. Just for fun, here she is again. I love this knife.

[carrmillus]

Thanks! First year layout is my favorite. Just for fun, here she is again. I love this knife.

.......I've got 3 like this, but the bone on mine is not near as pretty as yours..i also like this configuration better than the master paired with the coping blade......but my favorite whittlers are the 4 line split backspring whittlers.............. ............................

[Shearer]

Thanks! First year layout is my favorite. Just for fun, here she is again. I love this knife.

Colonel26
I love them .Here my two.

Grant

[stockman]

I have shown this knife before, probably in this thread. I bought it from a old man that had a hardware
store, he said this knife was purchased for that store. Hope it is alright to post again. Bad pic. it is much
nicer in hand.

Harold

[jerryd6818]

Grant -- Those are some really nice ones. Much better than anything I have.


Harold -- Wow! That looks like it's brand new.

[Colonel26]

Really nice knives guys!

Carmillus, I am a split back whittler fan, I love em! But I don't think I've seen any of the Camillus ones. Shucks I didn't know anything about Camillus until I joined here. I sure would like to see them split backs of yours!

[Shearer]

Colonel 26
I have two split back whittler.Top one is a four line celuloide 1941 to 1946.The second one MOP was made in 1916 not long to its 100th birthday.

Grant

[Colonel26]

Mmmm, them's pretty.

[jerryd6818]

Grant -- The four line is more than likely pre-WWII. I'm not aware of any knives made for the civilian market during the war years and the split back didn't appear in the post war catalogs.

[carrmillus]

Really nice knives guys!

Carmillus, I am a split back whittler fan, I love em! But I don't think I've seen any of the Camillus ones. Shucks I didn't know anything about Camillus until I joined here. I sure would like to see them split backs of yours!

.....I don't have a clue as to how to post pictures!!....I'm making some for jerry to post for me- i'll get them finished this week, and i'll include the split-backs!!................. ....................

[jerryd6818]

.....I don't have a clue as to how to post pictures!!.........

It's easy Tommy. All you do is hook an extension cord to that old Canon, load it up with Ektachrome and plug it into the same outlet your PC is plugged in to. The rest is automatic.

[carrmillus]

.....I don't have a clue as to how to post pictures!!.........

It's easy Tommy. All you do is hook an extension cord to that old Canon, load it up with Ektachrome and plug it into the same outlet your PC is plugged in to. The rest is automatic.

.............CANON???........that's a modern camera!!........I'm still trying to use my old argus C-3....but it may not be long for this world!!.....it's getting real hard to advance the film, and also, I've only got 2 rolls of 64 ektachrome left..........gettin' close to time for the slow walkin' and sad singin', huh??............... ..........................

[orvet]

Watch out Jerry, he might do it.

It would really surprise you if it worked!

[jerryd6818]

..I'm still trying to use my old argus C-3....but it may not be long for this world!!.....it's getting real hard to advance the film, and also, I've only got 2 rolls of 64 ektachrome left..........gettin' close to time for the slow walkin' and sad singin', huh??............... ..........................

Looks like I better start saving my pennies and put those vacation plans on hold. I think I foresee a trip to Mississippi in my future.

Digital Camera Training Class will soon be in session.

[carrmillus]

..I'm still trying to use my old argus C-3....but it may not be long for this world!!.....it's getting real hard to advance the film, and also, I've only got 2 rolls of 64 ektachrome left..........gettin' close to time for the slow walkin' and sad singin', huh??............... ..........................

Looks like I better start saving my pennies and put those vacation plans on hold. I think I foresee a trip to Mississippi in my future.

Digital Camera Training Class will soon be in session.

.........jerry, you got to give me at least 3 days notice so I can get the smoker goin' and get plenty of "Jacque danyel" on hand!!!..... ............btw, I looked under the computer desk and there's something plugged into every outlet!!!............ ...........................

[tjmurphy]

Looks like I better start saving my pennies and put those vacation plans on hold. I think I foresee a trip to Mississippi in my future.

Digital Camera Training Class will soon be in session.

Hey Jerry, I'll kick in $50 for the trip and lessons

[jerryd6818]

Looks like I better start saving my pennies and put those vacation plans on hold. I think I foresee a trip to Mississippi in my future.

Digital Camera Training Class will soon be in session.

Hey Jerry, I'll kick in $50 for the trip and lessons

Make it $100 and ya got a deal.

[jerryd6818]

.........jerry, you got to give me at least 3 days notice so I can get the smoker goin' and get plenty of "Jacque danyel" on hand!!!.....
Oh, that's okay. I'll bring my own. Four Roses Yellow Label or maybe Jim Beam Black.

............btw, I looked under the computer desk and there's something plugged into every outlet!!!............ ...........................
That doesn't surprise me.

[Elvis]

Here's one that was "buried" in my shop for so long I'd forgotten I had it. Not sure of the year, but I love the handles on this one.

[jerryd6818]

Beauty Bob. Kinda hard to tell from that picture but it looks to me like a short-line bone handle, made from early 1947, when they dropped the pen blade and put in the small clip, until maybe sometime in the mid 1950s or so. It's kind of tricky trying to say when bone was dropped for synthetics. The 1957 catalog says Brownstag® handles which I've come to identify as the brown synthetic they used after bone and before Delrin® became common. (Rough black fits in there someplace.) The 1955 catalog says "Staged" which I'm reasonably certain was bone. The last of the short lines (supposedly 1950) and the advent of the long lines (generally accepted as 1960) is also tricky. Even though those dates are pretty much quoted throughout the collecting community, I don't hang my hat on 'em.

[carrmillus]

.....come to think of it, all I ever remember seeing on a Camillus scout was the round shield too, jerry!!!.....you may have a rare one, t.j.!!!!........... ................

[wlf]

Hey Bob,

I can see how things got buried in your shop. I know,cause my room's like it. .

Nice 72.

[jerryd6818]

.....come to think of it, all I ever remember seeing on a Camillus scout was the round shield too, jerry!!!.....you may have a rare one, t.j.!!!!........... ................

Not sure where that came from but here's one with the First Class shield. They are not rare but neither are they common. I have at least two and maybe three. The ones I've seen came only with the black synthetic handles and a long line stamp.