Camco 551 mod

glennbad · Post by **glennbad** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 1:44 am

I did this mod for John of JK Knives as a Christmas gift. The Camco 551 was used but not abused. I cleaned it out inside, but left it otherwise in the used condition. The amber stag on the mark side was quite craggy, I loved it. The pile side stag was much different, but believe it or not, it was a matched set. I had a lot of trouble giving this one up.

Some pics...

#goldpan · Post by **#goldpan** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 1:59 am

Wow. Nice work!

dcgm4 · Post by **dcgm4** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 3:12 am

Beautiful!

philco · Post by **philco** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 4:14 am

I'm in lust Glenn. Dang you're putting out some increadible work now.

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 5:33 am

Very nice treatment on that one Glenn!

Are those plain bolsters steel or nickel silver?
I have one in the pile like it.

TripleF · Post by **TripleF** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 7:41 am

Fantastic Glenn!!

gino · Post by **gino** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 1:45 pm

Awesome work as usual Glenn !

glennbad · Post by **glennbad** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 2:40 pm

Dale, those are steel bolsters. Those Camco's are nice and solid, they make good mod knives.

Thanks everyone!

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 7:08 pm

glennbad wrote:Dale, those are steel bolsters. Those Camco's are nice and solid, they make good mod knives.

The one I have is steel also. I like them because I can etch my logo on the bolsters.

I agree that the Camco knives are good solid knives, the blades may be a bit thinner than those branded Camillus, but the thinner blade makes for some good blade dynamics; nice thin cutting edge. They get very sharp and have good edge retention. IMO Camco was one of the best "value brands' of the last 30 to 40 years.

I really like the way yours came out, though the amber stag is a pain to work with!
It usually takes me two or three days to get the stain off my hands after working with amber stag.

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