Knives Made Before The Year 1960

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Thanks for the comments.

Great show of knives, Dimitri and BWT. ::tu::
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Very nice assortment of old knives, Bill! ::tu::
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BWT wrote:Thanks Dimitri,Lee, some of them look much better in person, I have to use an old Samsung camera phone, doesn't work so well, especially the focus.
Don't feel bad Bill, most all the pictures I posted on here were taken with my old Mavica I bought new in 1998!! :lol:

Time for me to buy a new camera, as I can no longer transfer the pictures from the floppy disc to a tablet ::doh:: ::facepalm::
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Well dang-nab-it, we can't have a pre-1960s thread without at least a couple of Camillus 72s in it and since I haven't seen one yet, I'll volunteer a couple, plus a few other Camillus.
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As long as we're at it, let me add a pre-1950 Camillus 14 with bone handles.
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I guess this Camillus 33 EZ-Open fits the bill.
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As does this Camillus pre-WWII Sword Brand Scout.
Camillus - Sword Brand Scout pre-WWII - Labeled.JPG
This Camillus 99 Camp knife has been spruced up some and the picture's sub-par but y'all get the idea.
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I mustn't forget this Camillus Sword Brand, Split-spring Whittler that Tommy blessed me with. Thanks Tommy (Carmillus).
Camillus Whittler '41-'46 Sword Brand (Alpha) - Labeled.JPG
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Nice ones, Jerry. ::tu::
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Thanks Joe.
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Nice knives Jerry ::tu:: ::tu:: ... The Camillus 72 and 14 are sweet - and the bone is ::drool:: ::drool:: !!!!!!!
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Very nice Jerry ::tu:: ::tu:: The bone handles ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu::
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Some more
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Say Bill, I really like the pictures you posted. I'm especially fond of the Bud brand jack. Here is yet another New England tang stamp I didn't know existed. Do you have any more info on it? If you ever get tired of owning it I might be able to give it a good home. Thanks for sharing, Steve Budd.
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bladebuddy wrote:Say Bill, I really like the pictures you posted. I'm especially fond of the Bud brand jack. Here is yet another New England tang stamp I didn't know existed. Do you have any more info on it? If you ever get tired of owning it I might be able to give it a good home. Thanks for sharing, Steve Budd.
Goins says Windsted, Ct.,1922, that is about it. It's in really good condition, thanks for looking, Steve!!!
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Here's a few old oddity/specialty Knives from the days of yore.
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Tested era Fish Knife
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Empire patented Fruit knife/seedpick
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Metal handled Empire Scout
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Beautiful and rare knives Bill and wonderful/unusual knives Greg ::tu::
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Thanks Lloyd, very nice Greg especially the Case.
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Jerryd, nice herd of Camillus knives! ::tu:: ::tu::

Bill, you have a very nice collection! I enjoyed looking at all of them old beauties ::tu:: ::drool::

Greg, I like unusual knives and those are right up my alley! :D
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Bill,
you knocked it out of the park with that last group. Very nice knives! ::tu::

Very impressive group of knives, Greg.
I've got an Empire grapefruit knife too, somewhere.
That hobe is topshelf. ::tu::
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Bill - great old knives - all of them ::tu:: ::tu:: ... You really caught my attention big time with the Bud Brand knife - been on my list but never have been able to find one nor have seen one - and that one is a beauty 8) 8)

Greg - love those knives from days of yore ::tu:: 8) !!
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Here's my Empire grapefruit knife.
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LongBlade wrote:Bill - great old knives - all of them ::tu:: ::tu:: ... You really caught my attention big time with the Bud Brand knife - been on my list but never have been able to find one nor have seen one - and that one is a beauty 8) 8)

Greg - love those knives from days of yore ::tu:: 8) !!
Thanks Lee, I had never heard of Bud Brand but it was rare and in excellent unused condition.. I like the rare brand, mostly what I collect. I started about a year ago collecting and I had been wanting a George Woodhead which I found a couple weeks ago. It is one of my oldest and has what looks like maybe some old type of horn, and rare.
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FRJ wrote:Bill,
you knocked it out of the park with that last group. Very nice knives! ::tu::

Very impressive group of knives, Greg.
I've got an Empire grapefruit knife too, somewhere.
That hobe is topshelf. ::tu::
Thanks Joe, I enjoy looking at yours about as much as I do mine.
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BWT wrote:
LongBlade wrote:I had been wanting a George Woodhead which I found a couple weeks ago. It is one of my oldest and has what looks like maybe some old type of horn, and rare.
That is a nice Woodhead too Bill ::tu:: and forgot to mention it as I was so focused on the Bud Brand ::nod::

Not sure I showed this Woodhead combo here on this thread - a Woodhead Bowie along with a swell-center pen... Now if I could find a Barnes folder to go with my dagger - I saw some Barnes folders recently but I didn't think they were in great condition especially coupled to the price being asked... patience is a virtue in collecting :wink:
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That's 8) Lee!

Nice to have a folder and a fixed blade from the same company ::tu::
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Here's a few more......
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Oh but that Ulster makes me drool!
Looking for the magic penny!
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Jerry, nice Camillus knives, especially the #14 two blade jack! ::tu::
Bill, like Joe said, out of the park! As others have commented, the Bud Brand is special. I am also partial to the George Woodhead, very nice color of horn! ::tu::
Greg, great selection of unique old knives! ::tu::
Beautiful pair of Woodheads, Lee! ::tu::
Great doglegs, Dimitri! ::tu::
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