Camillus whittler
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Jporter1974
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Camillus whittler
I picked up this Camillus today, solid old knife. I haven't seen this style Camillus before, anyone have any history on the production of this knife. ~jon
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Re: Camillus whittler
Great old knife 
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Great old knife Mr. Jporter. And older one as well. Love the pattern and love that knife. Great pick up.

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That's a sweet knife, pattern is called a "wharncliff whittler" and is one of the more sought after patterns by any company. Better close-up photos of the main blade and small blade marks would help narrow down a date. Definitely pre WW2.
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Nice knife, Jporter! The bone looks really good and the blades almost full. I do not know much about Camillus so I have no history to post.
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Awesome wharncliffe and lovely bone
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Thanks for sharing everybody, I cannot believe that there's such a great bunch of guys on here. I want to thank the guys who are looking to try to help me find future knives for my knife collecting endeavors. The knife is a Camillus cutlery company Camillus new york and all blades are stamped. These new pictures could be better, but I'm stretched out in the recliner goldrush/moonshiners Friday night. ~Jon
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Looks like the four line stamp on all 3 blades. That would put it between 1919-1941. What a great knife! 
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Being a four line + wharncliff whittler + beautiful bone = great knife.
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I thought I had posted to this thread yesterday, I must have erased it when I was wiping the drool off my phone!

It baffles me how a company that made that knife gets so little respect among some collectors!
It baffles me how a company that made that knife gets so little respect among some collectors!
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That one is as good as they come.
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And why they didn’t make more of that pattern!orvet wrote:I thought I had posted to this thread yesterday, I must have erased it when I was wiping the drool off my phone!![]()
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It baffles me how a company that made that knife gets so little respect among some collectors!
Jporter you have a great example of a great knife! Wow!
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All I can say is wow. That is a fantastic find. Now have to clean drool off of my keyboard too.
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Oh my, that is a humdinger! What a beautiful knife!
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.....if you ever want ot sell it, i'll buy it!!!.............
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Me To !
Very Nice jporter
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Camillus has always been under-rated and unappreciated and they made great knives, both with their name and many, many contracted brands.
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