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[PACKLEAD3R]

right on. Me either. It belonged to my dad. I thought I would sell it. Lockback knives aren't my style either. Reminds me of the old junk lockback I had as a kid. Only much nicer. Lol
Thanks for the reply!

[carrmillus]

right on. Me either. It belonged to my dad. I thought I would sell it. Lockback knives aren't my style either. Reminds me of the old junk lockback I had as a kid. Only much nicer. Lol
Thanks for the reply!

.....lots of members on here collect this type knife!!...you should have no trouble selling it!!...again, welcome to AAPK!!.......... ..........

[Sasquach]

Can anyone tell me more about this knife? 1989 camillus running deer ltd edition commemorative lockback. #389
Please. Thanks

Your knife is part of a series produced by Camillus that was relatively popular. Since Camillus closed their doors and are no longer made in the USA a knife like yours in mint condition with the original box is accruing value as we speak. You won't get rich off of the sale but you should have no trouble finding interested buyers out there. I'm not sure what the current value is but you could always cruise ebay and the AAPK stores to get an idea of what your knife and similar knives are selling for.

[PACKLEAD3R]

Thanks for the warm welcome carrmillus. Excellent info! Sasquatch. Thank you.
I too like both quotes.
The Duke and knives/friends

[carrmillus]

Can anyone tell me more about this knife? 1989 camillus running deer ltd edition commemorative lockback. #389
Please. Thanks

Your knife is part of a series produced by Camillus that was relatively popular. Since Camillus closed their doors and are no longer made in the USA a knife like yours in mint condition with the original box is accruing value as we speak. You won't get rich off of the sale but you should have no trouble finding interested buyers out there. I'm not sure what the current value is but you could always cruise ebay and the AAPK stores to get an idea of what your knife and similar knives are selling for.

....like your john wayne quote, Charlie!!!........... ................

[doglegg]

Got this little 46 as a gift from Roland. I have never seen one before. I had been eyeing knives with scissors and this one certainly fits the bill. I love the tipped bolsters. I suppose the handle is celluloid but its stamp is from the 60's to early 70's era. Anyway I like it, Thanks Roland.

[cody6268]

Picked up this little guy today. A Camillus Eagle Scout knife.

Did they ever use that pattern outside of the Eagle Scout Knife and sold to Santa Fe Stoneworks to adding their fancy scales? Seems that's all I've seen it used for.

[kootenay joe]

Floyd i had thought the Gent's style pen knife was from 1950's at the latest but i was not going by tang markings. If you go back to 1920's and earlier there were a great variety of 'Gent's' style pocket knives. A lot of 'gent's' must have carried one. By 1960's interest in pen knives in general decreased in favor of jack knives and disappeared from catalogs by late 1970's ?
Finding this #46 in old catalogs and seeing when it last appeared would give dates.
kj

[doglegg]

Thanks for the info Roland. It is not like any other knife I have and I value it.

[doglegg]

Floyd i had thought the Gent's style pen knife was from 1950's at the latest but i was not going by tang markings. If you go back to 1920's and earlier there were a great variety of 'Gent's' style pocket knives. A lot of 'gent's' must have carried one. By 1960's interest in pen knives in general decreased in favor of jack knives and disappeared from catalogs by late 1970's ?
Finding this #46 in old catalogs and seeing when it last appeared would give dates.
kj

Roland I found the little 46 first in the 1972 catalog and then it was gone by the 1976 catalog. Doesn't appear to have been around very long. The handles were described as 'sea pearl'.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Picked up this little guy today. A Camillus Eagle Scout knife.

Did they ever use that pattern outside of the Eagle Scout Knife and sold to Santa Fe Stoneworks to adding their fancy scales? Seems that's all I've seen it used for.

I honestly don't know.
I'm not a huge fan of this type/style of knife.
It's 2 3/8" long, closed.
I only got it to add to my Camillus scouting/camping knives.

[cody6268]

Picked up this little guy today. A Camillus Eagle Scout knife.

Did they ever use that pattern outside of the Eagle Scout Knife and sold to Santa Fe Stoneworks to adding their fancy scales? Seems that's all I've seen it used for.

I honestly don't know.
I'm not a huge fan of this type/style of knife.
It's 2 3/8" long, closed.
I only got it to add to my Camillus scouting/camping knives.

They're just not really big enough to be a regular blade. I carry the little Victorinox Classic either in a shirt pocket or my watch pocket as a supplemental carry , but most of the time all I use is the scissors; and it's mostly a backup knife. The bigger 3" Wengers are a more useful knife.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Did they ever use that pattern outside of the Eagle Scout Knife and sold to Santa Fe Stoneworks to adding their fancy scales? Seems that's all I've seen it used for.

I honestly don't know.
I'm not a huge fan of this type/style of knife.
It's 2 3/8" long, closed.
I only got it to add to my Camillus scouting/camping knives.

They're just not really big enough to be a regular blade. I carry the little Victorinox Classic either in a shirt pocket or my watch pocket as a supplemental carry , but most of the time all I use is the scissors; and it's mostly a backup knife. The bigger 3" Wengers are a more useful knife.

It has a loop on it for a key ring or a fob. I see this as more of a "quality gift" for the Eagle Scout graduate or for becoming an Eagle Scout. Eagle Scouts are not little kids, they're older teenagers.

[kootenay joe]

Floyd, thank you for doing this. My estimate was quite off. Some of these fancy pen knives are more recent than i had thought.
Very good to know. Much appreciate this help.
kj

[Sasquach]

I honestly don't know.
I'm not a huge fan of this type/style of knife.
It's 2 3/8" long, closed.
I only got it to add to my Camillus scouting/camping knives.

They're just not really big enough to be a regular blade. I carry the little Victorinox Classic either in a shirt pocket or my watch pocket as a supplemental carry , but most of the time all I use is the scissors; and it's mostly a backup knife. The bigger 3" Wengers are a more useful knife.

It has a loop on it for a key ring or a fob. I see this as more of a "quality gift" for the Eagle Scout graduate or for becoming an Eagle Scout. Eagle Scouts are not little kids, they're older teenagers.

Eagle Scout knives, whatever their size, are usually more of a "Presentation Knife" than a practical user. Having said that, all of them made by different cutlers over the years are capable of being used....some more so than others.

[New_Windsor_NY]

A pair of Camillus 41s.

[jerryd6818]

Those are a couple of dandies. Not quite as dandy but Monkey see, monkey do.

My 1st Camillus 41, August 2011.

My 2nd Camillus 41, February 2016.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Nice jerryd6818! Seeing your 41s, along with seeing my 41s, made me wonder if I had any other Camillus 4X pattern knives. I remember I had this one. No "obvious" pattern # on the tang. If you look VERY closely, it looks like a 42 on the tang, but I'm not sure. It is just a little smaller than a pattern 41. ANYBODY tell me what you think.
Click on the pictures to enlarge. In the last picture, the #41 is in front of the unknown #.

[jerryd6818]

The tang sure looks like it's stamped 42. It looks like it's over the 3-1/8" closed length for a 41 & 42. The handles on a 42 are Nu-Pearl (celluloid) and that knife has "Brownstag" handles. Ya got me partner.

[New_Windsor_NY]

The tang sure looks like it's stamped 42. It looks like it's over the 3-1/8" closed length for a 41 & 42. The handles on a 42 are Nu-Pearl (celluloid) and that knife has "Brownstag" handles. Ya got me partner.

The 42s in all the catalogs that I looked through, all have pearl handles and the short bolsters. This possible 42, in this style does NOT appear in ANY of the available on-line catalogs or in any of my catalogs or catalog pages. Could it possibly be pre-1946?

[New_Windsor_NY]

My Camillus TL-29.

[Vit_213]

Could it possibly be pre-1946?

Until 1946, 4-digit numbering was used.

My Camillus TL-29.

Nice!

[New_Windsor_NY]

Could it possibly be pre-1946?

Until 1946, 4-digit numbering was used.

Do you mean a date/year on the tang?

[Vit_213]

No, 4-digit sales numbers. Camillus began using a new numbering system in 1946.

[New_Windsor_NY]

My latest acquisitions. A 72Y Yello-Jaket and a short line 72.