All About Pocket Knives

I thought it would be interesting to post this group of Syracuse marked knives. All of the knives are marked Syracuse (curved) except the shell handled "Jackson Pollock" knife, it has Syracuse in a straight line.

The shell handled knife is marked on only one blade and has Patent Applied for on the back.

You can really see the Camillus DNA in the shield styles.

I'll throw this one on, you don't see these much. Made for the Signal Corp in WW I. Big strong cattle knife, still snaps like a gator.

..beautiful old knife!!!...I like it!!!!....welcome to AAPK!!!....... ..........

Thank you Sir.

wornoutwrench wrote:I'll throw this one on, you don't see these much. Made for the Signal Corp in WW I. Big strong cattle knife, still snaps like a gator.

Wow. Great knife.
Thanks for showing.

Over the winter I aquired my first Congress a Camillus 91 this is a good solid knife

...are both pictures of the same knife?????......... .........

Yes before and after clean up

.....I guess it's the light, but the handles look completely different in the two photos!!!..bottom picture looks exactly like mine!!.............. .................

Mineral oil bath darkened up the scales

Here is a Fairmount I just picked up. Fairmount was a Camillus brand from the 30's I think. Great shape, like new.

....a new one to me, love the pattern, especially the tip bolsters!!!!............ ..............

Extra nice gentlemen! I like em.

JohnR wrote:Here is a Fairmount I just picked up. Fairmount was a Camillus brand from the 30's I think. Great shape, like new.

Yes, 1930-1940 according to the Kastor List, although there is a very slight difference in the tang stamp between the list and the knife. Knife says N.Y. City and the list just says N.Y. I really don't think it makes any difference in who made it. Still Camillus.

Great knife and excellent condition. Congratulations.

Snagged this little gem from the big auction site. It's a Camillus made junior Cattle Knife. 3 3/8" closed.

The clip and pen blades have half stops. The swedges on the blades are quite elegant. Blades are really hard to shoot.

No brass on this knife. It's pretty darned peachy!

When were these made? The jigged bone handles are very very nice.

Hal Really nice knife. Goins' says it is 1927 to 1940. I thought maybe a little newer than that. Nice Rogers
bone. Good find.

Harold

stockman wrote:Hal Really nice knife. Goins' says it is 1927 to 1940. I thought maybe a little newer than that. Nice Rogers
bone. Good find.

Harold

Thanks Harold. It was a good one to open up from the mail box.

That is one beeee-uuu-ti--ful knife. I went after that one too, but when it came time to place the bid, my computer froze up Bein's I'm a sniper, that was the end of the game

Harold, the Kastor List confirms those dates. Made for Sears of course.

What a beautiful old survivor.

.........harold, great looking knife!!!.....I have an old 4 line like it!!............. ...............

Camillus #24 Small Jack Knife

Vit, the 24s are a great little knives and that one is a real beauty. Congratulations.

This is my latest addition to my collection, it's an 886HU.
These Uncle Hennery knives were made by Camillus, for Belknap Hardware and were only sold from their stores all over the U.S.A. - About 30,000 were made in the early 1980's.

Not here yet so the pictures are those of the seller, I picked up this Camillus 72 that was made for Orvis in 1996. The handles are wood, it has a football shield stamped Orvis, it's serialized #303 and the blades are etched:

Small clip -- Orvis 1996
Coping -- Profile of a fish
Main -- Sacramento River

cool snag,jerry!!!

NEVER HEARD OF "ORVIS", HAD TA GOOGLE IT........ CRAZY THEY ARE ALL OVER