All About Pocket Knives

Wow, you got a display box with yours. How cool. Mine is just the knife and is also etched Sacramento River on the main. Like yours it has 1996 etched on the small clip.

There is a full set of all 7 Orvis River series of knives on ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Orvis-River-Ser ... Swo0JWK48u

Sorry Randy, the American River is not in the set.

Thanks Dale. It would have cool if they did. Sure is a nice looking set. I paid 53.00 for mine. That set was bargain priced for sure

Randy

The mailman just dropped this Rigid 72 clone on my door step! Judging from the Delrin handles and pin placement that it may have been made by Camillus. Any one know for sure who made this one?
Randy

.....it doesn't have a match striker pull on the primary, every Camillus #72 I have has a match striker pull!!......??......... ...............

The Camillus #5 made for a few years at the turn of the 21st Century has a plain long pull. As you said Randy, the handles and the handle pin placement peg it as Camillus for me.

...that's the only one I've got that doesn't have the match striker pull!!...where'd you get that one, jerry??..looks just like mine???.............. ...............

carrmillus wrote:...that's the only one I've got that doesn't have the match striker pull!!...where'd you get that one, jerry??..looks just like mine???.............. ...............

I got it from you. I was going to put that in the post but forgot.

...I knew I had 2 of those at one time,but I couldn't remember who I sent the other one to??...can't remember shinola anymore!!..... ............

...jerry, do you still have the santa fe stoneworks #72???...that was one of the neatest 72 conversions I ever saw!!!........ ..........

I do Tommy. I have every knife you've given to me and don't know how to show my appreciation for your generosity.

...I watch for camllus on ebay on a regular basis, and I have yet to see another one of the santa fe stoneworks like that one!!!.... .........

The lack of a match striker made me scratch my head too Tommy. Thats number 5 is cool Jerry! That pretty much sums it up for me! Until someone knows better I'm going to say Camillus. Thanks guys!

Randy

I have a few new additions to my 72 collection. First is a bone handled Kutmaster clone. Very simular to the one that JerryD gave me a while back. Both have the 1st gen. blade configuration with the coping blade sitting all alone. However the one I just got has jimmed liners! Looks very cool. I also acquired this 1st gen. Camillus. Nice one with mostly good bone handles. There are a couple of fine cracks and it has had a little body filler added below one rocker pin. And I just finished this one, started out as boy scout version of the 72. It was crappy but cheap. Lots of pitting on the blades and the handles or I should say what was left of them was for the most part epoxy. Sorry no before pics. This was knife from hell. Did not have much luck at first. Things were so bad that I almost threw it in the garbage. The liners bent and inner surface of the liners were gouged very bad. After making new handles the darn thing did not want to go back together. Things started to bend real bad. One liner bent into a v shape. Had to make pins 3 times before I realized the pin holes were just barely out alignment. I re-drilled everything and put her back together. Cleaned up the liners best I could. Here she is! Randy

...nice, randy!!!...you can't beat 'em!!!....... ............

Nice job Randy!

Very cool! I love the old 1st generation 72's.

I traded my daddy out of this one today. It ain't a 1st generation but it's a gooder'un with full blades and a federal shield like I like.

(I do have a 1st generation in the mail)!

Glad to see y'all are keeping the line moving. I haven't had a new (to me) 72 in what seems like months. I think the Utica Kutmaster I got from Scott back in January was the last one.

I just love these 72's. I have another one on the bench right now. Its a first gen. Came to me as a place holder. It had busted up handles and rusted blades. I think there is a pic already posted. After I finish cleaning the blades and putting some Moose antler on it I'll get some pics up. May be a while though. Returning to work after neck surgery did not turn out well. doing my retirement application on Monday. After the nerve pain settles a little I plan get this 72 finished! good to see back on the boards Jerry!

Randy

Thanks Randy. Did I read you correctly? You're retiring? You're going to love it. Best job you'll ever have.

Yep Jerry you read correctly. Earlier than I planned though. Pension is very small. I was waiting until my grand daughter goes to college in June. I plan on moving and dramatically scaling back on things. The good news? My new place is a two story studio. The new shop is going upstairs and my living space is down stairs. Kitchen living room, and such is all down stairs. This gives my about a six times more work space than i have now. And I can work on my knives as much as want! Or not. The new place is next to Lake Natoma. I do a lot of hiking around there. And the entrance is gained by walking across the street Hiking and fishing here I come! Just wished I could have made it to June so I could help Ruby transition to college with a few extra bucks. But hey, that's one of the reason I collect knives. Now I can put that collection to good use! A little at a time of course!

Randy

Sounds like the ideal situation for you. Best of luck. Enjoy it while you can.

Here's my junker $10 72 that came in last night.

I'm toting it today.

Shut up. I ain't talkin' to you.






We just had a looong texting discussion on this very subject.

Rofl.

I figure if I stick to collecting 1st generation 72's I'll save money. So far I only run up on one every 3-4 years. Lol.

In my defense, my max bid was quite a bit higher than the final bid. I was padding it in case any of you sneaky snakes were holding your fingers over the button until the last second!