camillus #72

[orvet]

Okay, it's official. I now hate Dale Vincent and his Yello-Jaket -- Yellow Jacket shield knife. Dale, you're a dirty rotten scoundrel for showing that to me. I'm going to talk to Gunny about putting you on mess duty for the next six months.

I'm kidding. Kinda.

You ain't seen nothin' yet buddy!
Just you wait!






I could tell you but then I would have to kill you, you know the drill! LOL

[jerryd6818]

More to come??

Crap!! "Killing me softly with his song."

If you treat a friend this way, I'd hate to be your enemy.

[jerryd6818]

Okay, I put together a kind of History of 72s with pictures and posted it on my little web site. It's not gonna work that way because it came out to be 139 MB.

If you have high speed Internet service and are willing to wait it out or download it to your PC, here's the link. It's in .rtf Rich Text format. Click Here

[knifetime]

Jerry I have some information that I have been trying to post but cant figure it out.How do I do like you did with this file?It is a PDF,"Adobe"
It is a list of "The Tang Stamps Of Adolph Kastor, Camillus and Their Cutlery Relatives"
Thanks for the info.

[orvet]

Jerry I have some information that I have been trying to post but cant figure it out.How do I do like you did with this file?It is a PDF,"Adobe"
It is a list of "The Tang Stamps Of Adolph Kastor, Camillus and Their Cutlery Relatives"
Thanks for the info.

Is that the info posted on Knife World's website?
The link is posted in the Camillus forum and a few other places on AAPK.
The format of AAPK does not allow the posting of .pdf files.
You would have to change to a .jpg file to post it on AAPK.

[jerryd6818]

Dale's correct that AAPK will only upload and display .jpg files using the "Upload Attachment" feature. BUT You can reference any Word Doc, PDF file, etc stored out on the Internet with the method I've used below. To see how I did it, reply to this post using the Quote button and you'll see the format of the command. In the meantime, here's your Kastor list.

To View The Kastor List -- Click Here

[knifetime]

That's the one I had Jerry,thanks.I think I might be able to git it now.

[orvet]

In all my excitement of finding the 72 with the RARE acrylic Yello-Jaket shield, I forgot to post the one I got a day or two before.

Nothing real special, just a standard #72 Yellow-Jaket NIB, with papers.

I am starting to like these, though the ones with Rogers bone are still my favs!

[jerryd6818]

I am starting to like these, though the ones with Rogers bone are still my favs!

For everyone.

[Shearer]

Dale did you slowly post the 72 so you didn't put jerry into shock or did you want to slowly torture him

[orvet]

A bit of both I suppose...................................

[Shearer]

Jerry does this one belong on your 72 list.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Western-U-S-A-P ... 2578c3364b

[ken6]

Jerry, My camillus scout has that same shield, my Ulster Scouts all have the round shield. Ken

[jerryd6818]

Shearer -- No. Correct blade compliment but the incorrect frame profile and length. Nice old knife though. It wouldn't take much to clean it up and make a good user of it. (if the blades still have snap)


Ken -- I'm sorry, I don't know what shield you're talking about.

[orvet]

My first knife of the new year arrived yesterday.

It is a Stanley SL6, an SFO variant of the #72 Camillus made for Stanley Tools.

I like it!
It was still sealed in the clampak when it arrived, but I don't like to leave knives in a clampak, especially when all three blades are open. Too much stress on the springs, IMHO.

[tjmurphy]

Way to go Dale, I had one for a very short time and they are a very solid knife

[knifetime]

I found that there is three of the #72 pattern made with the Remington tang stamp in 3 series Remington remakes by Camillus.All are done in 1996 and are great looking knives.Hear is one of the derlien ones.

[jerryd6818]

Congratulations Dale. They're a real nice knife. Being made by Camillus, how could they not be?


T.J. -- I'm giving some serious consideration to putting the Lansky to that Stanley you gave me and slipping it in my pocket for a while. I've looked for a shield for it but no luck.


Okay boys & girls. Here's one that'll make ya go Huh??? If it goes relatively cheap, I'm thinking about picking it up just for the novelty of it.

[tjmurphy]

The shield is two stamps ahead of the stamp on the knife?

[danno50]

The coping blade and the small clip are in opposite positions to what they usually are on the #72??
Dan

[tjmurphy]

You're right Danno Missed that So that's two inconsistancies?

[jerryd6818]

Both of you are correct. The blade has a '60-'76 tang stamp and the shield is '89 - close. The two secondary blades are swapped.

And

I believe those handles were called "Indian Stag" (synthetic) but to the best of my knowledge, they were never used on the 72. Other knives in the late '70s - early '80s but the 72 always had "Cabone" handles (jigged Delrin).

He wants $9.00 just to ship that thing. I've changed my mind. I'm passing. I'm not wasting $30+ on that hermaphrodite.

[tjmurphy]

Ya reckon it was an end-of-business knife that someone just put together from remaining parts? Or a forgery?

[orvet]

Ya reckon it was an end-of-business knife that someone just put together from remaining parts? Or a forgery?

I am not sure I would consider a knife made with proper parts to be a forgery, besides, where is the motivation to forge something? There is not enough money in it to buy the parts then pay someone to do all the work of putting it together.

It is kind of like counterfeiting a penny. It would cost you far more for the materials than the value of the coin.
In order to break even on parts and labor with that knife, you would need to sell it for $100 or more.

Therefore I would not consider it a counterfeit. It may be an end of days knife, put together with parts during the last days of the company, but I doubt it is a counterfeit, IMHO.

[jerryd6818]

Exact-O-Mundo. You took the words right out of my mouth Dale. Someone sure had a wild sense of humor. One thing for sure, it's one crazy piece of steel.