All About Pocket Knives

doglegg wrote: one down and 2 to go, But by then you will have found 3 more variations.

Aint that the truth.... I just started looking for a few 72's. There's a bunch of 'em out there.

In addition to all the Camillus variations (and there are a billy blue ton of them), here are a few tang stamps you can look for.

Lamplough Lamplough 52 Solingen Germany
Bear MGC USA N/A
Rigid RG70
Schrade Walden N.Y U.S.A. 863
Schrade N.Y. U.S.A. 863
White Tail Chinese or Pakistani
York Cutlery Solingen Germany N/A
Craftsman USA 9494
Hammer Brand No Pattern Number
Harley Davidson® HD21
Imperial Prov. RI Scout
Imperial ? No Tang Stamp No Pattern Number
Keen Kutter Keen Kutter Crest 78
Keen Kutter Keen Kutter Crest K30
McGrew Arkansas USA HillBilly Classic
McGrew Arkansas USA Chip Chats 1953-1993 40th Anniversary engraved on blade
Olsen OK H.O. Mi U.S.A. 25 25
Olsen Knife Co. Solingen Germany
Powr-Kraft Powr-Kraft USA 84-11
Remington circle shield stamp Made In U.S.A. R14
Remington USA (etched) Long oval shield Black Handles No Pattern Number
Remington circle shield wood handles
Stanley SL6
Trustworthy Hardware TW Logo 36810 USA 36818
Ulster USA 63
Utica Kutmaster Utica, N.Y. U.S.A No Pattern Number
Cussin and Fearn Hardware
Hibbard Spencer True Value
High Carbon Steel (Sears)
J,W, & S Newark NJ
Moor Man's

That outa keep you busy for a while.

jerryd6818 wrote:In addition to all the Camillus variations (and there are a billy blue ton of them), here are a few tang stamps you can look for.

Lamplough Lamplough 52 Solingen Germany
Bear MGC USA N/A
Rigid RG70
Schrade Walden N.Y U.S.A. 863
Schrade N.Y. U.S.A. 863
White Tail Chinese or Pakistani
York Cutlery Solingen Germany N/A
Craftsman USA 9494
Hammer Brand No Pattern Number
Harley Davidson® HD21
Imperial Prov. RI Scout
Imperial ? No Tang Stamp No Pattern Number
Keen Kutter Keen Kutter Crest 78
Keen Kutter Keen Kutter Crest K30
McGrew Arkansas USA HillBilly Classic
McGrew Arkansas USA Chip Chats 1953-1993 40th Anniversary engraved on blade
Olsen OK H.O. Mi U.S.A. 25 25
Olsen Knife Co. Solingen Germany
Powr-Kraft Powr-Kraft USA 84-11
Remington circle shield stamp Made In U.S.A. R14
Remington USA (etched) Long oval shield Black Handles No Pattern Number
Remington circle shield wood handles
Stanley SL6
Trustworthy Hardware TW Logo 36810 USA 36818
Ulster USA 63
Utica Kutmaster Utica, N.Y. U.S.A No Pattern Number
Cussin and Fearn Hardware
Hibbard Spencer True Value
High Carbon Steel (Sears)
J,W, & S Newark NJ
Moor Man's

That outa keep you busy for a while.

Good Lawd that's a lot of variations on a theme.
I like "CUSSIN and Fearn Hardware" that is a good 'un. You got one Jerry?

Mike

No Cussin and Fearn Hardware, but the search continues. I missed out on a Hibbard Spencer True Value because I was jackin' my jaws on the phone (that was before I knew about sniping programs). Still looking for that one too. Most of the odd ones, I've just stumbled onto.

P.S. -- Almost all those were made by either Camillus or the Schrade family (Schrade, Imperial, Ulster)

jerryd6818 wrote:No Cussin and Fearn Hardware, but the search continues. I missed out on a Hibbard Spencer True Value because I was jackin' my jaws on the phone (that was before I knew about sniping programs). Still looking for that one too. Most of the odd ones, I've just stumbled onto.

10-4...
Well, I KNOW when you do find one, we WILL know about it......

Mike

jerryd6818 wrote:In addition to all the Camillus variations (and there are a billy blue ton of them), here are a few tang stamps you can look for.

Lamplough Lamplough 52 Solingen Germany
Bear MGC USA N/A
Rigid RG70
Schrade Walden N.Y U.S.A. 863
Schrade N.Y. U.S.A. 863
White Tail Chinese or Pakistani
York Cutlery Solingen Germany N/A
Craftsman USA 9494
Hammer Brand No Pattern Number
Harley Davidson® HD21
Imperial Prov. RI Scout
Imperial ? No Tang Stamp No Pattern Number
Keen Kutter Keen Kutter Crest 78
Keen Kutter Keen Kutter Crest K30
McGrew Arkansas USA HillBilly Classic
McGrew Arkansas USA Chip Chats 1953-1993 40th Anniversary engraved on blade
Olsen OK H.O. Mi U.S.A. 25 25
Olsen Knife Co. Solingen Germany
Powr-Kraft Powr-Kraft USA 84-11
Remington circle shield stamp Made In U.S.A. R14
Remington USA (etched) Long oval shield Black Handles No Pattern Number
Remington circle shield wood handles
Stanley SL6
Trustworthy Hardware TW Logo 36810 USA 36818
Ulster USA 63
Utica Kutmaster Utica, N.Y. U.S.A No Pattern Number
Cussin and Fearn Hardware
Hibbard Spencer True Value
High Carbon Steel (Sears)
J,W, & S Newark NJ
Moor Man's

That outa keep you busy for a while.

This isn't counting the actual camillus stamped versions is it?

KnifeSlinger#81 wrote:

jerryd6818 wrote:In addition to all the Camillus variations (and there are a billy blue ton of them), here are a few tang stamps you can look for.

Lamplough Lamplough 52 Solingen Germany
Bear MGC USA N/A
Rigid RG70
Schrade Walden N.Y U.S.A. 863
Schrade N.Y. U.S.A. 863
White Tail Chinese or Pakistani
York Cutlery Solingen Germany N/A
Craftsman USA 9494
Hammer Brand No Pattern Number
Harley Davidson® HD21
Imperial Prov. RI Scout
Imperial ? No Tang Stamp No Pattern Number
Keen Kutter Keen Kutter Crest 78
Keen Kutter Keen Kutter Crest K30
McGrew Arkansas USA HillBilly Classic
McGrew Arkansas USA Chip Chats 1953-1993 40th Anniversary engraved on blade
Olsen OK H.O. Mi U.S.A. 25 25
Olsen Knife Co. Solingen Germany
Powr-Kraft Powr-Kraft USA 84-11
Remington circle shield stamp Made In U.S.A. R14
Remington USA (etched) Long oval shield Black Handles No Pattern Number
Remington circle shield wood handles
Stanley SL6
Trustworthy Hardware TW Logo 36810 USA 36818
Ulster USA 63
Utica Kutmaster Utica, N.Y. U.S.A No Pattern Number
Cussin and Fearn Hardware
Hibbard Spencer True Value
High Carbon Steel (Sears)
J,W, & S Newark NJ
Moor Man's

That outa keep you busy for a while.

This isn't counting the "true blue" camillus stamped versions is it?

No sir. I considered documenting all the variations and slight variations but don't have the patience for it right now. There's probably at least four or maybe more just in the 1940's alone.

jerryd6818 wrote:

KnifeSlinger#81 wrote:

jerryd6818 wrote:In addition to all the Camillus variations (and there are a billy blue ton of them), here are a few tang stamps you can look for.

Lamplough Lamplough 52 Solingen Germany
Bear MGC USA N/A
Rigid RG70
Schrade Walden N.Y U.S.A. 863
Schrade N.Y. U.S.A. 863
White Tail Chinese or Pakistani
York Cutlery Solingen Germany N/A
Craftsman USA 9494
Hammer Brand No Pattern Number
Harley Davidson® HD21
Imperial Prov. RI Scout
Imperial ? No Tang Stamp No Pattern Number
Keen Kutter Keen Kutter Crest 78
Keen Kutter Keen Kutter Crest K30
McGrew Arkansas USA HillBilly Classic
McGrew Arkansas USA Chip Chats 1953-1993 40th Anniversary engraved on blade
Olsen OK H.O. Mi U.S.A. 25 25
Olsen Knife Co. Solingen Germany
Powr-Kraft Powr-Kraft USA 84-11
Remington circle shield stamp Made In U.S.A. R14
Remington USA (etched) Long oval shield Black Handles No Pattern Number
Remington circle shield wood handles
Stanley SL6
Trustworthy Hardware TW Logo 36810 USA 36818
Ulster USA 63
Utica Kutmaster Utica, N.Y. U.S.A No Pattern Number
Cussin and Fearn Hardware
Hibbard Spencer True Value
High Carbon Steel (Sears)
J,W, & S Newark NJ
Moor Man's

That outa keep you busy for a while.

This isn't counting the "true blue" camillus stamped versions is it?

No sir. I considered documenting all the variations and slight variations but don't have the patience for it right now. There's probably at least four or maybe more just in the 1940's alone.

Can't say I blame you Jerry. There might be more variations of the 72 than the schrade 4" stockman, which is a lot.

jerryd6818 wrote:

....got to get you interested in the ORIGINAL!!......(both secondary blades on opposite end from primary blade)...... .....................

I'll leave them to you Tommy. I don't need another passion. Too many already.

carrmillus wrote:

jerryd6818 wrote:

....got to get you interested in the ORIGINAL!!......(both secondary blades on opposite end from primary blade)...... .....................

Those are getting awfully hard to locate Tommy.

.....sure wish I had the one my granddad carried for years............. .................

gsmith7158 wrote:

carrmillus wrote:

jerryd6818 wrote:

....got to get you interested in the ORIGINAL!!......(both secondary blades on opposite end from primary blade)...... .....................

Those are getting awfully hard to locate Tommy.

..greg,the last one I got was a moore/maker(at least 10 years ago) that I was told was made off the old Camillus tooling before it was destroyed, and when you compare it to any of the three originals I've got, it's dead on!!!(except for the handles, it has buffalo horn instead of the old rogers bone)!!!........ ...........

Tommy, is the knife you're talking about a split back whittler? If so I have to agree with you, a balloon split back whittler takes the cake.

........YES!!!..on the earlier ones, the single backspring was split and had a wedge to keep it separated, later ones had two backsprings with the tapered wedge between them.hope I have got my info on this correct!!........... .......................

Got this Craftsman in. Man is it dirty. Going to take some work to get it walkin and talkin again. Bone covers and the shield is gone. Solid built knife. Wonder who made these for Craftsman.

David Camillus made the majority of them for Sears. Does it say High Carbon steel or simply Made in USA on the tang? That's a dead giveaway. That one though has the blade configuration of the later 72's. How is the tang marked?

DM11 wrote:Got this Craftsman in. Man is it dirty. Going to take some work to get it walkin and talin again. Bone covers and the shield is gone. Solid built knife. Wonder who made these for Craftsman.

My guess is Schrade, made before 1959-60.

Grant

After I got enough crude cleaned off the tang it reads:

Craftsman
U S A

I dont see anything else not even a model nimber.

DM11 wrote:After I got enough crude cleaned off the tang it reads:

Craftsman
U S A

I dont see anything else not even a model nimber.

Grant is on the right track I believe David . Is the long pull on the master blade a match striker or is it smooth?

gsmith7158 wrote:

DM11 wrote:After I got enough crude cleaned off the tang it reads:

Craftsman
U S A

I dont see anything else not even a model nimber.

Grant is on the right track I believe David . Is the long pull on the master blade a match striker or is it smooth?

Greg it is smooth. It also has a long pull on the small clip blade.

Grant is on the money. Schrade made for sure.

gsmith7158 wrote:Grant is on the money. Schrade made for sure.

Thank you Greg and Grant!

DM11 wrote:After I got enough crude cleaned off the tang it reads:

Craftsman
U S A

I dont see anything else not even a model nimber.

I am sticking with Schrade.
If you put a Camillus and a Schrade side by side you can notice a difference besides the match stick pull on the Camillus.

Grant