All About Pocket Knives

......if you look at it with one of jerryd's 65x magnifiers, you can tell it's bone!!.......... ......................

carrmillus wrote:......if you look at it with one of jerryd's 65x magnifiers, you can tell it's bone!!.......... ......................

Yes, I think that was some kind of special edition that SMKW ran in the nineties because as Jerryd said 3 different 72's had it and I found a 709 with that jigged black bone the other day.

carrmillus wrote:....jerry, just looked thru mine again, thought I had one of these-may have gifted it to someone!!...how about a black handled #14, 2 blade(clip master and small clip)(no coping blade) 3 5/8" swell center, oval shield, short-line marking??..not sure if it's bone or composition, it's hard to tell??

I don't know what you're talking about. The #14 is a 3-3/8" serpentine Jack with clip & pen.

All this detail stuff is getting to be too much for my microscopic mind. I'm leaving all those details to those who enjoy it.

jerryd6818 wrote:

carrmillus wrote:....jerry, just looked thru mine again, thought I had one of these-may have gifted it to someone!!...how about a black handled #14, 2 blade(clip master and small clip)(no coping blade) 3 5/8" swell center, oval shield, short-line marking??..not sure if it's bone or composition, it's hard to tell??

I don't know what you're talking about. The #14 is a 3-3/8" serpentine Jack with clip & pen.

All this detail stuff is getting to be too much for my microscopic mind. I'm leaving all those details to those who enjoy it.

....jerry, I went back and got this one out and looked at it,......it is short line marked. it's 3 5/8", clip master(stamped #14) and pen secondary, sharp pointed oval shield,and it is black bone-I was wrong about the secondary being a clip blade!!........... ......................

carrmillus wrote:

jerryd6818 wrote:

carrmillus wrote:....jerry, just looked thru mine again, thought I had one of these-may have gifted it to someone!!...how about a black handled #14, 2 blade(clip master and small clip)(no coping blade) 3 5/8" swell center, oval shield, short-line marking??..not sure if it's bone or composition, it's hard to tell??

I don't know what you're talking about. The #14 is a 3-3/8" serpentine Jack with clip & pen.

All this detail stuff is getting to be too much for my microscopic mind. I'm leaving all those details to those who enjoy it.

....jerry, I went back and got this one out and looked at it,......it is short line marked. it's 3 5/8", clip master(stamped #14) and pen secondary, sharp pointed oval shield,and it is black bone-I was wrong about the secondary being a clip blade!!........... ......................

..it is also a swell center!!!.......... ..................

jerryd6818 wrote:Were you bidding on it David?

I sniped it at the end. I'm glad you won it. I dont get excited about ebay bidding like some do. You win some, you lose some. There are always more knives to go after. The hunt continues.

What a good looking 72 that is, Jerry.
Love that black bone.

Thanks Joe. That bone really took the dye well.

Picked up a McGrew marked 72 that was commissioned by National Wood Carvers Association. The blade is etched 'Chip Chats (their news letter) 1953-1993, 40th Anniversary. Got it from our own Tom Cosgrove. I like 72's, I like McGrew's and I like whittling so it was a win, win, win. Thanks Tom.

Oh yes!!
Nice 72 you got there.
Congrats!!

Doglegg, you're liable to set Jerryd on fire with that. I don't think I've ever seen that one.

gsmith7158 wrote:Doglegg, you're liable to set Jerryd on fire with that. I don't think I've ever seen that one.

I have one. Not serialized like that though (I think). Not at home to look.

Wow - that's VERY cool!

Nice 72’s rollin’ in here. Especially that black bone one Cuz! Niiiiice!

Cool score doglegg!

Thanks every one for kind words.

My bad. That National Wood Carvers McGrew is serialized (0361).

Jerry, at what point did camillus change from a saber ground blade to flat?

KnifeSlinger#81 wrote:Jerry, at what point did camillus change from a saber ground blade to flat?

On the pile side of the blade, it was mid/late 1940s. I don't know for sure but I'm going to say 1948ish. The main was saber ground on the mark side and flat ground on the pile side from 1948ish until the early-mid 1980s and flat ground on both sides from then on. That would have been after they stopped pinning the handles on in about 1976 and adopted the post method of mounting the handles. All very approximately. None of that is set in concrete.

Thanks Jerry. All of my 72's have a one sided saber grind.

jerryd6818 wrote:My bad. That National Wood Carvers McGrew is serialized (0361).

Jerry they were made pretty close to each other by the serial #'s. I was sure you would have one.

Paul, I get the impression they didn't produce a lot of 72s with both sides saber ground. At least you don't see many of them.

jerryd6818 wrote:Paul, I get the impression they didn't produce a lot of 72s with both sides saber ground. At least you don't see many of them.

In my meager but growing accumulation of 72s, I have two with the full saber grind. One is a first-gen, the other is a 1047 that doesn't seem cobbled.
My main user 1047 is a single-side saber grind. It also has the swage on one side only.
Camillus liked that single-sided saber grind on a lot of their knives, it seems. I've got a 21 with it, too.

Well, there ya go.....
Another area of #72 collecting. The blade grind variations.
(This could get as bad as chasing baseball card variations......)

Mike


Nice knives Tony. Thanks for showing!

Tony, the bone 72 of yours is a fine looking piece.