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Ripster wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 12:45 am

gsmith7158 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 12:10 am The blade configuration of the first gen 72 was definitely used by Camillus long before the 72 was introduced in 1946. Here's one I have with the Sword Brand on the mark side and a 4 line stamp on the pile side. The only difference is the regular nail nick on the master.

Dang Greg you amaze me with your knowledge and the knives you keep showing us newbies . with both those tang stamps it’s definitely before 1946 . So with those stamps it could go back as far as the 1920 s ?
Thanks for posting that old knife. Another one to find for the Sword brand pile .

gsmith7158 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 12:10 am The blade configuration of the first gen 72 was definitely used by Camillus long before the 72 was introduced in 1946. Here's one I have with the Sword Brand on the mark side and a 4 line stamp on the pile side. The only difference is the regular nail nick on the master.

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doglegg wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 2:58 pm Hey.....

doglegg wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 2:58 pm

gsmith7158 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 12:10 am The blade configuration of the first gen 72 was definitely used by Camillus long before the 72 was introduced in 1946. Here's one I have with the Sword Brand on the mark side and a 4 line stamp on the pile side. The only difference is the regular nail nick on the master.

Hey Greg, glad to see your Sword Brand 72 as I have one too and was afraid it was a put together knife. Good to see another one. Thanks for showing it. Here is mine. DSCN6904.JPGDSCN6905.JPGDSCN6906.JPGDSCN6908.JPGDSCN6909.JPG

gsmith7158 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 12:10 am The blade configuration of the first gen 72 was definitely used by Camillus long before the 72 was introduced in 1946. Here's one I have with the Sword Brand on the mark side and a 4 line stamp on the pile side. The only difference is the regular nail nick on the master.

doglegg wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 2:58 pm [quote=gsmith7158 post_id=969714 time=<a href="tel:1638922208">1638922208</a> user_id=20341]
The blade configuration of the first gen 72 was definitely used by Camillus long before the 72 was introduced in 1946. Here's one I have with the Sword Brand on the mark side and a 4 line stamp on the pile side. The only difference is the regular nail nick on the master.

doglegg wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 2:58 pm

gsmith7158 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 12:10 am The blade configuration of the first gen 72 was definitely used by Camillus long before the 72 was introduced in 1946. Here's one I have with the Sword Brand on the mark side and a 4 line stamp on the pile side. The only difference is the regular nail nick on the master.

Hey Greg, glad to see your Sword Brand 72 as I have one too and was afraid it was a put together knife. Good to see another one. Thanks for showing it. Here is mine. DSCN6904.JPGDSCN6905.JPGDSCN6906.JPGDSCN6908.JPGDSCN6909.JPG

doglegg wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 11:18 pm Thanks Skip and Wade.

Greg, Jerry referred to the handles as looking like the "brittle milk plastic" of the 30's. He also mentioned that the lack of handle pins is something of an enigma. That they were discontinued in 1976 but this knife appears to be well before that. It is a head scratcher for sure. Yours is the only other one I have seen. Another Camillus mystery. Thanks.

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 10:05 am My contribution.....
Long pull match strike, milled liners, long line & Sword Brand tang stamps.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
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Ripster wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 1:17 am

doglegg wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 11:18 pm Thanks Skip and Wade.

Greg, Jerry referred to the handles as looking like the "brittle milk plastic" of the 30's. He also mentioned that the lack of handle pins is something of an enigma. That they were discontinued in 1976 but this knife appears to be well before that. It is a head scratcher for sure. Yours is the only other one I have seen. Another Camillus mystery. Thanks.

Floyd . Look inside the blade well . Is there any plastic tabs coming thru liners if not look at liners and see if there are 4 little prong punctures in the liners themselves. Those are tabs for holding the handles . Dale wrote about this a few years back and was just reading it the other day . So in a short Camillus had 2 other methods of attaching handles besides pins .And believe he said it went back to the 1930 period or? Hope that helps you Sir.

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 10:05 am My contribution.....
Long pull match strike, milled liners, long line & Sword Brand tang stamps.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

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