All About Pocket Knives

Does this Victorinox BSA Alox Pioneer belong? I believe it was an official knife.

Pile Driver
I would vote yes, that is a beautiful example and it is listed in 600 Scout Knives by Joseph Kerr

VIC12BR 3.50?" 4B+O Victorinox "Pioneer," Two Color Red Handle Aluminum color, textured handle with TF inset.
BSA#01067. Includes MB, PU, SO/CL/wire stripper, SD/CO. 3-rivet. 1994.

Just got this at the post office. A Camp Fire Girls, utensil kit knife by Imperial.

I obtained this Camillus 1047 Scout Knife this evening. It has the "federal" style shield and it appears that the handles are in much better condition than the last 1047 I bought. I'll clean it when I get it and I'll repost MY pictures in the proper location(s).
The first 3 pictures are the seller's. The last picture is mine and is the previous 1047 with bad handles (bad shrinkage & cracks).

Case Bradford GB 6490R

Thanks for looking

Nice one

Larry

Larry something tells me that one will never get to go camping.

Nice find.

Thanks guys

Philco,it won’t be camping anytime soon, it’s in a good “safe” place now

Congrats Larry. Rare piece there.

Ken

Got this one yesterday. Another Camillus 1047 scout knife with the "federal" style shield.
It's in slightly better condition than the previous 1047 I obtained. These handles love to shrink.

I "should" be receiving this Camillus 1047 Scout knife in a couple or few days. It looks like the third time IS the charm. It appears to have the best handles on a 1047, with this style of shield, that I've bought so far. There doesn't seem to be any shrinkage on either handle. There doesn't appear to be a gap between the handles and bolsters. There doesn't appear to be any cracks in the handles or pieces of the handles missing. The blades look pretty decent also. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I will give it a light cleaning when I receive it and repost MY pictures here. These pictures are the seller's.

jlw257 wrote:Case Bradford GB 6490R

Thanks for looking

Yep I got to see this one in person!! Looks like a piece of jewelry for sure!!!

And met Larry!! What a great guy!!

Winchester M21 wrote:

jlw257 wrote:Case Bradford GB 6490R

Thanks for looking

Yep I got to see this one in person!! Looks like a piece of jewelry for sure!!!

And met Larry!! What a great guy!![/quote






Thanks Shawn , it was great meeting you too

Larry, the Case Bradford GB 6490R is sweet knife. Beautiful handles and nice blade markings.

Skip, your Camilllus scout knives are super nice.

New_Windsor_NY, I too enjoy those Imperial "no backspring" knives. I have two of them with the "Boy Scouts of America" logo. Yours is the first that I've seen with the "Campfire Girls" logo.
Sweet!

RalphAlsip wrote: Skip, your Camilllus scout knives are super nice.

Thank you.

Reverand wrote:New_Windsor_NY, I too enjoy those Imperial "no backspring" knives. I have two of them with the "Boy Scouts of America" logo. Yours is the first that I've seen with the "Campfire Girls" logo.
Sweet!

Thank you Reverand. Here is the Imperial "Campfire Girls" knife, along with my Boker "Campfire Girls" knife. The differences are quite noticeable. The shape of the handles, the logos placement (depending on how you look at them, one is upside down), the pins/rivets amount and placement, the blade shapes and, of course, the tang stamps. I have the Imperial, Geo Schrade and Boker brands of the Boy and Girl Scout knives. Now, if I could only find the Geo Schrade "Campfire Girls" (if it even exists) I'll have the trifecta. Oh, my name is Skip. Click the pictures to ENLARGE.

Here is another Camillus 1047 Scouting knife. My third Camillus 1047 with this style of shield. It does look like the third time is the charm, as this is the nicest Camillus 1047 (with a federal shaped shield) that I've bought (so far). Nothing wrong with the handles at all. The last picture shows all 3 knives in the order that I bought them. From left to right, you can see how the handles progressed from bad to better to nice (pictured one side only). I'm quite pleased with this one. Click the pictures to ENLARGE.

Some real nice Scouts being shared here- so thank you for sharing your great Knives Folks!

Here are a few of mine, I usually rave on too much so I will let the Photo's do the talking

I am sure I posted this DE somewhere here- so if I have repeated this in this Scout thread - please forgive me....

Probably one of the nicest Scouts I have ever had the chance to handle and own, I presented this in another forum and Mr. Charlie Noyes so gladly came in and shared this with us.....

Charlie Noyes- THE Authority on Robesons came in with his amazing Knowledge and Help with this Knife...
Charlies Quote
" I, too, suspect the blade tangs are riding on bronze bearings inletted into the inner aspect of the backsprings. If so, then it is a "Perma-Lube" knife from the 1940 to 194? time frame.

Perma-Lube knives were identified by a bronze shield, which might be a Campers, a bar, an escutcheon or even a PocketEze.

Not all Perma-Lube knives were etched and not all had a pattern number that fell within the Perma-Lube series and all of them did not have a bronze shield.

The number on Duncan's knife might be 642214, the usual number for a 3 5/8" scout/utility or it might be something else.

As a Perma-Lube knife, it carries a significant premium over the others. They did not make very many and only for a short, but unknown length of time." end of Quote

A very nice Challenge Scout - Whew!!!

It's getting late, so this will be my last for tonight, I will pop in next week if thats ok to post a few more......