camillus #72

[Colonel26]

That will be a great addition to the edc line up!

[Dan In MI]

By no means a beauty queen...

It looks pretty dang good to me, and perfect to carry. Nice score!

[Papa Bones]

That will be a great addition to the edc line up!

It looks pretty dang good to me, and perfect to carry. Nice score!

Appreciate it guys. I really like the 72 pattern and their clones. To me, it is just as satisfying to find one that needs some TLC, and making it a good functional EDC again, just as much as finding that older one that is pristine. I enjoy them.

[Ripster]

The Italic tang stamp versions can not be considered rare but still they don't pop up all that often. Great snag Smitty.

I agree Jerry. I just haven't really looked for them. Just happened upon this one. Appreciate it.

Well done Smitty
Good point Jerry brought up about the Italic version . I need to pay more attention to that stamp .
Thanks fellas .

[New_Windsor_NY]

This afternoon, this pocket knife joined my CAMILLUS collection. It's another CAMILLUS 72, 3 blade, swelled center, black handles, 3 5/8" closed, long line tang stamp, "whittler" pocket knife. I cleaned it up a little, took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

[toomanyknives]

This afternoon, this pocket knife joined my CAMILLUS collection. It's another CAMILLUS 72, 3 blade, swelled center, black handles, 3 5/8" closed, long line tang stamp, "whittler" pocket knife. I cleaned it up a little, took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

It's always great to find a good old 72, Skip. Nice find!

[doglegg]

A very clean example Skip. You done good.

[Colonel26]

Good looking 72!

[New_Windsor_NY]

It's.....

Thank you Kerry.

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Thank you Floyd.

Good.....

Thank you Wade.

[Papa Bones]

This afternoon, this pocket knife joined my CAMILLUS collection. It's another CAMILLUS 72, 3 blade, swelled center, black handles, 3 5/8" closed, long line tang stamp, "whittler" pocket knife. I cleaned it up a little, took some pictures and here it is.

A very nice addition indeed.

[Papa Bones]

I added this one to my Camillus 72 family yesterday. Lucked up on this one for a BIN price of $22.00 on the bay. A Short Line tang stamp, It has the black composite handles which did not come with a shield, and does have some slight shrinkage. The Blades are full, no wobble, have great snap and show little use. They do have some scratches and spiders. The bolsters have some scratches and dings, and does have a drop ding on the pile side front edge. It did have some old oil film, inside blade wells were a little gunky buy no rust, and bolsters were dull. I did the typical warm mineral oil soak last night, brushed the handles with a toothbrush while soaking and flushed it out with WD-40, then re-oiled the joints. I am very happy with it. I did hand polish the blades and bolsters with some case paste. Here are the before and after photos.

BEFORE

AFTER

[Gone2Three]

I added this one to my Camillus 72 family yesterday. Lucked up on this one for a BIN price of $22.00 on the bay. A Short Line tank stamp, It has the black composite handles which did not come with a shield, and does have some slight shrinkage. The Blades are full, no wobble, have great snap and show little use. They do have some scratches and spiders. The bolsters have some scratches and dings, and does have a drop ding on the pile side front edge. It did have some old oil film, inside blade wells were a little gunky buy no rust, and bolsters were dull. I did the typical warm mineral oil soak last night, and flushed it out with WD-40, then re-oiled the joints. I am very happy with it. I did hand polish the blades and bolsters with some case paste. Here are the before and after photos.

BEFORE
Cam1.jpg

AFTER
Camillus SL Blk 72 whit_a.JPG
Camillus SL Blk 72 whit_c.JPG
Camillus SL Blk 72 whit_b.JPG
Camillus SL Blk 72 whit_d.JPG
Camillus SL Blk 72 whit_e.JPG

That turned out great Smitty! Great save on that Short line

[Ripster]

I added this one to my Camillus 72 family yesterday. Lucked up on this one for a BIN price of $22.00 on the bay. A Short Line tank stamp, It has the black composite handles which did not come with a shield, and does have some slight shrinkage. The Blades are full, no wobble, have great snap and show little use. They do have some scratches and spiders. The bolsters have some scratches and dings, and does have a drop ding on the pile side front edge. It did have some old oil film, inside blade wells were a little gunky buy no rust, and bolsters were dull. I did the typical warm mineral oil soak last night, brushed the handles with a toothbrush while soaking and flushed it out with WD-40, then re-oiled the joints. I am very happy with it. I did hand polish the blades and bolsters with some case paste. Here are the before and after photos.

BEFORE
Cam1.jpg

AFTER
Camillus SL Blk 72 whit_a.JPG
Camillus SL Blk 72 whit_c.JPG
Camillus SL Blk 72 whit_b.JPG
Camillus SL Blk 72 whit_d.JPG
Camillus SL Blk 72 whit_e.JPG

Nice catch on the short line 72 Smitty . You did a great clean up on that piece,looks really good and great price

[Papa Bones]

That turned out great Smitty! Great save on that Short line

Thanks G2Three

Nice catch on the short line 72 Smitty . You did a great clean up on that piece,looks really good and great price

Thank you JP. I was really hyped after finding it.

[New_Windsor_NY]

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Thank you Smitty.

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GREAT catch Smitty.

[New_Windsor_NY]

This morning, this pocket knife joined my CAMILLUS collection. It's another CAMILLUS 72, 3 blade, swelled center, 3 5/8" closed, short line tang stamp, 1st generation, "whittler" pocket knife. It did not need any cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is. The last picture is of my other fourteen, short-line "72's." The top row are 1st generation "72's." The bottom row are 2nd generation "72's."
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

[Vit_213]

This morning, this pocket knife joined my CAMILLUS collection.

Nice!

[New_Windsor_NY]

Nice.....

Thank you Vit_213.

[doglegg]

Papa Bones, Skip, wonderful pickups.

[Papa Bones]

This morning, this pocket knife joined my CAMILLUS collection. It's another CAMILLUS 72, 3 blade, swelled center, 3 5/8" closed, short line tang stamp, 1st generation, "whittler" pocket knife. It did not need any cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.

Skip......... You need to go play the lottery....."NOW" Finding two Shortline Camillus 72, with bone handles........You got the luck of the Irish on ya!! Another beautiful 72!!

[Papa Bones]

GREAT catch Smitty.

Appreciate it skip!!

Papa Bones, Skip, wonderful pickups.

Thanks Floyd!!

[New_Windsor_NY]

Skip.....

Thank you Floyd.

Skip.....

Thank you Smitty.
I now have a total of 15, short-line "72's."
8, 1st generation & 7, 2nd generation.
I can't get enough of these.

[Dan In MI]

Smitty and Skip, some very nice short-lines y'all have there!

[GSPTOPDOG]

I added this one to my Camillus 72 family yesterday. Lucked up on this one for a BIN price of $22.00 on the bay. A Short Line tang stamp, It has the black. Here are the before and after photos.

Nice job Papa Bones! A great clean up!!!

[GSPTOPDOG]

This morning, this pocket knife joined my CAMILLUS collection. It's another CAMILLUS 72, 3 blade, swelled center, 3 5/8" closed, short line tang stamp, 1st generation, "whittler" pocket knife. It did not need any cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is. The last picture is of my other fourteen, short-line "72's." The top row are 1st generation "72's." The bottom row are 2nd generation "72's."
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

Sweet! I am getting another case of "Short-Line Fever"