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#goldpan wrote: ↑Sun May 08, 2022 11:39 pm I picked up another 72. The handles on this one appealed to me. There are a few scratches on blades but other than that it doesn’t appear to have seen much use. 26B605AD-54C8-418F-87C8-15C2A7001AA3.jpeg1E1784B8-2B9D-4ED4-AC0D-8F8E8A06832D.jpeg2594527C-8F75-41C5-8A1E-28DCE3B3409D.jpeg

#goldpan wrote: ↑Sun May 08, 2022 11:39 pm I.....

Randy, that's a FINE lking "72."

#goldpan wrote: ↑Sun May 08, 2022 11:39 pm I picked up another 72. The handles on this one appealed to me. There are a few scratches on blades but other than that it doesn’t appear to have seen much use. 26B605AD-54C8-418F-87C8-15C2A7001AA3.jpeg1E1784B8-2B9D-4ED4-AC0D-8F8E8A06832D.jpeg2594527C-8F75-41C5-8A1E-28DCE3B3409D.jpeg

A very good find Randy. Looks great!!

Thanks Smitty!

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 9:28 am

#goldpan wrote: ↑Sun May 08, 2022 11:39 pm I.....

Randy, that's a FINE lking "72."

Thanks Skip!

I picked this one up recently. I’m a bit confused by Camillus moving the secondary blades back to the first gen configuration. As well as the dinky looking clip blade . Overall the knife looks unused. And it’s one I didn’t have. I really like the handles. They are the same as those used on the Remington 72 of.the same time period.

#goldpan wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 5:12 pm I picked this one up recently. I’m a bit confused by Camillus moving the secondary blades back to the first gen configuration. As well as the dinky looking clip blade . Overall the knife looks unused. And it’s one I didn’t have. I really like the handles. They are the same as those used on the Remington 72 of.the same time period.

Nice grab on this one Randy! When I first saw your pic it really grabbed my attention . The nice looking handles and the 1st gen set up is a new one hear . With that being towards the end of Camillus could it be just that ,they put together what they had ? Or was this a pattern / blade configuration change they planned ? Somewhere here there’s some posts about them going to the dinky clip blade at some point before closing doors .
Cool piece,great addition for your 72s
Thanks for sharing . Enjoy your Day out there

#goldpan wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 5:12 pm I picked this one up recently. I’m a bit confused by Camillus moving the secondary blades back to the first gen configuration. As well as the dinky looking clip blade . Overall the knife looks unused. And it’s one I didn’t have. I really like the handles. They are the same as those used on the Remington 72 of.the same time period.

Don't remember ever seeing a 72 with that blade configuration. Interesting find.

Thanks guys. JP I’m going to have to go back through this thread and find that post you mention. Perhaps there is more information on that. Thanks

#goldpan wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 5:12 pm I picked this one up recently. I’m a bit confused by Camillus moving the secondary blades back to the first gen configuration. As well as the dinky looking clip blade . Overall the knife looks unused. And it’s one I didn’t have. I really like the handles. They are the same as those used on the Remington 72 of.the same time period.

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Nice grab on this one Randy! When I first saw your pic it really grabbed my attention . The nice looking handles and the 1st gen set up is a new one hear . With that being towards the end of Camillus could it be just that ,they put together what they had ? Or was this a pattern / blade configuration change they planned ? Somewhere here there’s some posts about them going to the dinky clip blade at some point before closing doors .
Cool piece,great addition for your 72s
Thanks for sharing . Enjoy your Day out there
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I agree with JP, possibly some of the last end of production assembled knives. Many unique differences on them. Round shield, the smaller secondary clip blade, and if you notice, the coping blade is also slightly different. The pattern design on the delrin handles are more like those used on the Rigid knives than on the Camillus. On some of the other knife forums there were discussions if some of these with the blade placement was at the factory, or assembled afterwards because of only one pin on the handles. But.... the 2003 Catalog does show the 72 pattern with only one pin, although the handle pattern and shield was different. Personally my opinion is it was a "end of days" production error. But...... who really knows. I have been wrong before.

#goldpan wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 5:12 pm I.....

VERY nice acquisition, Randy!

I believe it to be an end of production knife as well. There are several variations of it. But a great find.

A nice score, Randy!

Thanks for the information guys. These last production knives sure keep me scratching my head.

Yesterday morning, I brought this pocket knife home from the post office. It is one of a two pocket knife lot that I recently purchased. This particular pocket knife WAS most definitely the target of my purchase. It is a CAMILLUS 72, first generation (my 12th), three blade, swelled center, 3 5/8" closed, two tang stamps (a short line maker stamp and the pattern # stamp), a long matchstrike or blade pull, "whittler" pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says "CAMILLUS (short underline) (over) NEW YORK (over) USA" The main blade back tang stamp is the "72" pattern number. The three blades have NO wobble at all. The three blades ALL have good snap. It is in EXCELLENT condition. It did NOT need any cleaning at all, I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
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New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 7:00 pm Yesterday morning, I brought this pocket knife home from the post office. It is one of a two pocket knife lot that I recently purchased. This particular pocket knife WAS most definitely the target of my purchase. It is a CAMILLUS 72, first generation (my 12th), three blade, swelled center, 3 5/8" closed, two tang stamps (a short line maker stamp and the pattern # stamp), a long matchstrike or blade pull, "whittler" pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says "CAMILLUS (short underline) (over) NEW YORK (over) USA" The main blade back tang stamp is the "72" pattern number. The three blades have NO wobble at all. The three blades ALL have good snap. It is in EXCELLENT condition. It did NOT need any cleaning at all, I just wiped it off. I 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.

Sweet!!!

doglegg wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 9:16 pm Sweet.....

Thank you, Floyd.

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 7:00 pm Yesterday morning, I brought this pocket knife home from the post office. It is one of a two pocket knife lot that I recently purchased. This particular pocket knife WAS most definitely the target of my purchase. It is a CAMILLUS 72, first generation (my 12th), three blade, swelled center, 3 5/8" closed, two tang stamps (a short line maker stamp and the pattern # stamp), a long matchstrike or blade pull, "whittler" pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says "CAMILLUS (short underline) (over) NEW YORK (over) USA" The main blade back tang stamp is the "72" pattern number. The three blades have NO wobble at all. The three blades ALL have good snap. It is in EXCELLENT condition. It did NOT need any cleaning at all, I just wiped it off. I 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.

Nice knife.
Love the bone handle 72's and a first generation is a bonus on top.

Grant

Shearer wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 9:28 pm Nice.....

Thank you, Grant.

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 7:00 pm This particular pocket knife WAS most definitely the target of my purchase.

It's very easy to see why. That is a real beauty. Congratulations, Skip!

Dan In MI wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 10:25 pm It's.....

Thank you, Dan.

Nice first gen congratulations

#goldpan wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 1:02 am Nice.....

Thank you, Randy.

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 7:00 pm Yesterday morning, I brought this pocket knife home from the post office. It is one of a two pocket knife lot that I recently purchased. This particular pocket knife WAS most definitely the target of my purchase. It is a CAMILLUS 72, first generation (my 12th), three blade, swelled center, 3 5/8" closed, two tang stamps (a short line maker stamp and the pattern # stamp), a long matchstrike or blade pull, "whittler" pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says "CAMILLUS (short underline) (over) NEW YORK (over) USA" The main blade back tang stamp is the "72" pattern number. The three blades have NO wobble at all. The three blades ALL have good snap. It is in EXCELLENT condition. It did NOT need any cleaning at all, I just wiped it off. I 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.

So I looked up Camillus 72 on Wikipedia the other day and it said, "See Skip"... Huh.... Another beauty brother!

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 1:21 am

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 7:00 pm Yesterday morning, I brought this pocket knife home from the post office. It is one of a two pocket knife lot that I recently purchased. This particular pocket knife WAS most definitely the target of my purchase. It is a CAMILLUS 72, first generation (my 12th), three blade, swelled center, 3 5/8" closed, two tang stamps (a short line maker stamp and the pattern # stamp), a long matchstrike or blade pull, "whittler" pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says "CAMILLUS (short underline) (over) NEW YORK (over) USA" The main blade back tang stamp is the "72" pattern number. The three blades have NO wobble at all. The three blades ALL have good snap. It is in EXCELLENT condition. It did NOT need any cleaning at all, I just wiped it off. I 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.

So I looked up Camillus 72 on Wikipedia the other day and it said, "See Skip"... Huh.... Another beauty brother!

LOL. Too many knives,That’s a great one !
Skip , you’re the man . What a nice first gen