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....that is celluloid????....looks like smooth wood!!!!.............. ............

carrmillus wrote:....that is celluloid????....looks like smooth wood!!!!.............. ............

I thought it was bone. Than I checked after Dale reply.It is celluloid .
Grant

You reckon they'll allow visitation between the 72 ward and the boneyard??

.................yeah, but you can't have any "sharp" items on you!!!................ ........................

Its not a recognised (recognized ) illness in this country so they give you two aspirins an send you home.

Shearer wrote:Its not a recognised (recognized ) illness in this country so they give you two aspirins an send you home.

I saw an old High Carbon branded 72 in pretty good shape go off the auction site the other day. Did one of you lot snag it?

I watched it but it went for way more than I was willing to pay. $66 IIRC

Today's mail. '50s or very early '60s Camillus 1047 with the 1st Class shield and main saber ground on both sides. Very good condition for these knives and these handles (black synthetic). I have another out getting new blades but it isn't home yet and I couldn't pass this one up for the price.

Another good knife Jerry.Are you trying to fill all the drawers in your dental cabinet.

Thanks for reminding me, I need to get that big heavy monster in the house.

this one turn up in the mail today.Camillus black bone

So you're the one that got that one. Had I known you were bidding I wouldn't have sent him the message about the handles being bone. I hope it didn't run the price up on you. That's the first bone handle I've seen from that particular era that is just a plain vanilla Camillus 72 (Not ducks on the blade or made for Harley Davidson, etc).

Oops, I see I ran the price up on you. You beat me by a dollar. I wouldn't have bid if I'd known you were going after it.

Here's a stepchild I got for cheap. The walk and talk is great and so is the grind on the back. As a total amateur knife mechanic, but someone who has handled tools, I'm going to try to sweeten up the pins and bolsters. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Other wise a solid knife. (I hope that tang holds up)

Jerry the postage was reasonable so the price was not to high.There is another one for sale on the bay with a box.Its $ 74.99 or make a offer.When we are last minute bidders you don' t know who bidding and I have probility forced the price up on some knives you where interested in.
Grant
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-CAMILLU ... 3a837c97cc

Me thinks he may be a scosh high on that one. IMO it's a $35-$50 knife at most but then that's just my opinion.



Joe -- A file and various grits of sandpaper should fix that feller up quite nicely. Looks like the blades were replaced and he didn't get back to finishing the job. A little work and it's going to be a pretty decent knife.

jerryd6818 wrote: Joe -- A file and various grits of sandpaper should fix that feller up quite nicely. Looks like the blades were replaced and he didn't get back to finishing the job. A little work and it's going to be a pretty decent knife.

Could be, Jerry. I thought it came home in a lunch box and someone never got around to finishing it.
Either way I hope to make it more presentable.
Thank you.

This is what they look like when they're not finished. Note the pattern on the end of the pin from the tooling that squeezes them.

I've changed my mind. The blades have not been replaced. I see the remains of that factory pattern on the pin in your fourth picture down. Your knife may have been one of the unfinished knives sold at the auction after the factory closed down and who ever got it tried to finish it but couldn't or lost interest.

I learned something here, Jerry. Thank you for that information. This is a great place to learn.

It is Joe. I learn something new almost every day.

How many of those buggers you got now, Jerry?? You must have just about cornered the market on them

I don't know exactly. It's a little over 50.

And you called me a "BONE WHORE" Tsk-Tsk

Ahh, but I don't deny it.

Another one for the pile. Found this bone handled Canillus short-line, paired up with a Utica jack knife and going for cheap. Seller said, "Just a couple of "SHOOTERS"----The Camillus is 3 3/4" --bone --and the Kutmaster --celluloid --is 3 1/2" . Bothe are used --the Camillus has cracks and both knives have lazy blades."

He wasn't just woofin. Four of the five blades (between both knives) were so "lazy" you had to push them closed. A few rounds in the sonic cleaner and some go juice later they all have their snap back. The snap on the Camillus 72 main blade is a little soft but it still snaps and all the others have good snap now. After the sonic cleaner and oil, I put in some time with the lead pencil and some Mothers Mag Cleaner. They're lookin' pretty good now.