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Good find Jerry.

Do you have one of those Grant?

jerryd6818 wrote:Do you have one of those Grant?

No Jerry .I did not know they made them.
Now I put it in my Ebay watch list.( Every time a knife turns up my wife asks:" is it the last knife?" )
If I don't answer I can't get in trouble.

Grant

That Rigid is a cool looking little knife there Cuz. I had no idea about the history of the company either. Thanks for sharing that.

Good one Jerry--them scales remind me of something brain ain't workin yet--how many makers have you got in that pattern??

Gary if you mean actual manufacturers, then probably a half dozen or less. If you mean tang stamps then I have probably between 20 and 30. That's just a guess, I have never sat down and counted tang stamps.

The vast majority were actually made by Camillus with Schrade/Ulster/Imperial coming in second.

This one plugs a hole in my pile. I didn't have a double line Camillus 1047 Scout. Do now.

jerryd6818 wrote:This one plugs a hole in my pile. I didn't have a double line Camillus 1047 Scout. Do now.

Nice knife.
Jerry my collection is like a sieve .There is a lot of holes to plug.

Grant

Grant, I'm pretty confident there are holes we don't even know are holes.

Do you think either one of us will ever have an opportunity to get our hands on a Cussin & Fearn?

I'm still looking for a Moor Mans' (I think they made livestock feed)

I do have the Moore Man's
Is that my photo? :lol
Jerry I did not know that they made one with the Cussin & Fearn tang stamp.I did see one with the Hibbard and Spencer ( True Value ) stamp but the price was to high.

Grant

Thanks. I couldn't remember where I got it. I just labeled it so I'll know next time. Hibbard and Spencer eh? Another one that's new to me.

Picked up an 84-11 Powr-Kraft this past week. From the seller's pictures, it looks like it may be in better condition than my other Powr-Krafts. I'll find out this coming week when it gets here. Probably made by Camillus in the late '60s or early '70s. Meanwhile, seller's pictures.

....that's another new one to me!!!........, I know that you passed me a long time ago.....how many "72's" have you got now???..I've only got 31, but they're all Camillus.......... ............

Tommy, the Powr-Craft 84-11 was made by Camillus for Montgomery Wards.

A good portion of my pile has the Camillus tang stamp and probably at least half of those with a tang stamp other than Camillus were made by Camillus. I'd say 90% of the rest of the clones were made by Schrade/Ulster/Imperial. In my opinion, only a handful were made by someone other than the big four. I need one more to have seventy two 72s (and clones). Now I'm looking for a tang stamp not already in the pile. I started inventorying them this morning but quickly became bored with that chore.

........which tang stamp do you NOT have????.........I'm still looking for an early 3 line(pre 4 line) split-backspring whittler????................... .......................................

jerryd6818 wrote:Picked up an 84-11 Powr-Kraft this past week. From the seller's pictures, it looks like it may be in better condition than my other Powr-Krafts. I'll find out this coming week when it gets here. Probably made by Camillus in the late '60s or early '70s. Meanwhile, seller's pictures.

Jerry that knife is a bit different to my Powr Kraft.The Powr Kraft I have is the same as a Camillus 80 with black handles and does not have any numbers.

Grant

Shearer wrote:

jerryd6818 wrote:Picked up an 84-11 Powr-Kraft this past week. From the seller's pictures, it looks like it may be in better condition than my other Powr-Krafts. I'll find out this coming week when it gets here. Probably made by Camillus in the late '60s or early '70s. Meanwhile, seller's pictures.

Jerry that knife is a bit different to my Powr Kraft.The Powr Kraft I have is the same as a Camillus 80 with black handles and does not have any numbers.

Grant

Does yours have jimping, nickel silver liners and pins? I have three Powr-Krafts that have 84-11 pattern stamp on the back of the main blade and one Powr-Kraft just like a Camillus 80 with no pattern stamp on the back of the main blade.

Tommy -- I don't have a Cussin and Fearn Hardware and I don't have a Moor Mans'. With this pattern being so popular, I imagine there are more I don't know about. Those two are just the ones I've "seen". I didn't know the Amplough 52 existed until I saw and bought one off eBay.

Mine has the nickel silver liners and pins.The same as the Camillus 80 .I only have the one.

Grant

I've only seen the one I have and yours, plus the one Camillus 80.

jerryd6818 wrote:I've only seen the one I have and yours, plus the one Camillus 80.

Here's mine they all have nickel silver lines and pins( the one in the middle look's brown.I never noticed to I took these pictures ).

Grant

Thanks to Grant for the heads up and thanks to the seller for refusing to ship to Australia.

The newest edition to my pile of Camillus 72s and clones is a High Carbon Steel, blade etched STA-SHARP Wood Carver 9511. Made by Camillus for Sears. Several handle cracks but otherwise in very good condition. It has half-stops on both secondary blades. Note the 1st generation blade compliment. I know the Kastor List says High Carbon Steel with the STA-SHARP blade etch was made from 1928 to 1940 but I'm convinced this is a 1946 knife.

......I like that one, jerry, especially the old blade arrangement!!!!....is that bone or delrin??.......... .....................

Nice one Jerry, the first one I have seen.

carrmillus wrote:......I like that one, jerry, especially the old blade arrangement!!!!....is that bone or delrin??.......... .....................

The handles are an early plastic, possibly celluloid judging from some of the ones I have seen deteriorate.

.........dale, I've got 5 Camillus short-line #72's like this with this blade configuration, and they are all bone handled;thought maybe the other brands would have been the same??.......... ...................

jerryd6818 wrote:Thanks to Grant for the heads up and thanks to the seller for refusing to ship to Australia.

The newest edition to my pile of Camillus 72s and clones is a High Carbon Steel, blade etched STA-SHARP Wood Carver 9511. Made by Camillus for Sears. Several handle cracks but otherwise in very good condition. It has half-stops on both secondary blades. Note the 1st generation blade compliment. I know the Kastor List says High Carbon Steel with the STA-SHARP blade etch was made from 1928 to 1940 but I'm convinced this is a 1946 knife.

Top knife Jerry.
Lucky to get that one.
I could not see one on your list.

Grant