Made in USA question....
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:13 am
Picked this one up today at one of my favorite antique stores.It had some pitting on the blades and it looked as if some of the cosmolene had been left on it.Has not been sharpened and the blades are all highly polished in what appears to be a factory finish.
The only stamp on it is Made in USA on the tang;there was no blade etch that I could see.It looks a lot like the ones Camillus used to make for Sears marked High Carbon Made in USA.One of the scales has a small piece missing which I think I can repair.That scale also looks like it has shrunk but I believe it was not installed correctly in the first place which may have led to the crack.The can opener and punch have a strange offset that I don't recall seeing on these knives before.I know the purpose is to allow room for the blades to fold properly but this one looks weird.
It cleaned up pretty nicely and the price was fairly reasonable($20)so it may go into my daily rotation.On looking at it again the High Carbon part of the stamp may have been ground off and it may have been a second.Hopefully I can post the pics.
The only stamp on it is Made in USA on the tang;there was no blade etch that I could see.It looks a lot like the ones Camillus used to make for Sears marked High Carbon Made in USA.One of the scales has a small piece missing which I think I can repair.That scale also looks like it has shrunk but I believe it was not installed correctly in the first place which may have led to the crack.The can opener and punch have a strange offset that I don't recall seeing on these knives before.I know the purpose is to allow room for the blades to fold properly but this one looks weird.
It cleaned up pretty nicely and the price was fairly reasonable($20)so it may go into my daily rotation.On looking at it again the High Carbon part of the stamp may have been ground off and it may have been a second.Hopefully I can post the pics.
