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Camco 551 mod
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 1:44 am
by glennbad
I did this mod for John of JK Knives as a Christmas gift. The Camco 551 was used but not abused. I cleaned it out inside, but left it otherwise in the used condition. The amber stag on the mark side was quite craggy, I loved it. The pile side stag was much different, but believe it or not, it was a matched set. I had a lot of trouble giving this one up.
Some pics...
Re: Camco 551 mod
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 1:59 am
by #goldpan
Wow. Nice work!
Re: Camco 551 mod
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 3:12 am
by dcgm4
Beautiful!
Re: Camco 551 mod
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 4:14 am
by philco
I'm in lust Glenn. Dang you're putting out some increadible work now.
Re: Camco 551 mod
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 5:33 am
by orvet
Very nice treatment on that one Glenn!
Are those plain bolsters steel or nickel silver?
I have one in the pile like it.
Re: Camco 551 mod
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 7:41 am
by TripleF
Fantastic Glenn!!
Re: Camco 551 mod
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 1:45 pm
by gino
Awesome work as usual Glenn !
Re: Camco 551 mod
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 2:40 pm
by glennbad
Dale, those are steel bolsters. Those Camco's are nice and solid, they make good mod knives.
Thanks everyone!
Re: Camco 551 mod
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 7:08 pm
by orvet
glennbad wrote:Dale, those are steel bolsters. Those Camco's are nice and solid, they make good mod knives.
The one I have is steel also. I like them because I can etch my logo on the bolsters.
I agree that the Camco knives are good solid knives, the blades may be a bit thinner than those branded Camillus, but the thinner blade makes for some good blade dynamics; nice thin cutting edge. They get very sharp and have good edge retention. IMO Camco was one of the best "value brands' of the last 30 to 40 years.
I really like the way yours came out, though the amber stag is a pain to work with!
It usually takes me two or three days to get the stain off my hands after working with amber stag.