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This is my collection of Camillus bone handled stockman. The orange tinted knife near the middle is unlike the others in that it is 3 5/8" closed (it's in the middle of the second picture), all of the rest are 4" +/- and 3 3/8". The knife is marked Sword Brand on the master with the old four line mark on the secondary. It has the typical old fluted Camillus punch, grooved bolsters, and typical Camillus shield. The pattern number is stamped as is sometimes seen on these older Sword Brand knives and it is 3020. My question is: has anyone seen a post war Camillus stockman that is 3 5/8" long closed? Thanks

Awesome collection! Sorry, I am not going to be of any help. I looked through all of mine and they are either under 3 5/8 or around 4". You aroused my curiosity, so I looked through all the all of them shown in my copy of Voyles, and same story. I am hopeful that one of the experts here will help you.

Mark, is this similar? I know the frame is not the same and the fraction in the size is difficult to read but after much study, it really does say 3-5/8. It's horseshoe close.

Thanks for the comments. Jerry, no, the knife is definitely a serpentine stockman type. It does have the grooved bolsters. The knives I have have the grooved bolsters in the large sizes and plain bolsters in the smaller sizes, don't know it there's any significance to that. This knife has the grooved bolsters. I think that it was made in the '30's, due to the presence of the pattern number, but I can't find that pattern number. I know that the Sword Brand knives that have pattern numbers have the number of blades as the first number, the second number I'm not sure of (maybe handle material) and the third two numbers are sometimes the same as the pattern numbers used for the post war knives (e.g. 67 for a stockman), however, obviously pattern 20 was used for a muskrat after the war. I have quite a few other stockmen in celluloid and composition and none of them are 3 5/8" all 4" +/- and 3 3/8". I know a lot of companies made a medium length stockman (Remington e.g.) but this is the first Camillus I've gotten that was 3 5/8". Surely someone has another.

Thanks

Mark

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 14, 2020 1:11 pm Mark, is this similar? I know the frame is not the same and the fraction in the size is difficult to read but after much study, it really does say 3-5/8. It's horseshoe close.

..............jerry, those prices are hard to believe!!!............... .........................

carrmillus wrote: ↑Sun Jun 28, 2020 8:58 pm
..............jerry, those prices are hard to believe!!!............... .........................

The stag in 1928 was only $1.63 a piece. Today it would be $24.44.
Are there any USA made stag stockmans out there for that price?
If so, please share!