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Camillus Army Engineer knife
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 2:23 am
by knifegnome
I picked this Camillus Engineering knife a couple months ago, very clean knife ,the tang stamp is a little fuzzy,also has 3 diamond shape indents on the front pin, curious if this is WWII era or later.
Thanks for any information.
Scott
Re: Camillus Army Engineer knife
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2022 12:28 pm
by msteele6
Beautiful old knife. It seems like I've seen those indentations on unffinished knives, I wonder if the finishing operation on this knife might have been inadvertently uncompleted.
Re: Camillus Army Engineer knife
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2022 12:35 pm
by eveled
It’s a beautiful knife.
I believe the can opener tells the story.
That style disappeared pretty quickly when the hook style came into being.
I'd say your knife is early ww2 at the latest.
I’m no expert. I look forward to other’s opinions on the matter
Re: Camillus Army Engineer knife
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2022 12:51 pm
by Ripster
eveled wrote: ↑Sun Jun 12, 2022 12:35 pm
It’s a beautiful knife.
I believe the can opener tells the story.
That style disappeared pretty quickly when the hook style came into being.
I'd say your knife is early ww2 at the latest.
I’m no expert. I look forward to other’s opinions on the natter.
Believe you are right on with your assessment.
Scott , Great old WW2 Period knife .

Re: Camillus Army Engineer knife
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2022 3:26 pm
by eveled
What I don’t understand. All the scrap drives and essential lists and materials shortages, stories of shop classes making knives and donated knives for the war effort. So how did an early ww2 knife not see service? It looks brand new.
Someone had it squirreled away.
Re: Camillus Army Engineer knife
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 4:28 am
by knifegnome
Thanks guys for the info.
Scott
Re: Camillus Army Engineer knife
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 2:45 am
by penny0094
Beautiful antique knife. I've seen such indentations on unfinished blades, and I'm wondering whether the finishing procedure on this knife was mistakenly left incomplete.
Re: Camillus Army Engineer knife
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2022 3:36 am
by peppor0099
I also have doubts about the veracity of this story. Actually, the time period ww2 to the present is not a short period and a lot has happened. I am waiting for the author's proper confirmation.