Bob Cargill Cripple Creek Knives

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Found Bob's 1980 Catalog. There are extensive pictures of his Cargill folders, most of which featured his "Sidelock" mechanism, as he called it in the catalog. Also included is a copy of the patent of the mechanism, wherein it is called a "bolster-activated lock-back knife". In the catalog Cargill states the mechanism was licensed to Jim Frost, and the patent state Mr. Frost was the assignee of the patent. Cargill also stateas that he used mostly 1095 high carbon and 440 stainless and tried to take them to between 58-60 Rockwell for what he considered optimal hardness and edge holding. There are also two pages where he talks about the Cripple Creek knives and his wrecking his body from too much production of the Cripple Creeks. A lot of pages!

 

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ten more pages

 

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three more

 

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three more

Final two will have to wait--won't let me do them now. Actually the final two pages were copied from the pages of an old website that Bob had. I'll try to find some more of those pages since I copied most of that website pages. Most of that is about the Cripple Creeks.

 

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A little more about his knives rather than as much about Cripple Creek as I thought. Interesting pictures and comments by Bob, however!

 

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The last three with comments by Bob about his 24 blade barrel knife--a three year project! We used to joke about our Knife World first edition knife being one that was on the table (N˚s 1-500)

 

[Mitchdp]

Thank you for posting the literature!! It's great to read and see the stuff that one would assume was lost.

 

[mckgreg]

Good stuff. I remember these from his old website.
Greg

 

[Gevonovich]

suqueue22

Great stuff and thank you for posting it !!

 

[STDK]

All though it is not a true CC I bought the knife in this thread from Kodiak a long time ago. I also have one of the Central Kentucky Large stag hunters that is a true CC. Sorry no pics.
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/new-to-me-cripple-creek.584990/#post-6008358

 

[suqueue22]

Good stuff. I remember these from his old website.
Greg

The original website I found was a part of some sort of collection of websites. When Cargill started a second website, the first one went down and I don't think he ever got the second one going. I was lucky to have gone ahead and made hard copies from the first site.

 

[mckgreg]

Cargill's inspiration for his 5 blade Sowbelly was the old Remington model. He mentions this in the Smoke Signals.
Greg

 

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Cargill's inspiration for his 5 blade Sowbelly was the old Remington model. He mentions this in the Smoke Signals.
Greg

I was never especially fond of the sowbelly frame, but I did get a few of them. The best of those was the 5-blade stag from 1984. My favorite of all the stockmen patterns was, however, the LI1 small first pattern. In that first pattern, the 5-blade stag is absolutely awesome, I think! It's one of the several few Cripple Creeks I should not have been fool enough to share with someone else (well, sell to, but it's the same thing, in the end.) We're really only caretakers of these knives for a short time.

 

[mckgreg]

I believe both of those knives are on page 3.
Greg

 

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I believe both of those knives are on page 3.
Greg

Actually, the original LI4 5-blade stockman on page three has the bison shield, not the Cripple Creek USA shield, so it's not the same knife.

 

[mckgreg]

Shields are on page 5 and the quantity of the 5 blade stockman can be found on pages 6 and 9.
Greg

 

[Old Engineer]

I have enjoyed this thread for many reasons and have known that for some time now that eventually I would find one that I could physically handle and examine and buy if I liked it . Two days ago I did find a Stag Split Back Whittler and it did not take long to make up my mind . This one was made in 1986 and is No. 44 of 100 made . I had to take these photos inside , so the colors are not quite right , but the knife is certainly Right .





Not shown are the small Pen and Coping blades .

Harry

 

[Fodderwing]

I have enjoyed this thread for many reasons and have known that for some time now that eventually I would find one that I could physically handle and examine and buy if I liked it . Two days ago I did find a Stag Split Back Whittler and it did not take long to make up my mind . This one was made in 1986 and is No. 44 of 100 made . I had to take these photos inside , so the colors are not quite right , but the knife is certainly Right

That split-back whittler appears to be pristine Harry. What a great example of Cargill's work! Kudos my friend.

 

[jjbrewst1]

Just Picked This One Up. Most Amazing In Every Way. Gold and ivory. Heavy too. Any info appreciated

 

[suqueue22]

I have enjoyed this thread for many reasons and have known that for some time now that eventually I would find one that I could physically handle and examine and buy if I liked it . Two days ago I did find a Stag Split Back Whittler and it did not take long to make up my mind . This one was made in 1986 and is No. 44 of 100 made . I had to take these photos inside , so the colors are not quite right , but the knife is certainly Right .





Not shown are the small Pen and Coping blades .

Harry

The Hawkeye club had a unique double. After this SBS whittler in '86, they followed with the three backspring whittler in '87. The 3BS seems considerably heftier than your SBS, Engineer! Don't know which I prefer--maybe both. Great knife!