Let's see your Scout/Camp knives

[screened porch]

Mikov, Czech Rebublic.

 

[Fodderwing]

A. Tavella, 5" closed"

That really is a fantastic knife Jer.

 

[Leslie Tomville]

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1973, seven dot.

Does anyone understand the design and purpose of the small blade with the knob? I am sure Buzzbait does.

I believe I read somewhere that it is a can opener, but it is hard to see how that would work. I know some now use it as a box opener. The knife is heavy and built like a tank. This is a very nice thread, and I look forward to reading it from the beginning.

 

[paulhilborn]

Leslie, a beauty right there your correct it is a can opener and maybe one of the most mis-understood. You pierce the can with the blade inside the lip while the stud hangs over the cans lip and you lever it backwards bringing the tip forward in an upward motion hard to describe actually but it works quite well

 

[Buzzbait]

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1973, seven dot.

Does anyone understand the design and purpose of the small blade with the knob? I am sure Buzzbait does.

I believe I read somewhere that it is a can opener, but it is hard to see how that would work. I know some now use it as a box opener. The knife is heavy and built like a tank. This is a very nice thread, and I look forward to reading it from the beginning.

Those in-house produced Case scouts really are impressively built. Slightly larger than your average scout, and solid as can be. They make most other scouts feel kind of wimpy in comparison. I really like the deep cant of the main blade on them. Makes using the knife extremely comfortable. Good solid punch too, and a very sturdy cap lifter.

 

[Peregrin]

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1973, seven dot.

Does anyone understand the design and purpose of the small blade with the knob? I am sure Buzzbait does.

I believe I read somewhere that it is a can opener, but it is hard to see how that would work. I know some now use it as a box opener. The knife is heavy and built like a tank. This is a very nice thread, and I look forward to reading it from the beginning.

Leslie, a beauty right there your correct it is a can opener and maybe one of the most mis-understood. You pierce the can with the blade inside the lip while the stud hangs over the cans lip and you lever it backwards bringing the tip forward in an upward motion hard to describe actually but it works quite well

I got to use one of those can openers on a day hike gone awry in the mid 1960s. My dad, little brother and I were hiking in the Moose River Plains area of the Adirondacks, off the beaten trails (trails being very sparse in the 60s) with a topographic map and a compass. Nightfall arrived before we got back to our vehicle. That old camp knife I had with me, now lost to the sands of time, was used to open 2 cans of Dinty Moore Beef Stew. That was one of the best meals I ever had!
Bottom line, that can opener works!

 

[screened porch]

That really is a fantastic knife Jer.

Thank you. It just keeps growing on me.

 

[315]

I grabbed this Camillus off the big auction site the other day. Talk about some stought springs!!

Edited to add, I should really wear my reading glasses when I post something. I just looked at this and thought “I are edumacated” with my spelling

 

[Half/Stop]

I think I’ll get out the mineral oil and microfiber cloth and do a little rubbing on this old gentlemen today! Seems like a great way to pass some time on a hot humid day! Schrade Cut Co Scouts Prepare!

 

[Fodderwing]

Amazing grace!!!

Thanks Gev!

Half/Stop - Beautiful scout Ron.

 

[Gevonovich]

I think I’ll get out the mineral oil and microfiber cloth and do a little rubbing on this old gentlemen today! Seems like a great way to pass some time on a hot humid day! Schrade Cut Co Scouts Prepare!

Sure deserves the attention....wow !!!

 

[herder]

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Great looking pair of Remington humpback models. Darn few American cutlery companies produced a model like that.

 

[herder]

I got to use one of those can openers on a day hike gone awry in the mid 1960s. My dad, little brother and I were hiking in the Moose River Plains area of the Adirondacks, off the beaten trails (trails being very sparse in the 60s) with a topographic map and a compass. Nightfall arrived before we got back to our vehicle. That old camp knife I had with me, now lost to the sands of time, was used to open 2 cans of Dinty Moore Beef Stew. That was one of the best meals I ever had!
Bottom line, that can opener works!

Good story which brought back memories of eating Dinty Moore Beef Stew as a Boy Scout back in the day. Those cans were also opened with a trusty camping knife with folding can opener.
On a side note, my kitchen can opener with rotating knob broke a few weeks back and I had no problem using a good old Ulster pocket knife for a day or two until buying a new (faster) can opener.

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[herder]

Some nice additions on this page from scrteened porch, Leslie Tomville, 315, and Half/Stop.

 

[JohnDF]

brought back memories of eating Dinty Moore Beef Stew as a Boy Scout back in the day.

A fond memory for me as well. I tell my boys stories of cooking cans of Dinty Moore in Boy Scouts... venting the lid, placing it right on the coals until it was hot, opening it, and eating it straight out of the can. All it took was a scout knife, a pair of pliers to hold the can, and a spoon. Great times!!!

 

[Half/Stop]

Half/Stop - Beautiful scout Ron.

Thanks Dwight!

Sure deserves the attention....wow !!!

Thanks Gev!

Some nice additions on this page from scrteened porch, Leslie Tomville, 315, and Half/Stop.

Thank you sir!

 

[afishhunter]

Good story which brought back memories of eating Dinty Moore Beef Stew as a Boy Scout back in the day. Those cans were also opened with a trusty camping knife with folding can opener.
On a side note, my kitchen can opener with rotating knob broke a few weeks back and I had no problem using a good old Ulster pocket knife for a day or two until buying a new (faster) can opener.

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That looks a lot like my can opener.

 

[herder]

A fond memory for me as well. I tell my boys stories of cooking cans of Dinty Moore in Boy Scouts... venting the lid, placing it right on the coals until it was hot, opening it, and eating it straight out of the can. All it took was a scout knife, a pair of pliers to hold the can, and a spoon. Great times!!!

That's how it was done, and sure tasted good back then.

 

[Peregrin]

Good story which brought back memories of eating Dinty Moore Beef Stew as a Boy Scout back in the day. Those cans were also opened with a trusty camping knife with folding can opener.
On a side note, my kitchen can opener with rotating knob broke a few weeks back and I had no problem using a good old Ulster pocket knife for a day or two until buying a new (faster) can opener.

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A fond memory for me as well. I tell my boys stories of cooking cans of Dinty Moore in Boy Scouts... venting the lid, placing it right on the coals until it was hot, opening it, and eating it straight out of the can. All it took was a scout knife, a pair of pliers to hold the can, and a spoon. Great times!!!

That's how it was done, and sure tasted good back then.

You know, Stuff just tasted better when I was 15 years old. Oh well!
I think I'll put my Boker on my belt just in case.

 

[waverave]

...was used to open 2 cans of Dinty Moore Beef Stew.

Truth be told, I still bring a can of Dinty Moore with me on camping trips