"Old Knives"

Travman · Jan 22, 2020

315 · Jan 23, 2020

North Shore said:
I also really like old swiss army knives not sure if any fans reside in this subforum? A National Ski Patrol commemorative from the late 50s early 60s in the original box, knife unusedView attachment 1270277

I’m a huge fan of Swiss Army Knives, and that one would be a grail for anyone. I’m a little bit jealous right now :thumbsup:

TheChunk91 · Jan 23, 2020

Camillus 68, short line stamp and rogers bone. 3 7/8''.

danno50 · Jan 23, 2020

Very nice Camillus, Paul, great to find it in that condition! :thumbsup:

Lovely bone on the 68 as well.
That Herrick teardrop jack is a fantastic knife, Rob! :thumbsup:

Full blades (I really like the master blade) and beautifully jigged and coloured bone! That is the kind of knife I would love to have in my pocket. I wonder who made it?
Augie, I really like the shape of the clip blades on the bottom two knives in your second pic (muskrat clip?)!
Two nice additions to the thread, Mike! :thumbsup:

North Shore, congratulations on adding a grail knife to your Swiss Army collection. :thumbsup:

Nice old Russell, Travman. :thumbsup:

rockman0 · Jan 23, 2020

danno50 I don't have a good guess on who made it, someone more knowledgeable than myself may have an idea. Between the bone and the full blades I had to have it, she's nice and tight so I'm planning on putting an edge on it and use it. I really like master blade, nice thin tip, it'll make a great carry knife. Thanks Dan!

TheChunk91 Love that Rogers bone Paul :thumbsup:

Travman Nice Russell :thumbsup:

danno50 · Jan 23, 2020

rockman0 said:
danno50 I don't have a good guess on who made it, someone more knowledgeable than myself may have an idea.

I am not that knowledgeable, I was waiting for someone else to take a guess first. But, here goes: it sure looks like Remington bone to me and I have seen Remington jacks hafted in the same fashion, with the bone stepped down at the bolster. However, I have never seen any reference as to Remington making knives with other stamps?

edited to add: Bone doesn't really look like Remington jigging (I should have dug out the one I was thinking of before posting).

rockman0 · Jan 23, 2020

So I received this knife tuesday only 2 hours after arriving home from cataract surgery. Naturally I couldn't see well but now that my vision is clearing up I see the remnants of an etch on the main blade, visble when the light is at the correct angle. Any way to bring it out without making it more faint? Flitz? You can't see it in this picture but every post is better with a picture. Will try to get a picture in daylight showing the etch.

Campbellclanman · Jan 23, 2020

Do NOT Flitz it my friend. You take away whatever remains of the etch. It is what it is when they get like that.
I have tried in earlier days on a cheaper knife in exactly your predicament- failed big time with the thinking that I would just very carefully remove the top film/ grime layer to expose the etch - equaled no more etch.

r8shell · Jan 24, 2020

rockman0 said:
So I received this knife tuesday only 2 hours after arriving home from cataract surgery. Naturally I couldn't see well but now that my vision is clearing up I see the remnants of an etch on the main blade, visble when the light is at the correct angle. Any way to bring it out without making it more faint? Flitz? You can't see it in this picture but every post is better with a picture. Will try to get a picture in daylight showing the etch.

Campbellclanman said:
Do NOT Flitz it my friend. You take away whatever remains of the etch. It is what it is when they get like that.
I have tried in earlier days on a cheaper knife in exactly your predicament- failed big time with the thinking that I would just very carefully remove the top film/ grime layer to expose the etch - equaled no more etch.

Maybe just a wipe down with an oily rag?

rockman0 · Jan 24, 2020

Thanks Duncan and Rachel, I'll try an oily rag, maybe wd40 will help cut the grime.

Augie · Jan 24, 2020

danno50 said:
Very nice Camillus, Paul, great to find it in that condition! Lovely bone on the 68 as well.
That Herrick teardrop jack is a fantastic knife, Rob! Full blades (I really like the master blade) and beautifully jigged and coloured bone! That is the kind of knife I would love to have in my pocket. I wonder who made it?
Augie, I really like the shape of the clip blades on the bottom two knives in your second pic (muskrat clip?)!
Two nice additions to the thread, Mike!
North Shore, congratulations on adding a grail knife to your Swiss Army collection.
Nice old Russell, Travman.

Thanks Dan, If I remember right they are referred to as a California Clip. Old Western ad has them listed as California clip. They do make a great slicer.

TheChunk91 · Jan 24, 2020

Today's mail produced another rogers bone camillus. This is a 67 pattern but it has no number stamped and it's without a shield. Nice dark rogers bone with some red on the edges and sides. Full blades, good snap. Pretty decent vintage knife.

rockman0 · Jan 24, 2020

Here's my best attempt to show the etch, you folks are probably sick of me posting this knife but i promise to make this the last post. There's two ovals, under 10X magnification the one on the right is "city" I can't make out the one on the left other than an E towards the center. Possibly a G at the beginning. I guess it's a lost cause, but it was fun trying to figure it out.

And of course a full length shot

rockman0 · Jan 24, 2020

Another nice Camillus Paul, you are stacking them up :thumbsup:

r8shell · Jan 24, 2020

rockman0 said:
There's two ovals, under 10X magnification the one on the right is "city" I can't make out the one on the left other than an E towards the center. Possibly a G at the beginning. I guess it's a lost cause, but it was fun trying to figure it out.

I think I see _ENTR_
Centre? Central? Gentry?

Campbellclanman · Jan 24, 2020

Paul my friend, that's a very nice Bone Camillus, you seem to be busy lately lol. I have a bunch I need to take photos of and post!

Rockman - great knife- GREAT Bone! just a fantastic Knife my friend.

rockman0 · Jan 24, 2020

I'll get the 10X on it in sunlight tomorrow, didn't have it with me when I took the pictures. I did a little research on nick names for Waco Tx, Geyser City was one nick name, but I agree there's an N in there so that's out.

r8shell said:
I think I see _ENTR_
Centre? Central? Gentry?

Thanks Duncan!

Rockman - great knife- GREAT Bone! just a fantastic Knife my friend.[/QUOTE]

Augie · Jan 25, 2020

rockman0 said:
danno50 I don't have a good guess on who made it, someone more knowledgeable than myself may have an idea. Between the bone and the full blades I had to have it, she's nice and tight so I'm planning on putting an edge on it and use it. I really like master blade, nice thin tip, it'll make a great carry knife. Thanks Dan!

TheChunk91 Love that Rogers bone Paul

Travman Nice Russell

Rob, that Herrick is a fantastic knife, a knife like that rises to the top tier of any vintage knife collection.

As far as who made it, would be tough to say but one thing that stands out to me are the hammered steel pins. I have a few examples in my collection of this early type construction, a Camillus Timber Scribe and an early KeenKutter boys knife, some pics for comparison.

rockman0 · Jan 25, 2020

After looking it over in better light I think it's either Centre or Center, there is a Gentry City out in the TX panhandle but I think Centre or Center is more likely a reference to Waco being in the center of TX. We will never know for sure but the mystery of some old knives is an attraction for me.

r8shell said:
I think I see _ENTR_
Centre? Central? Gentry?

Thanks John, I appreciate your input. That's a fantastic timber scribe! The KeenKutter is a dandy too. I am a fan of the hammered steel pins as well and the steel liners are a plus.

Augie said:
Rob, that Herrick is a fantastic knife, a knife like that rises to the top tier of any vintage knife collection.

As far as who made it, would be tough to say but one thing that stands out to me are the hammered steel pins. I have a few examples in my collection of this early type construction, a Camillus Timber Scribe and an early KeenKutter boys knife, some pics for comparison.

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TheChunk91 · Jan 25, 2020

This one is way out of my field but I couldn't pass it up for the price. It's just too cool. One of my dad's neighbors is having a garage sale and has some old military knives and swords. He told me this was serbian and he's had it a long time. It looks old and genuine as far as I can tell. It has a 1917 date and looks to have cyrillic letters. Only markings are on the handle, which seems to be aluminum. The sheath is wood wrapped in leather. Blade is about 8 1/2'' and handle is about 5''.

Does anybody know anything about it?

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