Edited my text to reflect the input/corrections below my post...9/9/2014
Again, did the best I could.
Waited a while to see if someone else did it as I didn't want to keep all the fun for myself.
The following is the best interpretation of the handwriting that I can make. Please provide corrections to me if you reinterpret something I put in or if you know what something means.
"?" inserted for data I could not interpret.
Some shorthand word changes and interpretations ::
I tried to stay true to the upper case vs lower case in transposing, but I probably didn’t comply 100%
I expanded BLK to BLACK, DEL to Delrin
B.S.A and BSA stand for Boy Scouts of America
Edited this in:
Br = Brass
N/S = Nickel Silver
M.S. = Mark Side
B/S = Bolster Scale
(125) = Material Thickness .125"
Assuming (125) refers to blade thickness of .125",
(120) would refer to a blade thickness of .120"
Anything in Bold/Italics - I could not interpret it completely and put the letters I could read along with “?”s.
Edit 9/9/2014 to incorporate the inputs.
Tried to format it (columnize the date), but BFs editor strips out extra spaces
February 5, 2013
Vit,
I looked through my records and I found some information for you concerning the Camillus #14 and #5779 knife patterns. Both of these patterns are very similar.
I have attached two pages from a log book for the S-Cards that show the #5779 pattern was used for the first time in 1984. Before this this time the 4 blade camp and utility knives would have used the #14 pattern. The S-Cards were used up until 1988 then this system was no longer used and all records were computerized. Unfortunately, when the computerized records were no longer needed that information was deleted.
I located three drawings that show the component parts of the #14 pattern knives. Please note that a #14 pattern knife can have 1 or more blades.
I am going to find more information for you about these patterns. Perhaps Phil Gibbs would know the difference between these two patterns. I do know that many of the old #14 pattern knives were changed to the newer #5779 pattern during the 1980's.
Tom
Camillus S-Card 5779
S-2719 5779/4 Br & N/S Plain w/ hole Brown Stag Handle 1/3/84
B.S.A. Emblem Imperial Knife Co. #1996
S-2720 5779/4 Br & N/S Ring w/ hole Black Stag Delrin Handle 1/3/84
Shield "Scout Be Prepared Imperial Knife Co.
BSA #611
S-2721 5779/5 Br & N/S Plain No Hole Ivory Delrin Handles 1/3/84
B.S.A. Emblem Imperial Knife Co. #1046
S-2766 5779/5 Br & N/S Black Delrin Stag B.S.A. Emblem 2/11/85
Three Pin Imperial #1046 B.S.A.
S-2778 5779/4 Shadow Handle Delrin Br (120) Hot 6/19/85
Stamp M.S. Handle B.S.A. #1045
S-2780 5779/4 Br & N/S Br Stag Handle B.S.A. Shield 8/6/85
Three Pin B.S.A. #1996
S-2794 5779/4 Shadow Handle Delrin Red (120) 4/1/86
Hot Stamp M.S. B.S.A. #1045
S-2806 5779/5 Saw Brass & Brass B/S (125) 6/5/86
Fibron Handle Sears #95210
S2847 R4466 2 blades (5773) A10 7/87
Engraved A15
Sheaths A16
S2851 /4 Girl Scouts 6/87
S2855 Rem R4 Utility 7/87
S2857 BSA 1046 SS 7/87
S2882 BSA 1096 SS 3/88
S2885 #99 in SS 1/88
S2890 Rem 4466 Bone 2/88
S2900 Kabar 1152R in SS 6/88
S2905 Case 640045R in SS 6/88
S2906 BSA 1045 Red in SS 5/89