Camillus sword brand pocket knife

[Ninjafossils]

Found this at a flea market. It looked old. It says sword brand and Camillus NY USA. But one side says 2002. The pitting makes me think it is much older though. One note, it was found in a tackle box, pointing to possible salt water exposure. How old is it?

 

[bigfoot1]

all I could find is that the tang stamp of sword brand from camillus cutlery was 1941-1946....

 

[Ninjafossils]

Ok. But it's not from 2002 right?

 

[bigfoot1]

I have seen only model numbers on the tang...not dates in the looking I have done

 

[Ninjafossils]

Thank you large metatarsal man

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Camillus Knife is still in business - up near Syracuse NY. They turned out a LOT of bayonets and military knives over the years.

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Yours looks 1940 to 1950's ish based on the scales so I would go with Bigfoot1's findings.

 

[texasred777]

I don't remember the 'Sword' and the crossed swords emblem on the tang; but I remember having some Camillus knives when I was growing up. My dad used to trade knives with a lot of the men where he worked during their lunch breaks. Then, when I became a teenager, I used to go to an alley where a lot of old men sat around 'shooting and bull' and trading knives. It was the old 'Bond's Alley' in Hillsboro, TX. I don't know if it is still a hangout for the older men of the town or not. I'll have to check with a cousin that still lives there.
If I remember rightly, the Camillus was a 'cheap to mid-priced' knife; but a good all around pocket knife for the average person. I grew up carrying the Camillus, Case, Diamond Edge, Schrade, Keencutter, and the cheap Imperial brands of knives.

 

[nhbenz]

Camillus made (maybe still makes?) a lot of military pocket knives, and those did have a date on them, at least usually.
Regarding the "Sword Brand" markings, I can find old Camillus catalogs 1928-1970's where this name was used, but I don't know if the blade was or wasn't marked like yours in this whole span.

 

[MichiganMan]

I was going to say 1950's off the top of my head.