Vintage Camillus Cutlery Company Boy Scouts Pocket Knife for Sale

Vintage Camillus Cutlery Company Boy Scouts Pocket Knife For Sale

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Vintage Camillus Cutlery Company Boy Scouts Pocket Knife:
$39.95

Vintage Camillus Cutlery Company Boy Scouts Pocket Knife. This is an earlier example--prtbably just after WWII 1940's due to the military-style can opener design. Deep Blue jigged handle. Used but in overall good condition for its age. Carbon steel blades show some typical wear from age and use. Camillus quality in a classic Scout Knife.
The Camillus Cutlery Company is one of the oldest knife manufacturers in the United States. The Meyer & Kastor Company had to close its doors in September 1876. Only a few weeks later, Adolph Kastor started his own company, Adolph Kastor & Bros. on Canal Street in New York City, where he imported and distributed German-made knives. In 1897, when the Dingley Tariff was enacted, German knives became too expensive to import. The only solution Kastor saw was to manufacture knives domestically. His search led him to Charles Sherwood and his small knife-manufacturing business in Camillus, New York. By 1910, the now-named Camillus Cutlery Company produced nearly a million knives a year and had about 200 employees, many of them German immigrants. The company even built a dormitory to house its workers. During World War I, Camillus shifted production to support the Allied forces. The company also manufactured surgical scalpels and a folding knife/spoon combination for the Red Cross. During World War II, Camillus shipped more than 13 million knives of various styles to the Allied troops. In 1942, U.S. Marine Corps officers Colonel John M. Davis and Major Howard E. America working in conjunction with cutlery technicians at Camillus developed the KA-BAR Fighting Utility Knife. After extensive trials, the KA-BAR prototype was recommended for adoption, and Camillus was awarded the first contract to produce the KA-BAR for the Marine Corps.] Camillus made more KA-BARs than any other knife manufacturer producing the model during World War II. Camillus also made M3 fighting knives, M4 bayonets knives for U.S. forces, including machetes, multi-blade utility knives, TL-29 Signal Corps pocket knives for signalmen, electrician's mates, and linesmen, and combination knife/marlinspike pocket knives for use by the U.S. Navy. In 2001, Camillus collaborated with custom Knifemaker Jerry Fisk, the only Knifemaker to be declared a Living National Treasure, to produce a Bowie knife. That same year, Camillus began a partnership with custom Knifemaker Darryl Ralph to produce a line of titanium-framed tactical folding knives. Due to labor issues and poor management decisions, the company filed for bankruptcy in 2007. The assets were subsequently acquired by ACME United Corp.
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