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WWII Vintage Camillus Easy Open Jack Knife
$ 23.11
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Description
Camillus Cutlery easy open, aka easy opener knife with master spear and secondary pen blades. Knife is 3-3/8 inches closed and 5-7/8 inches open, excluding bail. Master blade tang stamped: CAMILLUS CUTLERY CO. CAMILLUS, NY U.S.A. Handles are jigged bone with bail. Liners are steel and bolsters are nickel silver.Condition is used – NKCA – Very Good.
Handles are very attractive, but have a hairline crack on the front between the cap end pin and bail pin. Blades have very shallow pits and scratches; this knife appears to have been mechanically cleaned prior to my ownership. Master blade is 95% length and 90% width; pen blade is 95% length and 85% width. Both blades have half stop and good snap; master has very slight wobble. Photos are explicitly part of this description.
The four line tang stamp on this knife was used by Camillus from 1919 to 1946. However, prior to 1941, both blade tangs were stamped; from 1941 to 1946, only the master blade tang was stamped. Other telltale characteristics that this is a WWII issue knife are the size, bone handles with no shield, bail and steel liners.
Ships with USPS First Class.
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