[Bigdibbs88]

Sorry but i didnt know where else to post this. Can anybody give me some info on this USMC camillus fighting knife i just picked up?

Scares me a little because its in really nice shape, but it just smells old and from what little info i can find online it looks WWII era with lack of "US" mark and is not repro. Scabbard is entirely unmarked. Is it in fact WWII era? Is the fighting knife with camillus on the blade or on the guard harder to find? Would also be interested in value.

TIA,

BD

 

[Chris_B]

This thread will interest you

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=138429

 

[steamer]

I have been told that any Camillus is a keeper.

 

[GUNBB]

Looks good. They say that the logo and manufacturers name were transfered to the cross guard because the stamping of the blade ,weakened it. Looks to be pre or early WW2,BB

 

[30-30remchester]

I only have about 20 of these knives but from your photos it appears to be an early high polish, blade marked MARK II. Not the earliest as the earliest didnt have a pinned pommel. The have been known a KABAR's reguardless of who made them. The irony of this is Kabar didnt actually invent them, Cammillus designed them and was first to produce them.

 

[Bigdibbs88]

thank you all for the info...

Chris_B....i signed up with the usmilitaria forum and said a "mod has to review my profile app".... its been over 24 hours, still cant post, and now i cant even see what is being posted in any threads. any ideas?

 

[Chris_B]

thank you all for the info...

Chris_B....i signed up with the usmilitaria forum and said a "mod has to review my profile app".... its been over 24 hours, still cant post, and now i cant even see what is being posted in any threads. any ideas?

Same thing happened to me here when I signed up, lol. Might be day or so. I don't recall what the delay was when I joined

 

[Trenchwarfare]

Camillus submitted the design, and won the first contracts. However, the blade style is from the older RH-37 PAL. The RH-35 PAL, was the basis, for the Mk1 Navy knife. Both of which, were older Remington designs. The RH, stands for "Remington Hunter" PAL Blade Company bought out the Remington knife line, in the late 1930s. But kept Remington's catalogue numbers.

 

[bdome]

I am a novice on these but weren't the leather scabbards on the WWII knives reinforced with staples around the edges vs the rivets shown in the pictures??

 

[dfariswheel]

Makers used staples and/or rivets, and often changed if the supply of hardware was delayed.
Often they didn't make the scabbards and sub-contracted them, and the contractors used what they could get.
It was war time and no one cared what was used, as long as deliveries were kept up to the troops.

Whether a scabbard had staples or rivets was totally a non-issue.