Costa Posted March 12, 2017 Share #1 Posted March 12, 2017 i added this navy MK-1 made by CAMILLUS. for the price i couldnt pass it up. i would have to say that the ww2 produced knives were the nicest made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted March 12, 2017 Share #2 Posted March 12, 2017 Very nice. I like the variety of pommels you see on Mk-1's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardner11 Posted March 12, 2017 Share #3 Posted March 12, 2017 That is a beautiful knife a very nice add to your collection , well done . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share #4 Posted March 12, 2017 the reverse is marked CAMILLUS N.Y. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sactroop Posted March 12, 2017 Share #5 Posted March 12, 2017 The saber ground Camillus is my favorite of the 5 inch blades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedon Posted March 12, 2017 Share #6 Posted March 12, 2017 i added this navy MK-1 made by CAMILLUS. for the price i couldnt pass it up. i would have to say that the ww2 produced knives were the nicest made. Very nice! An excellent condition bright blade Camillus Mark 1 like yours is getting hard to find these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith Posted March 12, 2017 Share #7 Posted March 12, 2017 Wow, nice one Costa, congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKIPH Posted March 12, 2017 Share #8 Posted March 12, 2017 The Camillus bright blade MK1s are relatively rare. You just don't see them. I have a mint one I picked up a few years ago, only one ever saw. I have always liked the Camillus MK1s, have 4 total. Nice knives. SKIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedon Posted March 19, 2017 Share #9 Posted March 19, 2017 SKIPH, on 12 Mar 2017 - 09:15 AM, said: The Camillus bright blade MK1s are relatively rare. You just don't see them. I have a mint one I picked up a few years ago, only one ever saw. I have always liked the Camillus MK1s, have 4 total. Nice knives. SKIP All of the bright blade Camillus MARK 1's I have seen have a steel nut on the pommel top. Some of the Parkerized ones have brass nuts. A lot of the bright blade Camillus MARK 1's I have seen also come in a leather sheath with "KEEP THIS KNIFE WELL OILED" on the front.It took me a long time to find a nice bright blade example like yours. The #4 variation shown on page 76 of Cole III, (no markings on the reverse), is the hardest of the Parkerized variations to find. It took me almost 8 years to find one in decent shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKIPH Posted March 19, 2017 Share #10 Posted March 19, 2017 WOW ! That is a fantastic collection of Camillus MK1s. Twenty-eight, I thought I was doing good with 4. Thanks for showing he most bright blades I ever saw. SKIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedon Posted March 19, 2017 Share #11 Posted March 19, 2017 WOW ! That is a fantastic collection of Camillus MK1s. Twenty-eight, I thought I was doing good with 4. Thanks for showing he most bright blades I ever saw. SKIP Thank you for the kind words! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sactroop Posted March 19, 2017 Share #12 Posted March 19, 2017 I'd love to see a detailed close up of the parkerized knife with no USN markings. Personally until now I didn't think they existed. I'm in that school of thought that at least some of the bright finished blades with no branch of service markings were not for the Navy but are examples of late war pilots knives. But still waiting for the smoking gun to show up for that one. As far as the sheath, I've had three different examples of the same sheath, all had Camillus made knives in them. The first being the example with the embossing "KEEP THIS KNIFE WELL OILED", the next is the exact same sheath with no markings, and the third one has a "5" embossed on the front and on the back of the sheaths blade pocket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedon Posted March 19, 2017 Share #13 Posted March 19, 2017 I'd love to see a detailed close up of the parkerized knife with no USN markings. Personally until now I didn't think they existed. I'm in that school of thought that at least some of the bright finished blades with no branch of service markings were not for the Navy but are examples of late war pilots knives. But still waiting for the smoking gun to show up for that one. As far as the sheath, I've had three different examples of the same sheath, all had Camillus made knives in them. The first being the example with the embossing "KEEP THIS KNIFE WELL OILED", the next is the exact same sheath with no markings, and the third one has a "5" embossed on the front and on the back of the sheaths blade pocket. See if these are OK. Two came in a leather sheath and one came in a plastic sheath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sactroop Posted March 19, 2017 Share #16 Posted March 19, 2017 Thanks, now I know what my problem is, your hoarding all the knives! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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