Camillus TL-29?

[kmrober2]

I was going through some of my grandfather's old things, and a found a beat up old pocket knife. I decided I would do some research and wanted to buy another knife to take parts from to fix granddad's. Most folks were calling it an Camillus Electrician's Knife, but then I saw some listings calling it a Camillus TL-29, and some calling these knives World War II era. Grandad was a lifelong electrician, and was also a rifleman, military policeman, and utility repairman in World War II. So now im trying to figure out a an approximate date for the knife , and determine whether the knife is a civilian knife, or a military issued knife. I have all ready read some posts from this forum(the four down below), and some others. The more I read, the more confused I get. What do ya'll think?

 

The link bellow appears to point towards 1960-1976 or later.

http://www.bladeforums.com/threads/camillus-tang-stamps-and-dates.497708/

 

The markings look like the knife pictured in the link below. (The ones in the link are clearer) But the handle looks different.

https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/knife_forum/viewtopic.php?t=14006

 

The handle looks like figure 4 on the following link, just without the markings(missing that side)

http://www.oregonknifeclub.org/Newsletter%200710.pdf

 

Anything else I can look for besides the tang markings, or the markings on the side that I am missing. (Haha)

 

Any help would be appreciated. What are you guys' thoughts? Also, would you try to replace the missing side, or just leave it.

 

Regardless of the shapes its in or the dates, I'm just glad to have granddad's knife.

 

Thanks,

 

Kevin

 

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/117772-tl-29/

 

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/46615-camillus-pocket-knife/

 

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/19634-black-handle-tl-29/

 

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10352-tl-29-electricians-knife-question/

 

 

[sactroop]

IMHO, looks to be post-WW2. Can you make out what material the remaining scale is made of?

If I understand you correctly your looking into buying a used knife to use for parts to keep as much of your Grand Dad's original knife intact. This shouldn't be too hard. There are a lot of these knives online. I'd look for one that has the same scales as yours, i.e.. 4 holes in it for pins. Keep in mind that you'll also need some stock to make new pins, as I don't know any good way to take a knife apart without destroying the original pins.

[USARV72]

TL -29 is an electricians knife, military desigination. Was used in other aplications too, find one of Coles books on knives.

[USARV72]

TL-29 is an electricians knife. They were used by many in other MOS' s. Find one of Coles books and read the pages on this knife.