If knives could talk...

[451 Detonics]

This Camillus was produced squarely in the war years of WWII and while just a simple 2 blade jack pattern it is the inset in the celluloid scales that makes me wish it could talk. The Dept. of Justice was very much involved with espionage during the war years and beyond, aiding in hunting down the escape Nazis as well as involvement in the Nuremberg Trials. The DOJ seal on this knife does date to the time period. The knife was not just a presentation piece but shows honest pocket wear. The blades remain full however with great snap and just minimal shrinkage of the scales.

Did this knife attend the Nuremberg Trials? Did it chase Nazis in Argentina? Did it peel an apple while waiting for a contact at Checkpoint Charlie? Or does it hide a more shameful past from the Japanese internment camps right here in the US. No matter it's past it sits with honor today with a few other Camillus, Case, and Remingtons of that era. And it does get to spend a day in my pocket when I occasionally get the whim to carry a piece of history. Every time I carry it tho I wish it could tell me of it's past.

 

[PRM]

"I was in a box in a dark drawer for years. Then someone would take me out into the light. Cough, cough, cough... pocket lint. More years in the dark box in the corner of the drawer." ~ Knife Antiqua Anon




Nice knife, would be neat to have its history.

 

[messerist]

Cool.

 

[9mmforMe]

"Strings, envelopes, tape on boxes..yeah ok that works...now who didn't clean me after digging out that toenail? Uhem....Uhem, a little oil over here please, yeah thats it...ohhhhh...silicone based"

-Benchmade Presidio

 

[Deltaboy1984]

I have a battle scared John Primble I found in the gravel road after the grader came by one day. I soaked it for a week in desiel and it is miss a scale on one side. I wish it and my Green River could talk too.

 

[TimboKhan]

I know what you are saying, dude. I often consider my mil surp rifles in that way, but I also happen to own a Roman coin that is something like 1700 years old. I enjoy sitting there with that roman coin wondering how it was spent. I mean, it could have been in the pocket of a senator or a slave, could have been bet at a gladiator match, or any number of other things. For certain, that humble little coin travelled an incredibly long way to end up in my collection!

It's the coin in the middle. This isn't my personal coin, but it is a representative example of the one I own. Mine is in about the same condition, even: Roman Coin

 

[sonofodin]

Now I want to start collecting ancient coins. It's 100% YOUR fault Timbo

 

[451 Detonics]

This Camullis #23 pattern is it's big brother. This one dates in the 60s and was an advertising knife for the Albany Felt Company. With a 3 inch main blade and just over 4 inches OAL it gets carried in a belt pouch more than in a pocket. Yes I do have a fondness for the spearhead jacks.

 

[sonofodin]

My dad used to know a guy that ran a great gun store. Kinda guy that would do you a deal if you where his friend, or let somethin slip for a little lower that stated price cos he knew you would take care of it. He once gave me a small sack of coins he collected from all over the world. So lets sift through and see what I have...
1917 wheat penny
1936 wheat penny
1936 Indian head/buffalo nickel
1943 Canadian Penny
1942 Franc marked "etat francias" with an axe
Unmarked indian head/buffalo nickel
1952 Jamacian Farthing
1957 10 peice ore marked "Norge" with celtic knots
1908 Canadian penny
1920 Canadian penny
1940 Canadian penny
1945 Canadian penny
1931 Canadian nickle
1932 Canadian penny
1935 Canadian penny
2x 1918 Canadian penny
1919 Canadian penny
3x 1920 Canadian penny
1914 Canadian penny
'64 20 Centavos marked "Estados Unidos Mexicanos"
1923 Franc marked "Chambres De Commerce De Franc, Bon Pour 1 Franc". Obverse side has a roman deity with a harp and medicial sign (hermes??)
British Carrabian Territories, Easten Group 10 cent peice with a sloop and queen elizibeth II
1 penny marked Suomen Tasavalta 1979 (shrugs)
1996 Canadian 2 dollar coin with a bear and elizibeth II. its huge. center looks like a penny and the rim is like a quarter sized nickel
1918 coin marked ""Liberte Egalite Fraternite 50 centimies. obverse side is a lady and its marked Republique Francaise
1988 (my birthyear) coin marked $100 with a portrait of a bearded man named "V. Carranza", Eagle and wreaths on back marked Estados Unidos Mexicanos.

I also have a ton of odd marked japanese or chinese coins, some copper, some silver, some with holes in them. Cant read none of it. I use to have a nazi coin from the war, but its MIA. I also have a very odd coin marked 1836 but its MIA as well.