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Camp Knife part of the Jackmaster series Imperial had made in Ireland, model 615CP.
From the blister package front:
Hand edged for super sharpness.
High carbon cutlery steel blades
Old time quality, performance, and reliability.
rear:
circa 1994 Imperial Shrade Corp., Ellenville , NY 12428
Spear point, can opener, bottle opener with screwdriver, punch blade.
Black plastic handles, with the Kamp-King on the shield, shackle.
Current Price: $5.79 plus tax.
Three of these were found in a Mom & Pop Hardware store recently, and the old boy bought all three.
Many of the older members will remember this Camp Knife, many may of had one of these.
Just the same style as the Boy Scout, knife, or the Camp Knife offered by Camillus, Case and other companies.
So why share about this old inexpensive knife when there are better and newer offerings?
I am glad you asked - pull up a chair...
Old boy is in his mid 70's and bought some of these back in the day for the heck of it.
Best recall he paid $2.50 each, but he is not sure.
He was simply re-living his youth, remembering Imperial knives as a kid.
Another reason, was to use these to teach knife safety and how to sharpen and maintain to kids.
Pretty neat deal, old boy passing forward and getting to be a kid himself again at the same time.
Right down to taking a old shoe string, tying it, slipping one end through the shackle, and back through itself to make a slip knot.
Then on a belt, or belt loop, insert the shoe string, then the knife through the string for another slip knot and into the pocket so one could not lose the knife.
Just like he was shown as kid.
He took one, sharpened it real good, freehand, and then used a needle file to sharpen that can opener, and punch blade.
Using some Norton India slip stones, he got these razor sharp.
Plastic handles had some 5 minute epoxy added, just to make they stayed on.
Sprayed the whole thing with Break-Free, let sit, blew out with a air hose and wiped down the blades with some more.
This knife went into a old shaving kit bag along with a chipped Norton Crystalon stone, some pliers, screw driver, vice grips, some files matches, fire starter and other tools and odds and ends.
He then tossed this behind the seat of an old spare truck, that he puttered around in on the property.
Just back there for whatever, and he had other nicer tools and all, just this old shaving bag was there, with stuff atop it.
Tornadoes hit here this year and more than once, with residual problems like flooding.
That Kamp-King was put to work, and I do mean it was put to use!
-Cut a plastic bottle to make a funnel, then fill a Coleman Lantern, a chain saw...
-Punch blade tossed sparks to make a fire with a magnesium fire starter, punched hole so a rope handle could be fashioned...undo knots like a Marlin Spike...
-Cans were opened, bottle caps lifted, even the flat head screwdriver was used ...
-Main blade cut rope, boxes, plastic, sharpened pencils, cut cheese, spread peanut butter, and sliced Spam, apples and oranges and...
-Other tasks...
Just a tool, not an expensive one, not near the quality of some today...still the lessons learned from his youth, and the lessons others had growing up, that used this knife allowed this knife to play an important role in all that needs doing when matters are very serious.
Oh he touched it up with that small stone, with chip in it, freehand, stropped it on cardboard, or jeans, or whatever...
Items in the shaving kit come in handy too...
He, myself and others remember this knife from times go by, and we had our own stories...we added some more recently.
Now ain't that something?
*smile*
From the blister package front:
Hand edged for super sharpness.
High carbon cutlery steel blades
Old time quality, performance, and reliability.
rear:
circa 1994 Imperial Shrade Corp., Ellenville , NY 12428
Spear point, can opener, bottle opener with screwdriver, punch blade.
Black plastic handles, with the Kamp-King on the shield, shackle.
Current Price: $5.79 plus tax.
Three of these were found in a Mom & Pop Hardware store recently, and the old boy bought all three.
Many of the older members will remember this Camp Knife, many may of had one of these.
Just the same style as the Boy Scout, knife, or the Camp Knife offered by Camillus, Case and other companies.
So why share about this old inexpensive knife when there are better and newer offerings?
I am glad you asked - pull up a chair...
Old boy is in his mid 70's and bought some of these back in the day for the heck of it.
Best recall he paid $2.50 each, but he is not sure.
He was simply re-living his youth, remembering Imperial knives as a kid.
Another reason, was to use these to teach knife safety and how to sharpen and maintain to kids.
Pretty neat deal, old boy passing forward and getting to be a kid himself again at the same time.
Right down to taking a old shoe string, tying it, slipping one end through the shackle, and back through itself to make a slip knot.
Then on a belt, or belt loop, insert the shoe string, then the knife through the string for another slip knot and into the pocket so one could not lose the knife.
Just like he was shown as kid.
He took one, sharpened it real good, freehand, and then used a needle file to sharpen that can opener, and punch blade.
Using some Norton India slip stones, he got these razor sharp.
Plastic handles had some 5 minute epoxy added, just to make they stayed on.
Sprayed the whole thing with Break-Free, let sit, blew out with a air hose and wiped down the blades with some more.
This knife went into a old shaving kit bag along with a chipped Norton Crystalon stone, some pliers, screw driver, vice grips, some files matches, fire starter and other tools and odds and ends.
He then tossed this behind the seat of an old spare truck, that he puttered around in on the property.
Just back there for whatever, and he had other nicer tools and all, just this old shaving bag was there, with stuff atop it.
Tornadoes hit here this year and more than once, with residual problems like flooding.
That Kamp-King was put to work, and I do mean it was put to use!
-Cut a plastic bottle to make a funnel, then fill a Coleman Lantern, a chain saw...
-Punch blade tossed sparks to make a fire with a magnesium fire starter, punched hole so a rope handle could be fashioned...undo knots like a Marlin Spike...
-Cans were opened, bottle caps lifted, even the flat head screwdriver was used ...
-Main blade cut rope, boxes, plastic, sharpened pencils, cut cheese, spread peanut butter, and sliced Spam, apples and oranges and...
-Other tasks...
Just a tool, not an expensive one, not near the quality of some today...still the lessons learned from his youth, and the lessons others had growing up, that used this knife allowed this knife to play an important role in all that needs doing when matters are very serious.
Oh he touched it up with that small stone, with chip in it, freehand, stropped it on cardboard, or jeans, or whatever...
Items in the shaving kit come in handy too...
He, myself and others remember this knife from times go by, and we had our own stories...we added some more recently.
Now ain't that something?
*smile*
