Let's see your Scout/Camp knives

waynorth said:
Ulster Scout Knives are a favorite, and this one remains a safe Queen!! As near-MIB as it gets!!! The box is more worn than the knife!!:)View attachment 2531278View attachment 2531280
(Marks, dust etc. are all on my scanner!!) :rolleyes:
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Very nice Charlie! I was able to find one of the c1925 models w/ a faint etch on it still... below is a link to my previous post of those pics. Does yours have any Dwight Divine stamps on the other blades/tools?

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/lets-see-your-scout-camp-knives.1463060/page-50#post-18224603
 
Currently working on cleaning up this Imperial Kamp-King
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I like the older case camp/scout knives,I've handled one but never owned.wish they did more in bone,but it seems alot of camp/scout knives were done in delrin.,guess in case left in bottom of your boat over winter.
 
Oldy said:
I like the older case camp/scout knives,I've handled one but never owned.wish they did more in bone,but it seems alot of camp/scout knives were done in delrin.,guess in case left in bottom of your boat over winter.
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I "think" there is another, more practical reason Delrin was popular:

Cost.

Most "Scout Knives" were purchased by (or for) "kids" in the "Cub Scouts" to "Boy Scouts" age group.
At best (farm kids working the family farm excluded) all but the oldest might have a paper route and/or mow grass and shovel snow in the neighborhood, at least until their junior year of high school, when child labor laws allow a part time job, working up to 30 hours a week.
Farm kids working the family farm could (and the ones I knew, did) work 40 plus hours a week. They were/are exempt from said Child Labor laws when working on the family farm.

Real Bone (AKA: "Fake Delrin") costs more, smooth or jigged, dyed or not.

Surprising common woods were not used more often. 🤔
 
Oldy said:
I like the older case camp/scout knives,I've handled one but never owned.wish they did more in bone,but it seems alot of camp/scout knives were done in delrin.,guess in case left in bottom of your boat over winter.
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Delrin is very durable, is impervious to most things, and most importantly its a lot cheaper to make delrin handles than bone handles. You can make hundreds of them an hour once the machine is set up and running...
 
Got the Imperial Kamp-King cleaned up. I wound up taking the "wrapper" off the handle scales & installed a new bail from CK. There it's pictured with the large & small sizes. I went with the small since the holes didn't go all the way through the handle.

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In use... 😉

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ZHoovie said:
Remington R4243 Camp Knife. It's big at 5 inches!
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I love that it has a clip on it instead of a spear, looks like the perfect combo of blades to me. I may need to track one of these down in the future. Did they make a smaller version at all?
 
CujiWuji said:
I love that it has a clip on it instead of a spear, looks like the perfect combo of blades to me. I may need to track one of these down in the future. Did they make a smaller version at all?
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I agree, I loved the blade combos on this one. It's a big part of why I got it. They did make a smaller scout knife but it's the usual spear blade, can opener, bottle opener & punch. At least from what I've seen so far, I haven't came across any with that blade combo. A smaller 3½-4 inch version would be awesome!
They're maybe other brands that might have what you're looking for, I'm no expert though. (This one was made by Camillus in 1994 btw)
After I got an Imperial Kamp-King from my late grandfather it peaked my interest in the scout pattern. I've been "scouting" for more of them lately 🤣

Good luck in your search!

Edit to add: tongueriver tongueriver did mention they made a version in bone instead of the Delrin like on my example 😉
 
ZHoovie said:
Ran across this "premium" scout knife. A 1994 S&M Scout model 0442SK. It's has all the bells & whistles to it, bone handles, pinned shield, pinched & groved bolsters... 😍

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I really like these early Queen-made Schatt and Morgan scout knives. I especially like that these (along with the 1993 Winterbottom bone version) have bone covers and no bails. Queen sure was making fine knives during this period. There were a few other Schatts like these made by Queen circa 2006, but they have different shields and did not seem to be part of the official Schatt and Morgan lineup. At least, they are not in the official catalog, so I am assuming they were SFOs.
 
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Rhinofly said:
I really like these early Queen-made Schatt and Morgan scout knives. I especially like that these (along with the 1993 Winterbottom bone version) have bone covers and no bails. Queen sure was making fine knives during this period. There were a few other Schatts like these made by Queen circa 2006, but they have different shields and did not seem to be part of the official Schatt and Morgan lineup. At least, they are not in the official catalog, so I am assuming they were SFOs.
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Picked this one up about six months ago…
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GeofS said:
I bought the knife off EBay a few years ago.

The back of the main blade…
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Q Steel USA 93

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Indeed it does, thank you. The catalog knife from '93 was a Winterbottom bone, so this is likely an SFO. There appears to be at least one SFO of these knives (with the round shield) circa 2004 (based on other knives I have seen), and I was trying to determine if this knife came from that order. It seems not. Does your red knife without the bail say 2004 on the blade?
 
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