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Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on November 14, 2013 at 18:55

Latest find is a Camco (USA) Bazooka. I think these date from the late 1950s or early 1960s. The can opener and cap lifter have some light surface rust. Also some minor shrinkage on the celluloid scales. Brass pins and liners. Carbon steel springs with stainless blades. Everything is surprisingly tight with a good snap despite years of neglect. Seem to have been used but unsharpened or lightly sharpened. My guess is one owner who quickly stepped up to a higher quality camp knife and left this one in a box.

At around $7, worth the price. I wouldn't go over $10 in this condition. I would've passed if it didn't have the "BAZOOKA" shield

In MemoriamPermalink Reply by Robert Burris on November 14, 2013 at 19:13

Real neat, Bazooka and all...lol

Permalink Reply by Ken Spielvogel on November 15, 2013 at 2:08

Nice find Tobias.

Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on November 15, 2013 at 13:22

Next up a Girl Scout 3 3/8 inch Featherweight by Utica.

The knife is an equal end pen knife with a spear master and a pen secondary. It also has a very large bail! These were made before and after WWII. I will need to do a little research to track down when this one was made. The back spring appears to be carbon steel but blades are stainless. Bolsters are probably nickel silver while pins, liners, and bail are stainless steel. The trefoil GS shield is probably nickel silver. These tend to go for around $10-$25 in this condition. I can see the $10 price but not the $25. Maybe is excellent or mint condition but not in good “user” condition.

Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on December 18, 2013 at 8:01

Boker Magnum makes a good product at a very reasonable price. They call this camp knife the "Classic Pocket Steel." With a name like that it flys under the radar of people collecting scout/camp knives. They really need to rethink their market strategy and call a a camp knife a camp knife!

Any way, the handles are made of a rosewood. As you can see it is very dark brown, almost black. There is no shield. Blades are listed as 440 Stainless. Fit and finish is pretty good, as is the overall build. It seem pretty solid. It came packaged in a nice Boker/Magnum tin.

All is all a nice, affordable Scout knife. They go for $12-$18.

Permalink Reply by Rick Hooper on January 1, 2014 at 12:34

This is three of my old favorites! I use these rod fishing and bow fishing. The carbon steel stacked washer fish knife in the center is probably a Western State or Kinfolks, and like the stainless Chicago Cutlery tool is wickedly sharp. Top is a Camillus New York.

Permalink Reply by Rick Hooper on January 1, 2014 at 12:55

The next photos show the last long nose gar I arrowed in early fall, shown with the Hatchie River in the background. My Illinois born son in law Ethan, reintroduced me to this sport in 2012. He is shown with a mean cottonmouth, which fell out of a tree a couple steps behind him! I had hardly uttered the word: SNAKE! before he had turned and shot him, penning him to the ground. The next shows his last fish also, and the teeth in these local long nose gar. We hunt those, buffalo (excellent eating), carp and bowfin.

Permalink Reply by Rick Hooper on January 1, 2014 at 13:02

Photo's showing the one of Ethan's last gar and other bowfishing trophys taken.

Permalink Reply by Rick Hooper on January 1, 2014 at 13:35

Here are a few more of Ethan's bow f ishing photos. It's not shooting fish in a barrel, the barrels are extra large, and the fish move fast with shot upon. The shots can be out to 100 feet. These arrows aren't the precision shafts used in whitetail hunting or target shooting. The fun factor is tremendous, when rod fishing is poor , we grab our bows, and turn a slow, boring afternoon into a exciting challenge!

Permalink Reply by Ron Cooper on January 1, 2014 at 14:15

Wow! That bow fishing looks like it would be a whole lot of fun! I would love to try that sometime. Those long nose gar are gnarly looking! Whoa!

Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on January 1, 2014 at 20:37

Years ago I used to catch those gar fish, at the time we used conventional fishing poles . Getting those bottom feeders was always a challenge and kind of s surprise when they chomped on your line!

Permalink Reply by Rick Hooper on January 1, 2014 at 21:17

Right, Steve! A large gar , like a large bowfin can drag the boat around. They put up quite a fight, even when arrowed, on the first run when shot on a large gar, never grab the bow line, it will saw thru the fingers to the bone!
Steve Hanner said:

Years ago I used to catch those gar fish, at the time we used conventional fishing poles . Getting those bottom feeders was always a challenge and kind of s surprise when they chomped on your line!