Restoring a WWII Camillus Engineers Pocket Knife

This WWII (c. 1942-1945) Camillus Cutlery Co Engineers pocket knife features all steel construction. My goal was to stop the active rust while preserving some of the original patina. Watch to see what I used and how it turned out.
Before 0:06
Oil it up 2:37
Cleaning 4:31
Finished Product 5:55
Outro 6:56
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My website: oldpocketknives.com

[@joesprague1464]

Nice work,I appreciate the preservation vs new resto look

[@oldpocketknives168]

Thanks...I like to keep em looking "old"

[@ronaldayres546]

Great job nice camp knife

[@oldpocketknives168]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed!

[@NBZW]

After WW2 our high school received a surplus mobile machine shop fully equipped, also enclosed were a number of complete toolboxes and about 5 large cartons of these knives , I still have mine in fact.

[@oldpocketknives168]

Thanks for sharing!

[@NBZW]

@@oldpocketknives168 Don’t tell the shop teacher I fessed up.😉

[@patanvalle9379]

Camillus made nice things... now I think it is made in China... I have an old Camillus very nice... Nice work, you just clean and respect the original finish... Great work. Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina

[@lalli8152]

I really like the patina on this

[@husafel]

Looks great!👍🏼

[@bigjsknives]

Those are awesome blades. I have this exact 4 line knife with Brass Liners, picked it up at an estate sale for $5. It was the 2nd KZbin video i ever uploaded. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@oldpocketknives168]

Every time I see one of these knives I am tempted to buy it! What's not to love; bone handles, WWII history, etc. Can't argue with the $5 deal! Thanks for watching...

[@robsmithadventures1537]

Lovely job you did on it.

[@oldpocketknives168]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it...

[@ianrankin1293]

For a ww2 era knife even in the uncleaned condition that would be on sale over here for between £50-£100 in the UK! Great find and good job cleaning it up 👍

[@oldpocketknives168]

Thanks for watching!

[@michaelregiec7242]

Great job.....very informative!!!

[@oldpocketknives168]

Thank you!

[@JohnDoe-kg7gl]

This got me to subscribe. Thank you. Very educational.

[@oldpocketknives168]

Glad you enjoyed the video... more to come!

[@Elphoenix1]

Turned out good nice video

[@oldpocketknives168]

Thank you. It doesn’t take much to really improve the look!

[@Prometheus1111]

Nice work! I have an old equal end Camillus cattleman pattern whose bone looks quite similar to that. Very nice knife, mine also lacks the brass.

[@oldpocketknives168]

Thank you!! These knives are fun to collect as they have lots of history and there are lots of little variations to find from knife to knife.

[@climer588]

Looks good. I haven't tried that exactly but I will. Depends on the knife. I've collected fish knives over the years. Any maker, almost always cheap at a flea market. Some of them I have have employed Dremel with various brush attachments.

[@oldpocketknives168]

Thanks for watching! Yes, I agree it totally depends on the condition of the knife and also the look you are going for. I like to start out with this lighter approach and go from there…

[@climer588]

@@oldpocketknives168 I have the most problem with liners. Patience ever present.

[@JavierPerez-ie8bh]

Que oesimo trabajo le falta muchisimo trabajo para dejarla como debe ser

[@mikedesimone1783]

Wonderful job mate. now put that knife to work' That'll last a lifetime. Cheers.👌

[@oldpocketknives168]

For sure! Can't beat the old stuff for quality.

[@liviostocco1745]

I think you did a great job just cleaning without taking the knife apart and without using aggressive tools. Prestige items deserve to be left as much as possible as they originally were

[@oldpocketknives168]

Thank you! I like to leave some "age" on the knife.

[@peterfreidel7721]

I was wondering what you did to the blade well? I cleaned up my old scout knife, it is now a favorite!

[@oldpocketknives168]

I soaked in oil and then used fine steel wool to remove the rust. Thanks for watching!

[@Traene67]

Cool. I have one almost exactly like that, but with a smaller round emblem saying "USMC" (US Marine Corps i guess). And it has another blade instead of a cup opener. One Liner is broken and the metal flats are damaged on one side, as if a wielder smashed it against something hard. Just soaked it in WD40.

[@oldpocketknives168]

They are pretty cool knives... lots of little variations. How did the WD40 work?

[@jeffbaranowski6695]

I'd call that cleaning. not restoration. Restoration implies restoring to like new condition.

[@jaewok5G]

i think i have one of these.

[@oldpocketknives168]

Very cool...let me know what you find.

[@1959Berre]

Inside still full of rust.

[@lostcat9lives322]

So are you.