Dodge Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Obviously, these are not hand made, but as this thread has been idle for a while, I though I'd share I found these while I was going through the tools my dad left me. Veterans should recognize these. The two black scaled ones are TL-29s, or electricians tool. The really old ones had wooden scales and an inlaid plate that was stamped with "TL-29" on it. (I wish I had one of those!) The other one is a standard Marine issue pocket knife. These are essentially the same as a Boy Scout pocket knife. Just different scales. Older ones had USMC stamped on them. As other branches adopted their use, the later ones such as the one pictured just had U S. That one and the closed TL-29 are Camillus. The open TL-29 was made by Kutmaster of Utica NY. Although it didn't show up in the photo, etched on its main blade is "Property of U.S. Govt" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayco Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Dodge, thanks for posting that pic. Kind of brought back some memories. My dad used to carry one of those black handled electrician's knives. I'm not sure what brand his was , or even if it was military issue.....I was just a kid. Anyway, his sure looked a lot like the one that is 'open' in your pic. He was in the Army/Airforce during WW2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Dodge, I used one of those electricians knives for years, across two employers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucegodlesky Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Those TL-29 's are a good worker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhyfelwr Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 (edited) I have my Grandpa's knives, and both were veterans; one in the Navy and the other in the Army. The one that was in the Army carried a wooden scaled knife that looks exactly like those black handled "electricians" knives. I now have it and I used to carry it but it was old and the mainspring for the blade side broke. So now it resides in a box. Its so worn I could never figure out what the lettering on the blade says.. I actually think its something like "Case & Sons" but like I said its really worn.. I also meant to say that I own one of those "US" Camillus knives. Its my current carry everyday knife.. never failed me yet! Edited July 30, 2008 by Rhyfelwr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tompdw Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Grandpa had several of the black ones and I had the military one when I was a boy scout. That was one of my first knives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Lumpkins Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 There's alot of those knifes still around my dad has two or three of the black handled ones and recently a friend of mine give me one of the metal army knifes like the one you have in the picture' and I passed it on to Pop...Thanks Scott for sharing these with us.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petersenj20 Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I have the metal one. I can't place where I got it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarrett Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Those are great. The Army doesn't issue them to us any more. They give us knives but they are vendor supplied.(benchmade, CRK, smith and wesson, etc) Still good knives but outsourced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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