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Home Products Camp Knife

Camp Knife

by Scagel, William (Bill)

SKU 14044

Date Added 06/30/2010

# Available This product is out of stock

Price $2,995.00

Overview

Information on this Bill Scagel piece comes to us through William D. Conrey.

"This knife has been in my possession since 1943. It was one of the prizes given to the winner of the National Duck Calling Contest that year. The winner (and world champion duck caller) was my father, Howard T. Conrey. All of this took place in Stuttgart, Arkansas."

The bade is made from 3/16" of an unknown forged steel. Full tang construction. It has 1 1/4" blade depth and a false top edge. The blade is marked with "W. Scagel Handmade" and the Scagel logo. The guard is made of brass, and the handle is made of an unknown wood.

This knife is vintage. The blade has been sharpened multiple times, and has some pitting. The brass guard has been repaired but shows damage. The handle has some dings and scratches, but there is a large piece of the handle near the tang that is missing.

Has no sheath. Blade Steel: Forged Steel

Product Details

Blade Length 7.75

Overall Length 12.5

Additional Specs

About the Maker

Scagel, William (Bill)

William (Bill) Wales Scagel (1873-1963). Considered to be the foremost pioneer in 20th century custom knifemaking. Scagel began making knives in 1910 while working at lumber camps throughout Michigan and Canada. From 1920 through 1929, Scagel sold his knives through Abercrombie & Fitch of New York and their subsidiaries such as Von Lengerke & Antoine. Scagel made hunting knives, machetes, and axes for the expeditions of the Smithsonian Institution. Scagel made a variety of knives throughout his career including bowie knives, fighting knives, and pocketknives. Scagel used a half stag and half leather stacked washer assembly in his knife handles that became his trademark style. One such Scagel knife provided the influence for Bo Randall to start making his own knives. In 1937, Randall witnessed someone using a Scagel knife to scrape paint off of a boat without damaging the edge of the blade. Randall bought the knife and in the years that followed Scagel became a mentor to Randall, influencing many of his designs. Every knife Scagel made was completely by hand and without modern tools such as a grinder or buffer, his shop was powered off a gasoline engine from an automobile and as a result, the quantity of knives he produced over his 50 years of knifemaking is very low. He made his last knife in 1962, the year before he died. Twenty-three years later he was inducted into the Blade Magazine Cutlery Hall of Fame in 1989. In 1996, Scagel was inducted into the American Bladesmith Society Hall of Fame.