mpanies make their knives for them ?... this is why so many odd stamps and why sometime you will have some c0mapnies have 2 stamps both the company that is selling it and still the company that made it. this is also about money. WHY/.. well if the company is asking for a knife to be built that is actually better then what camillus normally makes they might want it drawn up that the CAMILLUS name is not to be on the knife at all. brass might be used where steel was and things like that... but then take "lesser" brands... CAMILLUS would make knives for them and maybe they would carry the CAMCO stamp but maybe CAMILLUS also might not want the knife that is being sold related to their name when it brakes or the fake mop they used starts to shrink.. they dont want folks looking down and seeing CAMILLUS or even CAMCO{they want them to see whatever company sold it to them}... CAMCO ..ended up handling a lot of the "promo" knives and ad knives...but they varied in how thy were made and some camco is stronger then others.
i even have a few knives that are ad knives and some prize/give away knives that have the ad or the company stamped on one blade and CAMCO on the other. not ad knives with CAMCO on tang..but ad knives with both the company on main blade and CAMCO on secondary.
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i collect and preserve them!! ....first things first...WHERE IS THE PULL?... its on the knife in the ad-but not on the knife in the pics...i would hope this would be a DEAD GIVEAWAY??..fellaz...ladies???
also the profile of the knife in the ad is a different profile.look at the swedge on the blade and then look at the lack of one on the ad..also even without the ad this knife i would right away know to have a NEW BLADE easily...
PLEASE REMEMBER -knife etches are just like everything else stamped or printed onto knives..they are done at once...see even in the ad all the letters line up...on the blade in the photos it does not... they are floating above and below each other... i mean thats a really bad scetch job..also the tang stamp is NEW aas in just added recenlty... once again you have some letters almost on each other and spcaing between others..also look how LARGE NYUSA are compared to the rest of the stamp...ALL TANG STAMPS WERE STRUCK AT ONCE AS WELL...so even if the stamp as crooked or upside down ,on a real blade the leters and numbers would still fall inline.
once again im no expert but this knife is not authnetic.. the body might..i dont know.. but the blade is all wrong and is not original to this knife. ...
-i hope i helped and i hope i helped the owner of this knife-all you have to do is look at a simple few things and you will know the knife is wrong.. please fellow friends of IKC...remember what i keep telling you about etches and tang stamps..it is something so simple that will help you so much!
...READ THE KNIFE!-hope i helped--i really hope i did.my goal is not to rain on anyones parade...my goal is to teach so you dont get burned again.ALSO THE OWNER OF THIS KNIFE IF YOU CAN TAKE IT BACK AND YOU PAID ALOT....DO IT!..of course if you want..but the blade is not the original.. the ad itself shows it...it is so nice to have that ad!..with that ad you can very easliy return the knife!..
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4 line Camillus "Sunshine Biscuits" advertisement knife with celluloid handles which have cracked at the pins. Surprised that even ad knives had swedging and long pulls. This knife has steel liners.