Humpbacks pulled from ebay
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Re: Humpbacks pulled from ebay
Hey guys! Do your research first...and ask around before you judge. Doesn't matter how long you have collected...the internet changed the game. Heck I'm going to be 50 this year and I had my first switchblade at age 7.
The knives in these pictures have come from Italy and obscure auction sites in the USA and even Argentina and three of these have the exact same stamp as the knife in question...
The official Led Zeppelin music site has an "Ask Steve Jones" question and answer thread for solving mysteries...perhaps this place needs something like that with a guy who can answer most things, with real facts.
Even a “Master” can pull up a seat and learn a thing or two or a billion....
The knives in these pictures have come from Italy and obscure auction sites in the USA and even Argentina and three of these have the exact same stamp as the knife in question...
The official Led Zeppelin music site has an "Ask Steve Jones" question and answer thread for solving mysteries...perhaps this place needs something like that with a guy who can answer most things, with real facts.
Even a “Master” can pull up a seat and learn a thing or two or a billion....
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Re: Humpbacks pulled from ebay
Good observation, but maybe it's because it was sharpened and short and cleaned?Bill DeShivs wrote:Yes, it does. That was the first thing that caught my eye. The shape is wrong and it looks drum-polished like modern blades.
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Re: Humpbacks pulled from ebay
I can't say for sure without seeing the knife, but the stamp appears deeper than on any of the 1960s knives I own, and I just got them out for comparison.orangeboy wrote:Good observation, but maybe it's because it was sharpened and short and cleaned?Bill DeShivs wrote:Yes, it does. That was the first thing that caught my eye. The shape is wrong and it looks drum-polished like modern blades.
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Three of those others have the same stampPanzerfaust wrote:I can't say for sure without seeing the knife, but the stamp appears deeper than on any of the 1960s knives I own, and I just got them out for comparison.orangeboy wrote:Good observation, but maybe it's because it was sharpened and short and cleaned?Bill DeShivs wrote:Yes, it does. That was the first thing that caught my eye. The shape is wrong and it looks drum-polished like modern blades.
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Mickey is a great guy, I thought we were friends; it would be nice to see the real Mickey as a regular normal nice guy rather than the Internet persona “Bill DeShivs.”Corvus wrote:FWIW, I personally consider Bill to be a leading authority on Italian stilettos. I've learned more about these knives from his extremely knowledgeable, pull-no-punches posts on the various forums than from any other source. In fact, Bill's opinions have had a major influence on my entry into Italian knife collecting. I bought my first picklock based on his input.
Thanks, Mr. DeShivs.
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Re: Humpbacks pulled from ebay
orangeboy wrote:Three of those others have the same stampPanzerfaust wrote:I can't say for sure without seeing the knife, but the stamp appears deeper than on any of the 1960s knives I own, and I just got them out for comparison.orangeboy wrote:
Good observation, but maybe it's because it was sharpened and short and cleaned?
Yes, but the stamp is deeper on the first one. Here is a Hoffritz manual humpback with bayo blade that I bought for 15 bucks at a gun show. Am I in it too deep?
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Just picked up another false-button humpback (2nd from right) I like these knives...
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Those aren’t humpbacks. Those are lockback models patented by Angelo Campolin Sr in 1961.portlandmike wrote:Just picked up another false-button humpback (2nd from right) I like these knives...
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Hey Portland Mike, here are two rare and matching (the 8” and 11” have identical tang stamps both front and back) automatic lockback models that were designed by Angelo Campolin Sr in 1961.portlandmike wrote:Just picked up another false-button humpback (2nd from right) I like these knives...
A few years ago I discovered the patent for these. In 1961 Angelo Campolin Sr. designed these and submitted his design for a patent. Even the Campolin family didn’t know their grandfather designed this lockback mechanism. Grandpa must have been a humble master craftsman.
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Re: Humpbacks pulled from ebay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Italia ... SwhUpcab6T
Definitely a sharpened and short and overcleaned blade.
Definitely a sharpened and short and overcleaned blade.
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