Never too old to learn a lesson

[glennbad]

I occasionally buy random knives from ebay. Most of the time, My intuition pays off and I get a decent knife. But I have been burned by thinking (or wishing) a knife is something it isn't. Often pictures are sketchy at best, so I am left guessing.

Case in point, I saw this knife in a lot, the others were junk, but this one really intrigued me. Knowing that you never really know everything that a maker may have produced, I dreamily thought I had found some unicorn Streamline pattern that Camillus had made. Turned out to be just a modded Streamline clip blade franken-knifed into a different frame. For your amusement...

Anyone else got a story about seeing something awesome that turned out to be a dud?

Glenn

[KleenCut61]

I Bought a Remington Pen with awesome jigged bone , Master Blade was a Keen Cutter , Needles to say its in a Baggy some were in the Parts Drawer Others I don't care to admit too I here ya though Glenn , E-Bay can be a scary place to spend your hard earned green , With the Good, Bad , And just plain Fugly __K.C.

[jerryd6818]

Glenn, you're not the first one to buy a Pig-In-A-Poke. I've allowed poor pictures, iffy descriptions and wishful thinking guide me into the dark more than once. My greatest sin is not inquiring as to the closed length and ending up with some teeny-tiny something or other.

[msteele6]

Both the shield and the handle material look like Camillus.

JMO

[Meridian_Mike]

Yep, I have gotten a couple of those "knife lots" that had some nice looking knives laying amongst the bunch. Only problem is, when you get 'em and open 'em they have broken blades or worn out blades. Or, laying shield side up and the far side scale is gone.

Makes me want to put 'em all in a pile, list 'em on the 'bay for a starting bid of $.02 with $20 shipping.. . But, I don't just have the heart to do that to anybody.

Mike

[glennbad]

Both the shield and the handle material look like Camillus.

JMO

I know, that's what sent me further down the rabbit hole.

[bestgear]

Makes me want to put 'em all in a pile

Mike - save them for the next POS Roundtable - it sure soothes the pain when you know somebody is going to get a few yucks over the steaming pile that they open up!

[Meridian_Mike]

Makes me want to put 'em all in a pile

Mike - save them for the next POS Roundtable - it sure soothes the pain when you know somebody is going to get a few yucks over the steaming pile that they open up!

LOL...Yep, steaming pile is right.

[Hillbilly70]

Glenn, you're not the first one to buy a Pig-In-A-Poke. I've allowed poor pictures, iffy descriptions and wishful thinking guide me into the dark more than once. My greatest sin is not inquiring as to the closed length and ending up with some teeny-tiny something or other.

Wishful thinking has got me a few times for sure!

[Landersknives]

Yep I have lived in a dream world also, looking.... thinking maybe just maybe there is something there I can salvage. Get the knife or knives in and have to add them to my parts. But the more parts you have the better chance you have to help someone or yourself restore/rebuild something later so there is a small silver lining it just may take a while to see it. Disassemble and store and wait.

[Pile Driver]

I paid ~$100 BIN for my first coke bottle hunter which I thought I got the jump on a recently listed Tested XX era Case on eBay. Turns out it was a heavily taken down case blade in an American Knife and Sheer Co frame. It's got some good parts but it just sits in a drawer. Live and learn. I also payed up and bought a lot of what I thought were old Case knives as an investment as safe queens but they were all forgeries, that one really hurt I almost decided to stop collecting and liquidate. I guess I'll leave old Case knives to the pros lol.

[OLDE CUTLER]

Makes me want to put 'em all in a pile

Mike - save them for the next POS Roundtable - it sure soothes the pain when you know somebody is going to get a few yucks over the steaming pile that they open up!

Right you are!! That's what I would do with them. I think the POS roundtable is a great thing!!

[Meridian_Mike]

Makes me want to put 'em all in a pile

Mike - save them for the next POS Roundtable - it sure soothes the pain when you know somebody is going to get a few yucks over the steaming pile that they open up!

Right you are!! That's what I would do with them. I think the POS roundtable is a great thing!!

Sounds like fun for sure. BUT you would have to sent out 15 and only get 10 POS knives in return to come out ahead....LOL
And than, I keep reading where somebody gets a nice knife during the POS exchange. I would feel bad if somebody sent me something nice after I sent out a BIG STEAMING pile to somebody..... LOL.
(Does sound like fun though..... I might have to jine in next time.)

[bestgear]

It is fun Mike and you can participate in any way that you'd like meaning that you can send out all POS's or add one "gem" to the steaming pile - your call. I keep a box of POS's and I usually send 10-12 during the swap.

[Meridian_Mike]

It is fun Mike and you can participate in any way that you'd like meaning that you can send out all POS's or add one "gem" to the steaming pile - your call. I keep a box of POS's and I usually send 10-12 during the swap.

LOL... I guess I need to start me a POS box then.
Yep, does sound like fun...

Mike

[msteele6]

I just saw a knife identical to this one on Facebook.

Same handles, same pattern, same shield, same Streamline stamping. The knife appears to be correct. The Facebook knife has two blades.

[orvet]

I guess I'll leave old Case knives to the pros lol.

That's exactly what I do!
Bernard Levine says," I know what I know, and I know what I don't know."

When it comes to Case Knives, that is one of the subjects I know, that I don't know. I never pay more for a Case knife than what I would pay for the knife strictly as a user. Because I know that I don't know old Case knives.

Sometimes knowing what you don't know saves you more money then the things you do know!