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Fellow knife collectors and Camillus reps,
I've got a qusetion that I thought I could possibly bring up here. Sometime in the 80's, I bought my father a small 2 bladed penknife for Christmas, the knife was a Coleman/Western #W244 with wood handles. He carried the knife for some time and at some point in it's use the clip point main blade broke off at the tang. That happened years ago, but now of recent, my father passed away this past month, while my mother was going through some things of his things, she came across this very knife that I had given to him back then. Although it was broken, he still had kept it in his top dresser drawer, and other than the broken blade the knife is near mint. It was found inside a padded envelope he had addressed to "Western Cutlery" of Longmont, CO. I know now that they are no longer there, and a quick search of the internet for Coleman/Western brought me to Camillus Cutlery. As my father was, I am a native of East Syracuse. Also as my father was, I am a big fan of Camillus knives, and have been a collector of pocketknives in general for almost 20 years. My question and point to all of this? This knife obviously has extreme sentimental value to me, is Camillus is now covering Coleman/Western warranties, as this one has a 100 year warranty. If so, will the knife be repaired or replaced? For obvious reasons I would not want a replacement, but would rather want this very knife to have a new clip point blade installed. If I were to send it in, would I be guaranteed to get this very knife returned? I would rather keep it broken than get another in it's place. Any thoughts?
Fellow knife nut...
Dan
I've got a qusetion that I thought I could possibly bring up here. Sometime in the 80's, I bought my father a small 2 bladed penknife for Christmas, the knife was a Coleman/Western #W244 with wood handles. He carried the knife for some time and at some point in it's use the clip point main blade broke off at the tang. That happened years ago, but now of recent, my father passed away this past month, while my mother was going through some things of his things, she came across this very knife that I had given to him back then. Although it was broken, he still had kept it in his top dresser drawer, and other than the broken blade the knife is near mint. It was found inside a padded envelope he had addressed to "Western Cutlery" of Longmont, CO. I know now that they are no longer there, and a quick search of the internet for Coleman/Western brought me to Camillus Cutlery. As my father was, I am a native of East Syracuse. Also as my father was, I am a big fan of Camillus knives, and have been a collector of pocketknives in general for almost 20 years. My question and point to all of this? This knife obviously has extreme sentimental value to me, is Camillus is now covering Coleman/Western warranties, as this one has a 100 year warranty. If so, will the knife be repaired or replaced? For obvious reasons I would not want a replacement, but would rather want this very knife to have a new clip point blade installed. If I were to send it in, would I be guaranteed to get this very knife returned? I would rather keep it broken than get another in it's place. Any thoughts?
Fellow knife nut...
Dan
