Is this REALLY a Cami 695 "Rigging Knife" ??

[Shepherd Jim]

This Camillus folding rigger passed through eBay the other night.

The tang stamp appears to read: CAMILLUS / STAINLESS
The "birds-eye" rivet washers and the flat-strap bail are all fashioned from BRASS ! (?)

Has anyone seen this variation before?

Where DOES this knife fit into Camillus production?

 

[Phil Gibbs]

Looks Camillus to me.
Are you sure the Rosettes (Pivot washers) & clevis (bail) are brass & not tarnished nickel silver?

 

[Shepherd Jim]

Here's two more photos -- showing the other side of the blade and the closed knife, obverse side.

Phil: Tarnish you ask? I guess I didn't know that nickel silver could be THAT tarnished

I'm emailing the guy that was selling the knife. I'm sure he's already shipped it but I'll be interested to hear his opinion.

 

[Phil Gibbs]

If stored in a leather sheath, Nickel Silver can indeed tarnish worse than that!

 

[Shepherd Jim]

I never have heard back from the eBay seller of this knife.

I guess without any "evidence" in hand other than these photos we'll have to "conclude" that this is just probably a Cami 695 with badly tarnished NS parts.