Jocko, When Camillus contracted with Jerry to make a commercial version of his Commenchero Bowie, they obviously needed a prototype to work from. The knife shown above was the the Commenchero that Jerry used to make them that prototype. He traced this knife blade to make them a pattern, and you can tell that the blades are identical. When I bought the Commenchero from Jerry, he sent me an owners certificate stating that this is the knife he used to make a prototype for Camillus. So, in effect, my knife is the prototype of the prototype. The knife Jerry sent Camillus was probably not a usable knife. At least, I can see no reason for it to have been.
Camillus decided, later on, to use a different guard and a different handle, but they kept the blade from my original. I think the guard and handle were probably changed to keep costs down. The guard and handle shapes on my Commenchero should have been more expensive to re-produce.
If I'm way off base on any of the above, maybe Will or Jerry will come on board and straighten it out. The only thing that I know for sure, is that my Commenchero was used as the first pattern for the OVB bowie.
