operation desert storm sharpfinger scrimshaw

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joer6457

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hello,i am new.i recently got a sc502 scrimshaw with operation desert storm limited edition on the blade,and scrimshaw of army tank fighter plane and eagle .backside of blade has stamped ss14(maybe salesman sample).it has all paper work including registration certificate desert storm commemorative scrimshaw knife 1991.any one ever seen one of these?thanks
 
Thanks For The Welcome,i Have No Trouble Adding Pictures On Ebay Etc.,but Cant Seem To Figure This Out,am I Even Allowed To Post Pictures,i Am Only A Registered User,any Advice Would Be Appreciated,thanks Again
 
joer6457 said:
Thanks For The Welcome,i Have No Trouble Adding Pictures On Ebay Etc.,but Cant Seem To Figure This Out,am I Even Allowed To Post Pictures,i Am Only A Registered User,any Advice Would Be Appreciated,thanks Again
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I don't have a photo archived of this issue, but I do have some production information and background on it. Here is the art mockup from my archive.



Since art mockups are in a sense "prototypes", they quite often vary significantly in appearance from the eventual samples and production knives. There are essentially photocopies with cut-and-paste (literally) artwork of scrim stamps and etches. It will be interesting to see how different the production art is from this mockup.

Yes, most likely the knife is a salesman's sample. There were usually fifty knives made with the "SS" serial, but not always.

If you remember, Desert Storm was just that. A whirlwind that rolled out of the desert and over Iraq. By the time these "commemorative" knives could be thought up, designed and approved, and produced, Desert Storm was a fact of history rather than current event. The production order is dated May of 1991 and calls for finished product by July of 1991. They were to be bonus knives given without charge to dealers who bought the HK91 hunting knife displays. I don't have a flyer (that I can locate) of the HK91, but here is an example of the HK92 with the 1992 502HK in place.

http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/FLYERS/1990s/pages/SC92-LA31.htm

This Limited Edition bonus knife was accompanied by a more general issue of 10,000 desert camo Desert Storm SP-3 commem, and preceeded (only slightly) by a short run of Desert Shield commems.

Michael
 
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