Poor quality Camillus?

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smartin013

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I just bought a couple of knives from a seller on ebay and they are not what I expected from a Camillus knife. :( The first was a 5" folded and 9" open. It is horribly sloppy, very poorly sharpened and it even has casting/cut marks on the lock release. The second is a Camillus "AUREOLE" and the finish is good but the sharpening job is poor and will require reshaping to get a decent edge.
I have not experienced this before with Camillus and I am wondering if there is some reason behind the poor quality. I can post pics if anyone is interested.
Thanks
 
Send them back to the seller if they are not what you expect. Camillus is out of business and will not be returning.

I've on occassion bought something on Ebay which was not as held out. only once did I have an issue and it was only by offering to start a paypal dispute did I get my funds back.
 
How did the seller describe the knives? If they are clearly a manufacturing fault then I don't think you should take it out on the seller. Are we allowed to post a link to an ended auction? I'd like to see the sellers description and some pics.
 
Camillus went out of business. Taylor is now using the name on some of his junk knives.
 
Here is a few pics. I am in communication with the seller. I think what they might be is seconds/rejects from the factory before they went out of buisness or maybe some they sold at auction.
OK so how does one go about uploading pictures?
 
I have a friend that went to the clearout auction from Camillus after they shut down and bought a bunch of near finished, half finished,and parts of knives.They are all over ebay now.Sounds like what you got.I just bought a bunch of unmarked Camillus blanks myself.
 
Welcome to Bladeforums! The really cool way to post pix is to become a member -- then you can upload your pix directly from your own hard drive to the Bladeforums servers. Click on "Upgrade your forums experience, and help support this site" at the top of any page for membership details.

You can also post pix by using another host on the web. There are several tutorials floating around the forums; you might have a look at http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=371650
 
Someone else is using the name Camillus Blades. Also the Camco name is on a bunch of China made knives now. I have not heard who bought the rights to the name Camillus but I thought I had seen a bunch of suspect knives at the Sportsman's Guide website.
 
Alot of knives sold at the auction were rejects & accumulations from the repair department!
The Camillus name (as well as all other trademarks & patents) were purchased by Acme United, who also own Clauss & Tigersharp brands.
Camillus Blades is a doomed pirate!
I have not seen any Taylor use of Camillus, anyone got a link?
 
Thanks guys. I fell off the edge of the world for a couple of days. I believe the knives I got to be 2nds.
Thanks
 
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