Sneaky tube surprise

[CoffeeCat2112]

So, I was fiddling around organizing my boxes and tubes last night and made a little discovery that made me laugh.

Here's a GEC boys knife tube:


I compared it to a couple Charlow tubes. This is what my ebony and rust red bone tubes have on them:


Hey! Someone wrote on the bucket:


Then I inspected the latest tube from a soup bone Charlow:
The boys have been flipped...


But wait...what's that on the bucket now?


Heh heh...

 

[Woodrow F Call]

Pretty neat.

 

[jujigatame]

Cross that off the bucket list, so to speak.

 

[Sonnemann]

 

[mike Berkovitch]

Well, on the tube of my TC the writing on the bucket says C. CAMPAGNA, HARNESS MAKER

Mike

 

[CoffeeCat2112]

Well, on the tube of my TC the writing on the bucket says C. CAMPAGNA, HARNESS MAKER

Mike

Ha! Great!

 

[WA Martin]

I'm going to have to go reexamine my tubes when I get home.

 

[Jack Black]

Nice

 

[Humppa]

That´s a really cool detail - I realized Charlies name on my TC Barlow but I had no idea that on any other type of this knife another term is written on the tube. Just great. This made me smile.

 

[ddml]

Good stuff!

 

[fatcorgi]

could someone explain the reference for me?

 

[thawk]

Well, on the tube of my TC the writing on the bucket says C. CAMPAGNA, HARNESS MAKER

Mike

It's true, I got a Harness Maker version. Are there others?

 

[T. Erdelyi]

I love when a company adds those little touches that name you reexamine the packaging, paper work and knife.
d

 

[waynorth]

About time someone noticed!! Nice going Blaine!!

The first run of spears referred back to the several runs of Harness Jacks that I have done, to revive that old Pattern! So "harness maker"! I also used to make my living as a leathersmith back in the early 1970s.
When the Clip Barlows came out, I thought a reference to Canada would be cool! I am a US citizen, but live here with my Canadian Wife, just over the Border.
When we reversed the pen blade to the pile side, Bill suggested we reverse the image, to see if anyone noticed. And I thought a reference to the "vinegar teasing" I get after the Great Old Boiley Incident would add a little interest as well!
Finally, we kept the reversed image for what was first called "Inside Out" (reversed) bone, now called Soup Bone !
The back labels have changed as well - for another post . . . . . .

 

[Jack Black]

About time someone noticed!!

Nice going Blaine!!

:thumbup:

Very cool Charlie

 

[ddml]

About time someone noticed!! Nice going Blaine!!

 

[waynorth]

That's a great moving picture, Owen!

For those who don't have all the editions, here they are in order:

Front and back labels for the first Spear blades;

For the second release, of Clip bladed Barlows;

And last, the labels for the pile side pens, and (inside out) Soup Bones!!

I'm busy dreaming something up for the next one!!

 

[meako]

glad to hear that.

 

[jkulysses]

Well that's actually pretty cool!

 

[Jack Black]

Very nice Charlie