88 Tang Stamp

[Denverlh]

Hey guys...What happened to this tang stamp...looks like it was double struck?...didn’t notice it before I bought it...truth be told I would have probably bought it anyway.
Denver

[thefarside]

Knife is marked like a 5488 should be marked - nice knife.

[gsmith7158]

Yes the spear point blade does appear to be double struck. In most cases an error like that doesn't really affect the value one way or the other. The errors that seem to increase values seem to be continuous runs of a small number of knives that weren't caught before release. Like the 1980 6172 with the 1970 ten dot stamp or the 61111 1/2 with the extra one.

[joefm]

heres a pic of a 10 dot 70 peanut i have thats double stamped on the pile side with the pattern number was wondering what yall thought? thanks joe

sorry about the ebay listing haha

[Denverlh]

I think that is cool...the blade must have not been in alignment the first whack

[Mumbleypeg]

Do a search here for “factory errors”. You’ll find numerous posts and pictures. It happens. It rarely ever changes the value for the better, and some won’t buy them at all for concern of fakery.

Ken