Too good not to share: Case Tested/Camillus Yellowjacket

[pointythings]

While I don't think the seller knows anything about knives, the person who put this one together certainly didn't have a clue either:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/294692267423

[Beavertail]

Just reading that listing gave me a headache.

[kris_kross]

that's so rare it must be one of a kind...

[Eye Brand Man]

[herbva]

Now that is a true RED HERRING!

[treefarmer]

Looking close at this beauty, it appears that the Case Tested/YellowJacket blade may be the only blade that has a nail nick that is actually exposed when the blades are all closed. The spines of the two blades mounted in the front seem to be level with the frame. They didn't show the pile side closed up for some reason.
I made an offer of $5.
Treefarmer

[1967redrider]

Wonda edged ta boot!!! Case really outdid themselves with this Congress!!! Probably also a "Prototype."

But it has "some snap."

[1967redrider]

Looking close at this beauty, it appears that the Case Tested/YellowJacket blade may be the only blade that has a nail nick that is actually exposed when the blades are all closed. The spines of the two blades mounted in the front seem to be level with the frame. They didn't show the pile side closed up for some reason.
I made an offer of $5.
Treefarmer

I don't think I could go over 99¢, tree.

[Mumbleypeg]

Seller’s pictures, for posterity sake.

To my knowledge Case never made this pattern with yellow synthetic handles, at least not in the Tested era. Pictures are poor but the tang stamps appear to be engraved, not stamped. The knife has a “Delrin shield” which never appeared until well after the Tested era (although poorly done, the tang stamps say Tested XX). Master blade is etched “Yellow Jacket - a name never used by Case. The pattern number stamped on the blades is 712. Maybe a Camillus number but not one ever used by Case. As TF pointed out, the secondary blade nail nicks are not even accessible when closed! I could go on but why bother?

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For comparison here’s a real, uncontaminated Camillus 712.

Camillus 712

Ken

[gsmith7158]

I'm speechless !

[OLDE CUTLER]

I am going to buy it because it is "ambidexterous".

[Mumbleypeg]

I am going to buy it because it is "ambidexterous".

True. Those secondary blades can’t be opened with either hand!

Ken

[treefarmer]

As I mentioned yesterday, I made an offer for $5.00, the offer was declined. Just got a notice that the knife sold for a bid of $80.00. The ebay notice said, "This item is gone but there's more!" Goodness, I hope not!
I noticed the seller had other knives that looked legitimate and not priced as the one in question.
Treefarmer

[56Dodgers]

What a hilariously bad idea this knife was. However, the idea of a yellow comp Case congress is appealing. Also, does it look like they just swapped the Camillus shield with a genuine Case shield, or did they engrave the Camillus shield? If they swapped it out with a genuine 70's Case delrin-style shield, I'd say Camillus was making their shield pretty close to Case in size, almost too close.

I'm also very intrigued about the Case tested engraving. That would be quite a job to do freehand, even with the steadiest of hands. This is the first time I've seen an engraved long tail C mark on a modern stainless blade.

[Mumbleypeg]

What a hilariously bad idea this knife was. However, the idea of a yellow comp Case congress is appealing. Also, does it look like they just swapped the Camillus shield with a genuine Case shield, or did they engrave the Camillus shield? If they swapped it out with a genuine 70's Case delrin-style shield, I'd say Camillus was making their shield pretty close to Case in size, almost too close.

I'm also very intrigued about the Case tested engraving. That would be quite a job to do freehand, even with the steadiest of hands. This is the first time I've seen an engraved long tail C mark on a modern stainless blade.

Probably done using a pantograph engraver machine. Some can be pretty well done but it looks like whoever did this one was just learning! The pictures are so poor (probably intentionally so) that it’s difficult to tell.

Ken