All About Pocket Knives

haha.

I was ready to pile on and jump on camouflage but then discovered I don't know how to spell it.

It's "camelflags", of course.

FRJ wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 5:55 pm It's "camelflags", of course.

For me, "camouflage" is a hard word to spell right, but "Survival"? What a screw-up! Especially when it's among the biggest text on the box! They most be running it through "spel cheek".

I thought it was "camel flogger"?

Surreal.

I tried to find a translation, but I couldn't find the word "survial" in any language. I was thinking perhaps French, but no dice. Maybe SMKW knows?

I am surprised Smokey Mountain did not see this mistake and correct it before the first
sale.

You wonder if you cannot spell it, can you make (sell) a good product??

Bob

In one of my former jobs I proofread product data sheets written by technical writers. Sometimes the most obvious mistakes, like titles and headers, are the most difficult to catch.

Ken

Are you sure it's not supposed to be SureVial. That design of survival blade is sure vial to me.

What year was this Survial knife sold ? The price sticker looks like from the 'Old Daze'.
kj

As someone who has more or less depended on his ability to spell things correctly,I am not really surprised that something like this slipped through the cracks. Likely as not the printing was done overseas where the ability to spell things properly can be a bit less than ideal.
It brings to mind instruction sheets for various items that were composed and printed in Japan in the 1950's.Their translations into English were almost comical although in most languages the sentence structure is vastly different than English.
I also seem to recall someone posting a tang stamp of a knife that was spelled incorrectly. Can't recall which company though.
When type was set by hand for newspapers and books errors were pretty common and if you were a proofreader it must have driven you crazy.

I like to post this every few years. I copied it from an Ebay listing at least ten years ago. Obviously from someone in Asia.
"SCHRADE HISTORY: Schrade knives are certainly one involving America’s finest knives whose features received value through nationwide and also the globe at the same time. Founded in 1975 by Stewart Taylor, your Taylor Brand names possess created, allocated and also created high-quality knives which have slept higher than the game. Having its technologically advanced components, carbon metal knives have been the delight involving Schrade knives. Hand-crafted together with utmost detail, Schrade knives have created a name that is certainly regarded all over the world.

Having a number of models to be able to appeal to diverse discerning style, the particular SCHRADE KNIVES customized knives in order to meet the requirements of the buyers who will be either enthusiastic cutlery collectors as well as first-time people that are impressed using its overall performance. Deals with tend to be involving stag, metal, acicular bone, mommy of gem, buffalo grass horn, black and other durable resources that will tolerate fantastic force without suffering appearance. Getting one of these is sure to keep the collection a single chef’s knife seeking much better. Schrade has been supplying knives for civilians and troops likewise going back hundred years ago. However, these people never have usually tried it under the parent firm they are now under. That they used to be an independent company and have already been doing this beyond Ellenville, New York since the year 1904. With regards to three decades previously, they joined up with Jones and Wesson within the father organization Taylor Makes, in the Appalachian mountains of Kingsport, Tennessee. Because his or her brand modified does not always mean Schrade knives have grown to be any a smaller amount capable of ending up being named among the best knives on the market. They have interpreted their unyielding good quality to the modern day manufacturing techniques, bringing about more offered, exceptional knives that any of our fantastic grandparents will be proud to obtain. Unfortunately, it wasn’t constantly an even path with regard to Schrade. Several blade hobbyists scrambled to acquire a common cutlery while that for series. Tiny do they already know Taylor Brands would likely rapidly choose the model upward off the floor, pull out their own graphic, and initiate manufacturing knives below their own industry name once more.

That old Schrade knives, LIKE THIS ONE, tend to be well-known knives using this brand name. It’s been useful for the particular military as well as legislations enforcements due to the sturdiness as well as reliability. It has saw-cut addresses along with dime increases. Additionally, it has an inlay safeguard where the old timers press has become engraved. Considering that the manufacturing involving Schrade knives was halted. There are only a few of those that you can seldom uncover and you’ll need to look up well on the internet and using specialized retailers to get a single Schrade knife."

Could this be a Smokey Mountain version of the The Inverted Jenny (also known as an Upside Down Jenny, Jenny Invert)? Maybe that spelling mistake is worth a fortune, like that rare stamp? $$ $$$ $$$ ,,, FYI; The Jenny Invert is a 24 cent United States postage stamp first issued on May 10, 1918, in which the image of the Curtiss JN-4 airplane in the center of the design is printed upside-down; it is probably the most famous error in American philately.

tongue, I think that eBay listing got lost in translation.

tongueriver wrote: ↑Tue Nov 10, 2020 7:35 pm I like to post this every few years. I copied it from an Ebay listing at least ten years ago. Obviously from someone in Asia.

Wow.......talk about a sales pitch. Long winded little cuss, wasn't he!?

I've had this knife in my collection for 5-6 years, and it's been in the family for decades. It's one of those cheap Japanese-made rulers that reveals a knife blade with scaler and bottle opener. Just now noticed they mispelled "knife"!

Note how "KNIFE" is spelled "KNIEF".