When I bought this the only picture available was from far away, I thought this thing was just a sales tag. When it arrived I was surprised to find that it's....not a tag.
Im not certain what the metal is. I've sent pictures to a jeweler and they've said initially the stone looks real, but of unknown quality. They'd have to see in person to verify.
Does anyone know about these? I've looked around and seen a few other examples with various badges attached, and a few with nothing but the rosewood inlay. One of the badges on another example appeared to be brass and saphires.
Were these embellishments after market done by a jeweler or cutler? Or done in house? It seems well done.
Kershaw 2005 money clip knife embellishment
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Re: Kershaw 2005 money clip knife embellishment
I know that a company called O. C. Tanner worked with
Gerber for the award pocket knives with the emblems and gems.
Maybe O. C. Tanner worked with Kershaw as well.

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Re: Kershaw 2005 money clip knife embellishment
A quick search and i came across this old ebay listing.

This is a screen shot of the listing instead of a link for future reference's sake.


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Re: Kershaw 2005 money clip knife embellishment
I know that this is the Kershaw Knife Forum.
Besides O.C. TANNER, there was or is another award company that worked with GERBER.
That award company was or is called JOSTENS. Maybe JOSTENS worked with Kershaw also.

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