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Had to share this to prove even a blind pig finds an acorn every now & then! Found this early red spacer Robeson on ebay. It was listed in the wrong section with a very vague description so was the only bidder at $50.

 

 

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Congratulations, it's fun isn't it?

 

 

Yeah, just doesn't happen as often as it used to. Back in the "old days" before all the specialized search engines, I used to find stuff all the time listed wrong & made some good money relisting in the correct category. Also used to buy stuff when yahoo had their auction site & resell on ebay at 2-3 times what I paid on yahoo.

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The positive side of all the ebay, web site, stuff for sale, is at least we get to see just what's out there, and for sale. Plus you can develop a really good sense on what is a good buy, or not. Nice RCC by the way. SKIP

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I note that it's a Robeson Shuredge Mark 2, and it has a modern (seven rivet) scabbard. A very nice find. I have tracked the red space Robeson Mark 2s over the past several years, and they tend to be ignored on ebay. I picked mine up in a nice WW2 scabbard for just a little more that this one about two years ago; no one was paying attention to it.

I don't have a good explanation for why they are ignored.

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there was another one just like this one, but with some heavy bench grinder marks on the edge that I was watching also (in the correct category) . It went for $255 so as usual, no real rhyme or reason at times.

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Well for about an hour today I was on cloud 9. Surfing thru the Bay today looking for another item entirely different, I ran across a listing for a Camillus MIL-K-818 dated 1962. At first I thought they misplaced the decimal point. Hit the buy it now button and completed the transaction. Everything looked good, got conformation with a estimated delivery date for this Saturday, Wa-whooo! Well the seller sent me a message with a full refund, stating that the item had already been sold and was re-listed by mistake.

I only hope that someone here was the lucky winner of this piece.

Keep hunting.

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had this blade marked Camillus come in today & was amazed at how nice the blade is. I took a pic of it next to one of the NOS blades I have. A keeper for sure!

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Thanks! I have my fingers crossed that the Kinfolks thats on the way will be as nice. It was another bargain purchase due to some very poor pictures, but from what I could tell the blade looked clean.

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