While I normally stay in the background I feel compelled to speak on this one! Not sure if it is genuine but I have to agree with Steve's initial skepticism. Look at the outside points on the arms vs the box photo - pointed vs rounded. Not the same (Unless there's a diamond with a <4> on one and a circle with a (3) on the other - Joke!!). I grew up in shops, I drink wine, I dream of wasting money on a Campy corkscrew, and I have several bike part distributor catalogs that I can order from through a former bike industry job and none of them contain, and I have -Never- seen, a white plastic Campy corkscrew. Pewter or Bronze, that is all! Perhaps this is a new ceramic "Record" model, or maybe an Italy/Euro not-for-export model. Can Mr. Storino enlighten us? Will he send a cease and desist letter if it is a fake? Dan Tedford SF "Whine-city-USA", CA
In a message dated 6/3/02 1:03:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time, chuckschmidt@earthlink.net writes:
<< Not genuine??? Why would that be?
>>
My mistake, I didn't see the logo on the end of the box. I may be further
mistaken, but I think I've recently seen similar items that I assumed were
made under license. My recollection of when they first came out is they were
silver anodized like the bike parts, then available as a "bronze" anodized
item. About the time I dropped out of bicycles for a few years, I had never
seen any white ones. Doesn't mean they didn't make them, I just hadn't seen
them circa 1987-88. So what's the deal. When were the ones like in the
auction made? Are they still available? Or just as someone's NOS? Anyone have
a silver one for sale?
Stevan Thomas
Alameda, CA