<tedfords@attbi.com> writes: <..., and I have -Never- seen, a white plastic Campy corkscrew.>
the one we use nightly (!!!???) is white plastic. also, in the shop i have a red one, and a black one. both-plastic. e-RICHIE chester, ct "leave the bottle, barkeeper."
On Mon, 3 Jun 2002 22:38:39 -0700 "Dan and Holly" <tedfords@attbi.com>
writes:
> 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