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JulesVane wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:13 pm Geez, a nice vintage Latama for $80. I’ve stepped in crap before, but never that lucky! Good deal!

I was even luckier at the beginning of the year when I managed to get an 11” Rosco picklock in a pawn shop for $40! I’ve been on a winning streak lately getting bargain deals on picklocks.

whippersnapper wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:32 pm It's Italian. You should have used extra virgin olive oil...lol

I blasted the vegetable oil out with some WD40.

I got some WD40 so it won’t be a problem. I really don’t have the money to send it for repair right now. The knife is going in my display cabinet where it will be stored open. It’s not one I plan to carry.

Thanks everyone for all the suggestions!

Holy crap! You guys aren’t going to believe this but I got it working. After oiling it up and trying to stick a bent paper clip up inside the handle, I fiddled with the safety a bunch and got it up into the locked position which pushed the button up! I closed it and it locked shut. The button works ...

So I went in and bought the knife today. The lady said it would be worth $275 in working order, but I made her an offer of $80 to buy it as is and she accepted my offer. As soon as I got it home I soaked it in some vegetable oil. That didn’t appear to loosen it up at all. I’ve attached some pics her...

You do know how to close a picklock, don't you? If it won't stay closed, that will be an expensive repair, as the knife has to be disassembled, repaired and reassembled. Yes I know how to close a picklock. I have one in my collection. The problem is that it wouldn’t stay closed. The button appeared...

Next time I go in, I’ll ask her to show it to me again so I can take some pics. She hasn’t put the knife out on sale yet. She wanted to see if they could fix it first before selling it. If nothing else, maybe I’ll make an offer to her to buy it as is at a discount price of $75 or $100. I could then ...

I was in my local antique mall earlier today. The lady who works there showed me a switchblade her dad found. It was an old Latama picklock. I believe it was a 9”, had some kind of horn handle, and is probably from the 1950s. She looked it up and saw how much they go for and knew they had found a ge...

Here is a picture of the spring but not snapped I had one of these springs break on a NATO. Luckily I had a broken TOP Automatic OTF comb that had a similar latch spring. I took it and filed it down with a Dremel to fit the one that was in the NATO. Sure enough it worked and I got the NATO working ...

The knife in that video belongs to my buddy Christian Thorn. He has a really nice switchblade collection. He has an old AGA Campolin shell puller lock back stiletto, which is no longer in production. He also has a Bargeon and a Case Cheetah auto conversion done by the late Tank Fisher.

Mario A Rosco picklock for 40 dollars I think its a real steal and .I would have snapped it up aswell . . Pity about the blade being overly sharpened but this knife was obviously a user ,not a drawer queen and would have a few stories to tell i'll wager. Do you plan to clean it up,alter it etc or l...

Hey guys, I was at a pawn shop earlier looking at some knives the guy had. He had some stuff that was way overpriced and some stuff that was underpriced. Typical with pawn shops. After a couple minutes of looking I noticed what looked like a stiletto behind a stun gun box. I waited for the guy to ge...

LOTFK wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2024 12:08 pm Amazing collection!

Thank you Jay! Happy New Year!

I just thought of something. Have you tried pinning the blade and bolsters in place? Maybe that’s a step that needs done first in order for the spring to work. I know the directions say to insert the spring first, but to me it seems like that step should come last. I’m just thinking maybe there’s no...

How exactly is the spring not fitting? Is it too big for this particular model of knife? Have you tried inserting it and finding something to hold it in place while you hammer the pin down? Maybe you could demonstrate to us what it’s getting hung up on.