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I agree, those scales are amazing. Great job, John.

My thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends. R.I.P Jim.

Panzerfaust is correct. These were made in Italy in the early 60's. They were mentioned in the book Switchblades of Italy.
It is a button open/close, just like the French Bargeon switches.
Great cool old knife.

Hello Razor, I have more of that green abalone laminate. I plan on putting it on a Mikov and a few other knives. I hope they come out as well as this one did. Thank you, Razor, for checking my thread and writing a comment, John Hi John. The Mikov would look awesome with a set of these scales. Also ...

These look amazing. The 11 inches are my favorite.

What else can I say, except AWESOME.

Another great conversions, John. Well done. Really like the scales.

How does one quote a post made after their own? ILS is a genius and everyone should send him money. Whenever you quote a post, it creates a new one next in line. However, once the process is started you can copy and paste in an earlier post or even on on a different topic or forum. You can edit the...

Happy birthday Jimbeam. all the best.

Hey Dave, promise to do better next time. Maybe that's why my uncle in Massachusett calls me the crazy Canuck.
Manny

Not exactly the same model. The one Dave and I have is the auto version and they usually go for about $150. You can not buy an auto on Ebay since the ban a few years ago, so the model you mentioned is a manual. As Dave mentions, the Gerber auto is one solid built knife. I have a feeling that the Ger...

Viking45 wrote:

Razor_54 wrote:Looks like a German export and as mentioned not up there in value but still a nice knife.

I bet you are right about that.

(Made in Italy but for the German market)

Thanks Dave. That's what I meant.

Have the same model, Dave and couldn't agree more.

ILikeStilettos wrote:

Razor_54 wrote:I have a Gerber 06 and wouldn't trade it for a couple of Rizzuto's.

But if you had a couple of Rizzutos you could trade them for another 06 - a marriage made in heaven.

Very true.

I have a Gerber 06 and wouldn't trade it for a couple of Rizzuto's.