Search found 7058 matches
- Thu Jun 27, 2002 1:53 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Leverlock Push Tabs- question for the experts
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4497
I would think that the hole is for traction, and possibly for lanyard use, though I have never seen that stated. The Europeans are very tradition-oriented people, and this is the way most have always been built. It works well, looks traditional- so I suspect that is the reason. Plain levers are slip...
- Thu Jun 27, 2002 1:47 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Perlox? Pearlex? Pearlox?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15585
- Thu Jun 27, 2002 10:51 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Perlox? Pearlex? Pearlox?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15585
- Wed Jun 26, 2002 2:35 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Stiletto Siciliano
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7754
- Wed Jun 26, 2002 2:32 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Help Please -- Trying to learn about an Italian Automatic
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4219
Well, not to contradict any of the resident experts here.... but the knife in question, if it has shell pullers on the rear, is a fairly rare knife. It is a button lock, not a lever lock, and was sold by the Zoppis company in the late 1960s-early 1970s. If this description is correct, the knife is r...
- Fri Jun 21, 2002 2:38 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Micarta, etc
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4271
- Mon Jun 10, 2002 6:36 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Shall I buy it ...?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4339
Tessa 11" long, open; brass bolsters & lever; steel liners; buffalo horn scales, steel pins. If this description fits the knife, it's Indian. No one knows the story on these, but they have been around since at least the 1960s. In good condition they are worth about $150 US. The crude construction of...
- Mon Jun 10, 2002 2:20 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Shall I buy it ...?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4339