Worlds crappiest switchblade thread.

[fastr19]

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I had thrown this in a drawer. When I found it a peek had manifested all by itself.

[fastr19]

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This one self-destructed sitting in a drawer.

[Twobit]

There's another Cupid clone, though it looks to be maybe a side folder?

It does look like a Cupid clone side opener. But, I should have added something to judge the size. I think it's about 3" OAL

Well, it's to scale, pretty well anyway.

[fastr19]

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This one actually has a safety.

[whippersnapper]

IMG_2262.JPG Small and cheap!

At one time I had all of the pistols. Today I could only find one left.

[whippersnapper]

IMG_3659.jpgThe ubiquitous Venezia. These were actually auctioned at one time.IMG_3661.jpg

I never got around to picking up one of the Venice boat knives.

[Mario]

A few of my cheapies.

[JulesVane]

I never got around to picking up one of the Venice boat knives.

They must still be making them. PVK has them for $15 each. Yet, they are selling some on FB for $30 to $40 each !

https://www.pvk.com/Venice-Keychain-Sta ... /gonbk.htm

[portlandmike]

Heres a couple of my cheapos ,a little key ring FES otf

Gravknife … that little OTF might be a cheapo, but it has value. About a year ago I found that model in red and sold it for over $120… And I haven’t seen one with the etch on the blade.

[whippersnapper]

Mario,the black peanut on the top right was the first one I dared buy off the internet. I sure miss that dial up internet...lol

And I remember winning an auction for a box of 12 of the black plastic bird head one on the far right. I got the whole box for something like 5 bucks shipped. I gave them to anyone who would take them. They are definately a top 5 crappiest in my book.

You beat me posting a compass one, Mario, but since I already loaded the pics here's a smaller one....

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[whippersnapper]

Heres a couple of my cheapos ,a little key ring FES otf

Gravknife … that little OTF might be a cheapo, but it has value. About a year ago I found that model in red and sold it for over $120… And I haven’t seen one with the etch on the blade.

Yeah, I have seen those go for good money.

[gravknife]

Great Thread .

Thanks for letting me know the value of that little FES otf Mike and Terry ...I am shocked but I have always kinda liked it ,and to be honest any switchblade I have is now precious to me ,cheapo or not .
I think some interesting knives have been shown here by all ,and its great to see just what has been out there over the years .

I find myself really wanting one of them lighter otfs now ,you lot are a bad influence on us brits .

[Jay Blade]

Woah, Jay, is that real gold colored plastic?

Real gold colored, just not REAL gold

[whippersnapper]

Sorry Twobit....I found a mint one in the bottom of the junk drawer. These truely are pretty darn crappy imo.
I still hope you can make something from the ones your working on but wouldn't blame you if you quit.

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[Twobit]

I'm not planning on quitting, Terry. I need to find an assortment of brass pins. The stainless ones I have available at work are too hard to peen without cracking my scales. I do need to get off my arse and get going on it while I have the space to do it at work. And while I'm not expecting anything like a Bill DeShivs masterpiece, I do expect a better piece than I started with. And if I end up with two, they might be similar in design, but each one will surely be unique in some way.