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My bad phone pictures Sammy.
Theirs a swingguard lockknife marked CK ,its in need of parts and restoration,wish it could be Bill D shiv,d ,but no one in England does it.

Couple more shots
Miniature switchblade marked inox, not sure if it's a modern knife, but nicely made.
Ian

Ive taken a few shots for you Sammy. If there are any knives in particular you want to see I'll take clearer pics. They are mostly Sheffield made penknives,some Liverpool. I used to look for different scale materials at car boot sales and antique fairs. Two are one hand opening knives, by James watt...

Thanks Bill, how do you spot these things?What on this knife gave that away.
Are they common? It may be a good first restoration project, it fires but it's terrible really, spring needs attention, and pins need tapping in firmer,
What date Bill? 1970s,
Regards Ian

I know this knife is in poor condition but thought I'd post to find out about it. It has stainless liners, and jigged buffalo horn handle, the blade is a picklock and the knife has a 13 cm blade. This knife has had a hell of a working life and needs knife surgery! But I like it. It's marked RUSCHEN ...

When approximately does this date from Michaelz,?
I may be interested, give me until tomorrow,, I like it and have never seen these for sale,especially where I live.
I will pm you.

Thanks Ian

Thanks John ,lovely condition what maker is this one,i like the black scales it seems to make the blade look longer i have a kissing cranes green pearlex example ,its a bit nicer finished than the white one ,the scales are slimmed down slightly more than the branner and it looks older,with patinatio...

What's the definition of transitional Bill? Is it the D stamped liners, nickel bolsters, short safety and the shape, finish of the knife, I'm only looking on my phone but these look like nice knives that John has posted here. I've ordered a copy of Switchblades of Italy, can't find much on transitio...

Would you ship to the UK, Michaelz.
If you did begin selling these in the near future.
I'd be interested if this was possible.
I'd like one.
Thanks Ian

John, these are beautiful! Please feel free to hijack my thread if these are the hijackers:) I love them, and how great they look in all these different sizes and scales, it's obviously taken great time and knowledge to achieve this. I must take time to study makers, and I hadn't heard of Virginia u...

Didn't know knives like this existed.
It's magnificent!
Thanks for sharing it and the history of this type of knife.
It oozes build quality,even to my newbie eyes.
Regards Ian.

Lovely knives. The bottom one is my personal favourite, it's like an italian vendetta knife. I'd love to have an example in my collection,as each knife would be unique.Imagine the time and effort gathering parts and making springs etc,then shaping the blades, ... A lot of time and effort to each kni...

Thanks John, I'm looking at a new knife and would like your advice, I'm drawn to renzo beltrame, but would love a Latama,others shown to me by Peter44 are magnificent but probably out of my price range :) Would value your opinion as I'm still waiting for a book to arrive(switchblades of Italy). I ha...

Lovely knives, I for one didn't know they existed.
I love Al Mar knives, but never lucky enough to own one Viking.
Thanks for sharing these.
Regards Ian

What a great blade,I was looking into buying one of these,but that is a great looking knife.
Ian