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- Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:12 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Forgotten auto
- Replies: 10
- Views: 230
Re: Forgotten auto
These are worth about $15 or $20. “Super Knife” is one of those Chinese gas station knife brands. The type of throwaway switchblade you find at flea markets and swap meets. Some of those come with a small LED flashlight in the spine of the knife that folds out. The bulb usually burns out pretty fast.
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 2:48 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Question about a Latama picklock my antique shop found
- Replies: 14
- Views: 561
Re: Question about a Latama picklock my antique shop found
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.
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 2:41 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Question about a Latama picklock my antique shop found
- Replies: 14
- Views: 561
Re: Question about a Latama picklock my antique shop found
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.
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:22 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Question about a Latama picklock my antique shop found
- Replies: 14
- Views: 561
Re: Question about a Latama picklock my antique shop found
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!
Thanks everyone for all the suggestions!
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:05 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Question about a Latama picklock my antique shop found
- Replies: 14
- Views: 561
Re: Question about a Latama picklock my antique shop found
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 ...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:36 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Question about a Latama picklock my antique shop found
- Replies: 14
- Views: 561
Re: Question about a Latama picklock my antique shop found
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...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 5:17 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Question about a Latama picklock my antique shop found
- Replies: 14
- Views: 561
Re: Question about a Latama picklock my antique shop found
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...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:39 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Question about a Latama picklock my antique shop found
- Replies: 14
- Views: 561
Re: Question about a Latama picklock my antique shop found
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 ...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:54 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Question about a Latama picklock my antique shop found
- Replies: 14
- Views: 561
Question about a Latama picklock my antique shop found
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...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:55 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Broken spring on Nato Military knife
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2577
Re: Broken spring on Nato Military knife
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 ...
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 1:29 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Found this searching 'johnny cade switchblade "
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6128
Re: Found this searching 'johnny cade switchblade "
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.
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 5:09 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Just scored my first picklock!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2070
Re: Just scored my first picklock!
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...
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 11:21 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Just scored my first picklock!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2070
Just scored my first picklock!
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...
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 5:25 pm
- Forum: Blade pictures
- Topic: My new display set-up
- Replies: 21
- Views: 20557
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 6:55 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Edge Company auto kit
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2977
Re: Edge Company auto kit
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...