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thom wrote:Thanks Bill. Really I need one for a .410. I still have some old cardboard .410 shells and a single shot .410.

It would have to be custom made. I did a 28/.410 Leverletto shellpuller once!

Newer ones are 12/20

The nail nick is in case the spring breaks. Of course you can pull shells with them.
C.12= 12 ga. C.16= 16 ga.

Notice they are almost exactly the same?
Interesting, isn't it?

John- These knives were not originally shell pullers. They were regular Hubertus lever locks.
I converted them to shell pullers.

The Italians made knives with that rivet for years. It's so the spring can be installed "later."
Does the hole in the blade tang go all the way through? If not, it's Italian.

You can move metal where it needs to be moved.
The only way to properly add metal is by micro welding. This is not an option for most people. Laser welding can be done without affecting heat treating of parts.

No-around 1900, but maybe at 7...

Very early 20th century.

Probably around the turn of the century.

Don't know what happened there, but I think it was made around 1900!

I hear they have bins full of knives in London!

While a very small ball peen hammer is helpful, most knives that have raised rivets are peened with a flat hammer.
The peened heads are then polished on a buffer to remove sharp edges and round the head.
You can also use cupped punches to shape rivet heads.

That's an awful lot of lever locks!

It's better if you do.