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Any hobby shop will have an assortment of brass rods made by K&N.

I think it will make the pearl oily, but do nothing else.
Wax might help, as might Simichrome.
It all depends on the surface texture of the pearl. Ideally, it should be glass smooth.

Only once have I seen a live larva in a handle.
I have seen many shed casings left in handles, though.

Sand to 600+ grit and buff with green or white rouge. Don't get it too hot.

I have wanted one of these since I was 16 years old. I started looking on Ebay and immediately found a nice one. Bid pretty high on it, but lost it. I had seen another Anton Wingen bowie there that looked strange. Upon closer inspection, it was the same style knife- but the guard was missing! So, I ...

They were very apologetic and graceful about it.
Said they didn't know.

Let's see how quickly they remove it.....

I have been getting back into bowie knives lately. Just bought a couple of German bowies, and I actually bought one from Pakistan!
None have arrived yet.

The US issued Presto and Schrade Cut Co. autos during WW2. Both were the same pattern. After WW2 until around 1956, the US used Schrade-Walden knives of the same basic pattern, with a black plastic, jigged handle. Then, the orange MC-1 was issued. The original MC-1 was produced by Schrade-Walden, an...

Happy birthday!

Never assume anything about knives!
In general, Italian knives don't use wire springs. Some have steel liners.
If in doubt, ask here.

Your button return spring is broken.
The vegetable oil you soaked the knife in will thicken and go rancid. Buy a can of WD 40 and use it to blow out as much of the oil as you can.

The pearl on the new Latamas is a laminated pearl-which is pretty resistant to cracking.

Custom handles, buttons, safeties, file work, engraving.

The only people they were meant to fool were stupid kids that thought they could be easily converted into switchblades.