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- Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:53 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: False button?
- Replies: 71
- Views: 15076
Re: False button?
Wow, you guys have got some great false buttons. The only ones I have are Japanese but I have a small collection of manual Italians with bayonet blades and as I said when this post was originally made, the manuals are collectible in their own right and some of them were made concurrently with the au...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:10 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: tang stamp "6"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2910
Re: tang stamp "6"
Angelo Campolin, Sr. was the production manager for Mauro Mario. Whether there was a MM manufactory, I don't know. Perhaps the brothers were simply contractors. Perhaps Campolin made their knives. I have not researched this. There are some who have, but they guard their information because they thi...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:35 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: tang stamp "6"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2910
Re: tang stamp "6"
The stamp was used by Cleveland Cutlery Co. but that is all I know. I don't believe Mauro Mario, who were two brothers, actually made knives and they contracted with one of the shops to make knives for them.
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:12 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Three Shur Snaps
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3148
Re: Three Shur Snaps
I remember when Steve Paolantonio of Colonial came to the Blade Show with a big box of Shur Snaps that were left over when they were outlawed in 1958. The knives were filthy and dry. I took him a tube of Simichrome polish and some oil and showed him how to clean the knives up. They were actually mi...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:35 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Three Shur Snaps
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3148
Three Shur Snaps
Got these in today. They are not mint but they have never been used or sharpened.
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:12 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Sharper Deals auction site gone?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4648
Re: Sharper Deals auction site gone?
I hate to hear that but am not surprised because the site had been dead for a while and I could never log back on after forgetting my password. It was once the go-to place for buying and selling antique switchblades. The older Italian knives have gotten harder to find unless you are willing to pay h...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:10 pm
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Over shooting
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2808
Re: Over shooting
I have a Japanese picklock that does that because of a back spring that is too weak and does not seat properly. Not sure if that can be repaired.
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 10:00 pm
- Forum: Blade pictures
- Topic: C Jul Herbertz switchblade
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6175
Re: C Jul Herbertz switchblade
Jim, I thought it interesting considering the Swiss gun culture too, but then again, look at the U.S. Until recent years, there were many states that had lenient gun laws that completely banned switchblades. I guess knives are just scary to politicians and until Knife Rights and AKTI, there weren't ...
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 3:28 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: I ordered the Kershaw Launch 17 this morning.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6888
Re: I ordered the Kershaw Launch 17 this morning.
I have the Launch 12 in my EDC rotation. It's a great little knife that is perfect for anything I need a knife for.
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 3:25 pm
- Forum: Blade pictures
- Topic: C Jul Herbertz switchblade
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6175
Re: C Jul Herbertz switchblade
Very nice! I've always wondered why they put a blade that belongs on an 8" knife, into a 9" handle. I DO understand the German regulation on blade length, but why not just put the 8" knife blade into the appropriate 8" knife handle (so the blade fills the well, instead of being "short") ? The only ...
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:30 pm
- Forum: Blade pictures
- Topic: 1st Tang Stamped Hubertus
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3694
Re: 1st Tang Stamped Hubertus
Nice! I have a tang-stamped Hubertus I think was made by Bonsa.
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:29 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Tang stamp help please
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4261
Re: Tang stamp help please
I once had a Japanese picklock with that stamp and I have seen it a few other times. I think it's on Japanese knives only.
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:27 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Latama 11inch pick lock 1950s
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9126
Re: Latama 11inch pick lock 1950s
The forums are not nearly as active as they once were and I agree it's mostly older guys 50 and up who participate. I'm surprised the sharper deal forum and auction pages are still up because both have been almost dead for a while. Lots of collectors have moved to the Facebook pages which I don't li...
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:22 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Hellraiser
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5195
Re: Hellraiser
Cool knife but not the Hellraiser knife. The character in that movie who used that knife was played by Andy Robinson, who also played Scorpio in Dirty Harry. He didn't handle a switchblade in that movie, but Clint Eastwood's character Dirty Harry, stabbed him in the leg with a 28 cm picklock.
- Sat Dec 09, 2023 4:20 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Latama v Frank B
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1750
Re: Latama v Frank B
I've never owned a Walt's Latama, but they are overpriced IMO. You can get a 1950s picklock in the same price range and sometimes less if you are patient. If I wanted to buy a new stiletto, I would go for the standard Frank B which costs less than $200.