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by Panzerfaust
Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:10 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: tang stamp "6"
Replies: 14
Views: 1392

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...
by Panzerfaust
Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:35 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: tang stamp "6"
Replies: 14
Views: 1392

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.
by Panzerfaust
Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:12 am
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Three Shur Snaps
Replies: 9
Views: 2071

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...
by Panzerfaust
Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:35 am
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Three Shur Snaps
Replies: 9
Views: 2071

Three Shur Snaps

Got these in today. They are not mint but they have never been used or sharpened.
by Panzerfaust
Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:12 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Sharper Deals auction site gone?
Replies: 13
Views: 3084

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...
by Panzerfaust
Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:10 pm
Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
Topic: Over shooting
Replies: 7
Views: 2334

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.
by Panzerfaust
Sat Feb 17, 2024 10:00 pm
Forum: Blade pictures
Topic: C Jul Herbertz switchblade
Replies: 19
Views: 5399

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 ...
by Panzerfaust
Sat Feb 17, 2024 3:28 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: I ordered the Kershaw Launch 17 this morning.
Replies: 34
Views: 4742

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.
by Panzerfaust
Sat Feb 17, 2024 3:25 pm
Forum: Blade pictures
Topic: C Jul Herbertz switchblade
Replies: 19
Views: 5399

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 ...
by Panzerfaust
Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:30 pm
Forum: Blade pictures
Topic: 1st Tang Stamped Hubertus
Replies: 12
Views: 3031

Re: 1st Tang Stamped Hubertus

Nice! I have a tang-stamped Hubertus I think was made by Bonsa.
by Panzerfaust
Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:29 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Tang stamp help please
Replies: 14
Views: 4122

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.
by Panzerfaust
Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:27 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Latama 11inch pick lock 1950s
Replies: 32
Views: 6955

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...
by Panzerfaust
Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:22 am
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Hellraiser
Replies: 18
Views: 5107

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.
by Panzerfaust
Sat Dec 09, 2023 4:20 am
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Latama v Frank B
Replies: 8
Views: 1666

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.
by Panzerfaust
Mon Nov 20, 2023 1:13 am
Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
Topic: New guy
Replies: 12
Views: 10843

Re: New guy

It was made in Taiwan. There were many of those around in the 1990s. I had one just like it but with different colored scales I got from a guy who bought it in Mexico circa 1992-1993.