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by JimBrown257
Sun Sep 04, 2022 1:41 am
Forum: Blade pictures
Topic: A Few Manual Swing Guards
Replies: 28
Views: 3861

Re: A Few Manual Swing Guards

We haven't paid for cable or Tv since about 1998. Just an old antenna on the roof. Does that still work? I have an old rabbit ear antenna TV in my attic and I had been wondering if it would actually still pick up anything. Don't think I ever seen the 6% stuff. Unless you are talking about the natur...
by JimBrown257
Thu Sep 01, 2022 4:44 am
Forum: Blade pictures
Topic: A Few Manual Swing Guards
Replies: 28
Views: 3861

Re: A Few Manual Swing Guards

I tried to undent them one time but they didn't come out all that great. It probably would be easier to just make new bolsters.
by JimBrown257
Wed Aug 31, 2022 4:45 am
Forum: Blade pictures
Topic: A Few Manual Swing Guards
Replies: 28
Views: 3861

Re: A Few Manual Swing Guards

Tom, have you ever seen any manual swingers other than the brass 11"s that have the little circular dent in the middle of the bolsters? All the brass 11s I have seen had that but none of the others did. Those ones had this weird design where a small tab came up from the liners then the bolster was d...
by JimBrown257
Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:06 am
Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
Topic: Couple more Americans repaired
Replies: 15
Views: 13162

Re: Couple more Americans repaired

Is that display thing an original or did you make one and scuff it up to look older?
by JimBrown257
Tue Aug 09, 2022 1:03 am
Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
Topic: Back burner project
Replies: 26
Views: 15385

Re: Back burner project

Wow, that wood! Where did you get that stuff?
by JimBrown257
Fri Aug 05, 2022 2:03 am
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Help identifying Kris switchblade.
Replies: 14
Views: 1758

Re: Help identifying Kris switchblade.

That's a great knife. Not a lot of the old picklocks had kris blades and even less of them had IMOP scales. And of the few that did, virtually all of them have cracks in the scales.
by JimBrown257
Wed Aug 03, 2022 12:21 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: George Jetson and the Future is Now.
Replies: 3
Views: 713

Re: George Jetson and the Future is Now.

Also, people these days will sit down at the dinner table and take a lot of pills instead of eating food. They didn't get everything right, though. The Jetson's seemed to think the people of the future would still favor the traditional nuclear family dynamics. And robot maids. ' BTW, what was this a...
by JimBrown257
Thu Jul 28, 2022 12:54 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Can anyone identify this movie OTF
Replies: 8
Views: 1174

Re: Can anyone identify this movie OTF

I just checked it out. It does seem like a legit auto, not a gravity knife or retractable prop knife. You can see it here at 19:06
https://youtu.be/_cTaogZsoxk?t=4147
by JimBrown257
Wed Jul 20, 2022 12:35 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: 11 inch manual swinguard
Replies: 8
Views: 1099

Re: 11 inch manual swinguard

The 9" ones aren't too rare but the 11" ones are very rare. I think I've seen about 10 total ever.
by JimBrown257
Wed Jun 08, 2022 3:16 am
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: 1930s flat guard purchase.
Replies: 38
Views: 7161

Re: 1930s flat guard purchase.

Why do all 3 of the automatics pictures have what appears as misaligned safety buttons. I have seen it so many times now that it must have been intentional, The older stilettos had safeties that was a piece of flat brass with a little tab bent over for the safety cap. When all the connecting area f...
by JimBrown257
Sat May 21, 2022 3:20 am
Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
Topic: Need a Few Springs
Replies: 12
Views: 10272

Re: Need a Few Springs

It's not too hard to bend a 1/8" piece of music wire to the right shape and then just get a 3/32" brass rod for the pin.
by JimBrown257
Fri May 20, 2022 12:55 pm
Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
Topic: rocker/sear done
Replies: 8
Views: 8916

Re: rocker/sear done

I missed this thread a few weeks ago. That was a great trick to make the base for the rocker. Getting two separate pieces with two even holes can be tricky. I never thought of having the two pieces connected until after they were attached.
by JimBrown257
Fri May 20, 2022 2:16 am
Forum: Blade pictures
Topic: Out To Play
Replies: 10
Views: 2012

Re: Out To Play

Those are great. How was that design done on the scale of the second to right?
by JimBrown257
Sun May 15, 2022 2:26 am
Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
Topic: all works as planned
Replies: 6
Views: 7063

Re: all works as planned

I love that base for the rocker. No one is going to have worry about getting it repaired in 20 years.
by JimBrown257
Sun May 15, 2022 2:24 am
Forum: Buy & Sell
Topic: Wanted: Russian hand made AK 47 Switchblade
Replies: 20
Views: 21248

Re: Wanted: Russian hand made AK 47 Switchblade

I have been making AKs if anyone is interested in those.