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Yes. I believe it heat treats like 1095.
Bill

I have a Benchmade 2500 clone on my desk. Letter opener/fingernail cleaner. Ms Debbie has a Jaguar as a kitchen utility knife.
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There are some broken knives on http://www.bladeauction.com
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Hammer/Imperial-same thing. You do not have to take it apart to replace the spring! Some of these did not use a rivet to hold the spring in place. Instead, a piece of the liner was punched out and bent down to hold the spring. You have to figure out a way to bend it up to remove the old spring. You ...

You will have to find a knife that has donor parts. Rivets- grind/file the heads off, and punch them out with a pin punch. If they are flush rivets, punch one side, to push the other out a small amount, file the protruding head, and then punch from the other side (where you just filed), and file the...

I had the Benson book, but I ran out of toilet paper......
Bill

The Photon Microlight is a pocket must have! About 13 bucks.
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Trust me- yours are much better quality than the Italian OTFs!
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http://forums.delphiforums.com/knife101
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There is also "Antique American Swichblades", by Mark Erickson (Krause publications), and if you just want to look, "Foreign Spring Steel", by Vincent Federico- http://www.foreignspringsteel.com
Don't sweat the book prices-it's money well spent.
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Only the blade is stainless. Glad you like it. Try the WD 40 flush. Work the blade to make sure you get all the crud out. Dry it, then lubricate with a good oil.
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It looks like a 1970s Italian lockback stiletto. $25.
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Leave the entire piece hard. Trust me...
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It can be annealed, but don't! It will bend. Peening involves many light taps with a very small hammer. You need the resilience of the rod to support the head of the rivet.
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I'm not sure. These were made from the same parts as the spring loaded OTFs. The spring knives were produced from the mid 1950s until after Bonsa shut down in 1982. Bonsa's assets were sold to Robert Klaas. Perhaps these were made from left over parts, or were a separate product. I never saw any of ...