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- Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:42 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Three Shur Snaps
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3489
Re: Three Shur Snaps
No, you were there. It's been a while back. I was sharing a table with Walt.
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:07 am
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: The "Payback."
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4290
The "Payback."
I have found some very nice, well made knives that are made in China.
I'm thinking about ordering them in quantity, laser marking them "PAYBACK by Bill DeShivs"- and selling them.
What do you guys think? Not only would I be appropriating their design, but they would be manufacturing them for me!
I'm thinking about ordering them in quantity, laser marking them "PAYBACK by Bill DeShivs"- and selling them.
What do you guys think? Not only would I be appropriating their design, but they would be manufacturing them for me!
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:47 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: straydog.....again
- Replies: 33
- Views: 13123
Re: straydog.....again
It's good to hear from you.
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:23 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Grandpa's Coricama Switchblade
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5577
Re: Grandpa's Coricama Switchblade
There is no more to tell. It's a nice knife made in the 1950s. Fairly valuable. I'm surprised you haven't already received offers. After 25 posts, you can offer it for sale here.
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:36 am
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Not accepting work at the present.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4034
Re: Not accepting work at the present.
Thanks, everyone!
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:44 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Three Shur Snaps
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3489
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 min...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:56 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Grandpa's Coricama Switchblade
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5577
Re: Grandpa's Coricama Switchblade
Whether you can tell it or not, the red rust is slowly eating deeper into the steel-and it will continue to do so as long as it is there. The application of oil can slow this progression.
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:48 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Grandpa's Coricama Switchblade
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5577
Re: Grandpa's Coricama Switchblade
Your knife was made in the mid to late 1950s. It could have been purchased overseas. Handles are horn. The size is one of the rarer Coricama sizes in the US. You should use WD 40 and a cloth or paper towels to wipe down all the rusted steel on the knife. Do this over several days to allow the WD 40 ...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:15 am
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Not accepting work at the present.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4034
Re: Not accepting work at the present.
Thanks, everyone. I have an awful lot of work here to finish anyway.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:15 am
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Not accepting work at the present.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4034
Not accepting work at the present.
I'll let everyone know if and when I get this back problem straightened out.
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:32 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Switchblade Identification help INOX
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5698
Re: Switchblade Identification help INOX
It appears that your button spring is broken. That's why it opens when you take the safety off.
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:22 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Switchblade Identification help INOX
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5698
Re: Switchblade Identification help INOX
I didn't say the patent number means it's a Latama.
I have seen knives that were not Latamas so marked.
I have seen knives that were not Latamas so marked.
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:30 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Switchblade Identification help INOX
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5698
Re: Switchblade Identification help INOX
The patent number is for a Latama kris blade. I believe the makers used it to keep others from making similar knives-even if it only covered the blade style. I'm sure patents were new to the Maniago makers in the 1950s and were poorly understood. You can squirt a little WD 40 in the safety slot. If ...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:38 pm
- Forum: General discussion on blades
- Topic: Remington Knives
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1519
Re: Remington Knives
Camillus made Remington-marked knives for quite a while. Then, Bear MCG bought the rights to the Remington name.
Bear no longer owns the rights, so they are probably made in China now.
Bear no longer owns the rights, so they are probably made in China now.
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:09 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Beltrame Family
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3983
Re: Beltrame Family
Latama is working on some customs.