You do know how to close a picklock, don't you?
If it won't stay closed, that will be an expensive repair, as the knife has to be disassembled, repaired and reassembled.
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- Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:49 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Question about a Latama picklock my antique shop found
- Replies: 14
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- Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:46 am
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Not accepting work at the present.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5738
Re: Not accepting work at the present.
Maybe a little better, but it still hurts. Will see the heavy duty specialist this week.
Thanks for all the well wishes, good thoughts and concern.
Thanks for all the well wishes, good thoughts and concern.
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 6:17 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: escaped Nursing Home
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1224
Re: escaped Nursing Home
Glad you're home! Take care.
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 5:44 pm
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Puma Medici Mayhem
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1087
Re: Puma Medici Mayhem
Nah- that hole can be filled. It might show a tiny bit, but should look OK.
Or, we can add a bail!
Or, we can add a bail!
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:33 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Campolin prototipo
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3622
Re: Campolin prototipo
Those were made by Renzo Pascotto, I believe.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:37 am
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Abalone How Do They Do It
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3815
Re: Abalone How Do They Do It
I have never done an opal button, but I have used a lot of different materials.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:48 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: brazilian horn
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3491
Re: brazilian horn
Actually, it washes right out of clothes.
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:38 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: brazilian horn
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3491
Re: brazilian horn
Maybe they just imported a brazillion of them!
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:03 pm
- Forum: Blade pictures
- Topic: HUBERTUS Custom by Bill DeShivs
- Replies: 10
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Re: HUBERTUS Custom by Bill DeShivs
I just put them together as they should be done. The available parts are very crude.
If you look at older Hubertus knives, the bolsters are evenly contoured and rounded. Later knives are just squared off.
If you look at older Hubertus knives, the bolsters are evenly contoured and rounded. Later knives are just squared off.
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:40 pm
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Abalone How Do They Do It
- Replies: 16
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Re: Abalone How Do They Do It
Both abalone and white mother of pearl have been traditionally used in solid form. Shells 6-8 inches in diameter are not uncommon, though quality of the pearl has gone down-probably due to over-fishing and pollution. I have several 6+ inch shells here that we use for soap dishes. They were tradition...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:19 am
- Forum: Blade pictures
- Topic: HUBERTUS Custom by Bill DeShivs
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2670
Re: HUBERTUS Custom by Bill DeShivs
Those were a lot of work!
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:17 am
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Abalone How Do They Do It
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3815
Re: Abalone How Do They Do It
Billyfish- yes, doublets and triplets.
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 6:40 pm
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Rough pin on Latama
- Replies: 5
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Re: Rough pin on Latama
Just the pin head can be polished with your Dremel and a felt wheel with rouge.. You can also use a polish like Simichrome on a cloth without worrying about the horn.
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 6:37 pm
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Abalone How Do They Do It
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3815
Re: Abalone How Do They Do It
The mollusk applies nacre in layers. Most shells are not large or thick enough for knife handles, so the shells are broken into pieces and layered with adhesive. Mosaic is larger pieces laid out and glued together. The laminate that I use has a very thin layer of premium shell sandwiched between a M...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:17 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: tang stamp "6"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5081
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 thin...