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by Killgar
Tue Dec 05, 2023 7:44 am
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Anyone know anything about this site?
Replies: 21
Views: 3735

Re: Anyone know anything about this site?

For what it's worth, here is my personal "Good and Bad" list. I have purchased from all of these vendors. GOOD perryknifeworks.com leescutlery.com myswitchblade.com I placed an order for two knives from myswitchblade.com once, and a day later I received an email telling me that they pulled one knife...
by Killgar
Sun Dec 03, 2023 8:43 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Anyone know anything about this site?
Replies: 21
Views: 3735

Re: Anyone know anything about this site?

It's a total scam site. There are many like it that also use pictures taken from BladeHQ. The first one I saw was supposedly an AGA Campolin site, selling every AGA Campolin knife that BladeHQ ever sold, and at a fraction of the original retail price. I've also seen them for several other brands inc...
by Killgar
Sun Dec 03, 2023 8:09 am
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Egyptian switchblade
Replies: 7
Views: 3856

Re: Egyptian switchblade

Muhammad Afaaq is Pakistani. There are people on this forum who have purchased knives from him. If you do a search for "M Afaaq" you'll find them.
by Killgar
Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:36 am
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Help I.D. this swing guard?
Replies: 18
Views: 6904

Re: Help I.D. this swing guard?

For whatever it's worth, member Jackalope posted pics a few years back of a 9" swing guard with an identical tang mark ("STAINLESS" at a slight slant over "ITALY"), but it also has the Armando Beltrame "AB" over "ITALY" mark on the reverse side. Pics https://i.imgur.com/fcydCdp.jpg https://i.imgur.c...
by Killgar
Fri Dec 01, 2023 6:18 am
Forum: Balisong knives
Topic: Has anybody seen this balisong before?
Replies: 1
Views: 4210

Re: Has anybody seen this balisong before?

Valor "Manji". If you Google "Valor Manji butterfly knife" you'll see a few.
by Killgar
Thu Nov 30, 2023 11:57 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Frenchi94 switchblade collection
Replies: 46
Views: 17039

Re: Frenchi94 switchblade collection

Thank you Killgar for sharing these pages of the book it is very interesting :D No problem Frenchi. Kinda like deja vu from the other forum. :wink: I don't posses the book, but I was lucky enough to find a picture of one open to those pages online. Doing a closeup on that original picture in my com...
by Killgar
Thu Nov 30, 2023 1:04 am
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Frenchi94 switchblade collection
Replies: 46
Views: 17039

Re: Frenchi94 switchblade collection

Beautiful knives, especially the Maltese one from the 20's.. Wondering why it has a strange round tip. In the switchblade book "Coletello a Scatto Antico Italiano Switchblade", which Frenchi shows a portion of the cover in his opening post, there is a two-bladed knife on the cover with a nub on the...
by Killgar
Wed Nov 29, 2023 3:58 am
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Interesting Box..!
Replies: 55
Views: 11670

Re: Interesting Box..!

Hmmm, Killgar, I figured maybe that keystone shape was a go-button. The ivory one beneath it looks to be the same make, don't you think? Pics of a Schatt & Morgan 03191L below (they were manufactured by Queen Cutlery for S&M). That thing on the handle is just a decorative "shield". Although Schatt ...
by Killgar
Tue Nov 28, 2023 5:30 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Interesting Box..!
Replies: 55
Views: 11670

Re: Interesting Box..!

The stag handle swing guard near the lower lefthand corner appears to be a Schatt & Morgan manual swing guard model V-03191L (red arrow).

Looks like a couple of Mikov Predators too. One with a saw.



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by Killgar
Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:48 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Interesting Box..!
Replies: 55
Views: 11670

Re: Interesting Box..!

Looks like a 13" AGA Campolin batwing swing guard (stag handles, flat button). I would definitely say that one is valuable. Of course condition and function matters. And one looks like a Frank Beltrame 11" swivel bolster with abalone handles. Those sell new for around $240. I see where last year a p...
by Killgar
Sun Nov 26, 2023 11:41 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Big wobble in the blade.
Replies: 14
Views: 7369

Re: Big wobble in the blade.

LGustin wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 11:36 pm Very cool looking. Good on you saving it from the parts bin.
Thanks. At the time I bought it I didn't know how rare they were (only one year/production run I believe, 2009). I'm glad I didn't "chop" it up. Aside from being an unusual switchblade, it's makes a nice conversation piece.
by Killgar
Sun Nov 26, 2023 11:22 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Big wobble in the blade.
Replies: 14
Views: 7369

Re: Big wobble in the blade.

Nice! Wow, very nice job on that Killgar. Looks solid and beautiful. Thanks guys :) . Funny thing is, I originally bought the knife as a source of spare parts for another AGA Campolin Hunter that I rebuilt, but when I received the knife I thought it just looked too good to take it apart and use it ...
by Killgar
Thu Nov 23, 2023 1:24 am
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Big wobble in the blade.
Replies: 14
Views: 7369

Re: Big wobble in the blade.

Nice work ! Thanks Tom. A compliment from you means a lot to me as well. :) Here's a pic of the knife in it's original condition (though not the best quality pic). The ring is still installed (as is the pivot pin). It was just a piece of brass rod bent round into a ring, with the ends cut with side...
by Killgar
Wed Nov 22, 2023 8:27 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Big wobble in the blade.
Replies: 14
Views: 7369

Re: Big wobble in the blade.

Bill DeShivs wrote: Wed Nov 22, 2023 7:29 pm Nice job!
Thank you Bill. A compliment from a master craftsman like you definitely means a lot. :)
by Killgar
Wed Nov 22, 2023 5:11 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Big wobble in the blade.
Replies: 14
Views: 7369

Re: Big wobble in the blade.

I had the same problem with this AGA Campolin (Il Cacciatore/Hunter). The pivot pin was too long, and the blade was so loose it bounced back and forth between the liners. Peening pins is not in my skill-set, and I never bothered to make it so, instead I replaced the pin with a threaded barrel/screw ...