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Rest in Peace Tank. . . I remember your photo in a cowboy hat with your six shooter. I was impressed with those thin-line Case conversions where the knife behaved like a manual folder, . . . then you could press the "secret" shield button for automatic release. . . But so much of your work is beauti...

P.I.C. swing guard flick knife from my personal collection. . next to a standard 9 inch.

Walt Halucha / Latama LLC image. . . may be removed . . . publication permission not yet requested This image is proprietory. . all rights reserved. This is an idea sheet for potential swing guard designs. . . the names of styles are arbitrary and not official. CAMP = Campolin Klingon = may be trade...

Neil Punchard image. . . may be removed . . . publication permission not yet requested

early english one piece straight guard

and composite photo of rizzy guards. . . .
notice ball end guards often have minor elliptical variations

Early step bolster rizzy . image by Rizzoman64

email the photo to katrencik7@verizon.net I will resize it and post it I don't understand the term Pre-Rizzuto, , , and I've seen a lot of images. other than the lock-back swingguards that look identical to Rizzuto's I thought the coffin bolster or the step bolster Rizzys were the 1st gen. They had ...

That is an Edge Co kit model 120. . . in the 1980's. over the sales availability years the quality declined as production went up. The first generation was very high quality, all italian made. Hard perfect polished factory sharp blades. The liners were thick brass. They were all wood scales and bras...

I don't have a single "perfect" knife in my collection. (But I'm poor, only bought one real Microtech in my life.) Aside from the fact you can't buy a $22 stiletto in the mail anymore. I never expected perfection. . . .or even a better "Bang for your Buck". I always assumed safeties would be loose, ...

Not that I would know how they assembled them.. . . But always thought they should pin the blade pivot pin FIRST. Then lay the backspring and align the blade. And clamp it straight . . . and only THEN. . put the back spine pin and bottom bolster pin in place. In the SharperDeal photo archives, tours...

You can actually buy that rocket . . . .
It's from The Roadrunner cartoon . . .Wile E. Coyote . . ..A.C.M.E do it yourself rocket.

It's a paper rocket about 18 inches tall sold by Flis-Kits (Fliskits) A.C.M.E. Spitfire

Rest in Peace Horizinod. . . . . we only chatted a few times. .. .
Godspeed and good fortune to your survivors, may your pain diminish with fond memories.

They don't inspect knives. . .and then later mark them if they "meet spec" The horn blemish happened after the fact. . .and can be polished out. The unmarked blade simply means the knife was not expected to be exported. or was not part of a contracted lot a salesman negotiated . More than likely it ...

I always thought the kickspring poking out was traditional in picklocks. All of my Transitionals have that. . . I never thought it was a distraction. The first photo of a dark horn. . .I really thought it was a plastic scale. . . until I saw the 2nd photo of the blonde horn scales. They both look en...

Actually . . . .no weed is sort of good. Prior to medical dispensary weed. . . . when you had to wait. . .until someone was "holding". . 'You sort of "Detoxed". . .. Even back in the day. . .when we'd all go down to the fishing hole, during a "good summer" . . . and everyone was carrying an Ounce, o...