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You really need to double-check your purchases from Arizona Customs. I'm not trying to knock them, I believe the people running it are good people and that they are acting in good faith, but they make mistakes. I recently saw that they sold a knock-off of a Smith & Wesson Rocky Moser auto as the rea...

All switchblades are legal to own in my state of California, but the blade must be under 2" long to be legal to carry. So the knife pictured would be legal to both own and carry in California. But of course under the Federal Switchblade Act it is illegal to ship or transport any and all switchblades...

They have a website- https://www.fraraccio.it

Looks like they are located in Frosolone. It doesn't look like they make any switchblades.

I look upon "made in a Russian prison" the same way I look upon "carried by Navy SEALs". Pure marketing. I'd wager it's some guy making them in his garage. My advice, if you really like the design of a particular knife, and it's reasonably priced, and you can afford it, buy it. But don't pay a premi...

So did the maker of NATO OTF's ever produce a knife with scorpions on the handles, or were they custom made by some prop department? And if they were custom made, were they made specifically for "Sometimes They Come Back" (1991), since that movie was made 6 years before the "12 Angry Men" remake wit...

It certainly looks like the knife in Sometimes They Come Back might have a scorpion motif on the handle. Here are some pics from the remake of Twelve Angry Men. But "Sometimes" was made in 1991, and the "Twelve" remake was 1997. So if it's the same knife, then it was a modified prop originally made ...

Oh yeah, I know about chipping. I learned the hard way to drill the button hole very sloooowly, and use a sharp bit. I don't like having to toss handle scales in the trash. I also learned the hard way to enlarge the hole by hand once it matches the button like I mentioned, rather than drilling it la...

I can't tell how much higher your button is above the scale, but it looks like a very close fit. You might have to enlarge the hole a little. For that I would recommend using a round file as close to the size of the hole as possible, or some sandpaper wrapped around something round and as close as p...

I'll offer a few suggestions on creating the safety slot. 1. Drill a 1/16" hole at the top of where the slot will be. Mount two pieces of flat steel with straight edges to the top of the scale leaving a 1/16" slit between the two pieces of steel where you want the slot to be. To mount them, tape the...

From the pics it looks like that handle shows no sign of age, no splitting, no cracks. Unless it receives regular care, wood suffers from time and age, it dries out, shrinks, cracks, etc.

I'd say there's no way that handle is Cival War era.

A few examples of mine below. Here's how I do it- Start with an oversized piece of handle material so you have extra all the way around. Determine where you want the button hole, making sure that there will be a little extra handle material at the top end of the scale, maybe around 1/8" or 3/16". Dr...

The Magos are 100% made in China. The made in Italy ones are 100% china made Thanks Tom, I figured that was likely the case. I guess the days are over when fakes and counterfeits were relegated to sites that were known to be unreliable. What a shame that PVK joins the ranks of Grindworx, ebay, amaz...

$135 is a hell of a mark up. No wonder people are shopping at DHGate. If you're gonna be bent over best to do it on the cheap. Arizona Customs was selling those fake AKC "Roma's" for $195 :shock: . It's nice to see that they care more about their reputation than about making a few more dollars (lik...

I think the knife was a lost cause to begin with, at least with those handles. I'm assuming the handle wraps are celluloid, and it looks like they've been "gassing" for awhile now (the celluloid breaking down and releasing nitric acid fumes). That in turn corrodes any surrounding metal. So even if t...

After doing a search of this forum for "M Italy INOX" and seeing the level of knowledge and experience of the people who say it's a mark of Mauro Mario, I'm convinced that it is.