swedge blade derby bolster age please

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JimBrown257
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Re: swedge blade derby bolster age please

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And do the guards on your seem thicker than the one in the OP?
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Re: swedge blade derby bolster age please

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No, they look the same to me.
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Re: swedge blade derby bolster age please

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Terry Jim
My liners go all the way through to the end and bolster blades are very thin.
I also feel now after polishing they have an almost pot metal look to them ,not like the stainless on my italians possibly poor hurried casting to blame.
Add the swedge blade on my example and better horn ,pins etc and you probably have the difference between japanese and italian.
Heres the backspring view and a few photosfor comparison .

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Re: swedge blade derby bolster age please

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I've bought a large cache of vintage factory stiletto parts from a friend in Italy a while back. I have original pieces that were never assembled that are definitely Italian.
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Re: swedge blade derby bolster age please

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Jackalope

Thanks for looking .Do you think both mine and Terrys knives are Italian ?
If you dont mind me asking are the blades you have acquired marked Rostfrei or INOX swedge or plain

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Re: swedge blade derby bolster age please

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Ian,
My guess is that they are Italian but I have no idea if the Japs copied them.
In all my years of collecting, I have never seen a Jap knife marked Rostfrei or Inox that I can recall.
The blades I have are virgin with no markings.
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Re: swedge blade derby bolster age please

Post by lance »

I never seen one w the rivet marks inside the ears like that.do i see a lil tab on top or the bolster looks folded over.
Mr jackalope knows far more about this stuff than i do.
Ive never seen a derby like that.its really interesting.i guess the top bolster is pinned and soldered to a liner.
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