Is this an auto?
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Re: Is this an auto?
I scrolled down to the description and found this write-up-
(he misspelled bear head)
Pretty darn cool old knife
UNIQUE LARGE SINGLE BLADE LOCKBACK BAREHEAD FOLDING HUNTER, BOWIE CLASP JACK KNIFE WITH UNUSUAL LEVER DESIGN LOCK RELEASE. THIS LEVER IS FOR THE RELEASE OF THE LOCK WHEN OPEN ONLY. IT NEVER HAS AND CANNOT BE USED TO OPEN THE KNIFE.
He also has this one for sale-
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0595831092
(he misspelled bear head)
Pretty darn cool old knife
UNIQUE LARGE SINGLE BLADE LOCKBACK BAREHEAD FOLDING HUNTER, BOWIE CLASP JACK KNIFE WITH UNUSUAL LEVER DESIGN LOCK RELEASE. THIS LEVER IS FOR THE RELEASE OF THE LOCK WHEN OPEN ONLY. IT NEVER HAS AND CANNOT BE USED TO OPEN THE KNIFE.
He also has this one for sale-
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0595831092
Re: Is this an auto?
Viking I noticed that there is no nail nick on the blade. Do you think it might be a swivel bolster release auto?Viking45 wrote:I scrolled down to the description and found this write-up-
(he misspelled bear head)
Pretty darn cool old knife
UNIQUE LARGE SINGLE BLADE LOCKBACK BAREHEAD FOLDING HUNTER, BOWIE CLASP JACK KNIFE WITH UNUSUAL LEVER DESIGN LOCK RELEASE. THIS LEVER IS FOR THE RELEASE OF THE LOCK WHEN OPEN ONLY. IT NEVER HAS AND CANNOT BE USED TO OPEN THE KNIFE.
He also has this one for sale-
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0595831092
Re: Is this an auto?
Anything is possible. I see the contour of the handle curves down enough to get a grip on the blade but then again it has a "dagger" like look to it so it may be a coincidence.jmack1944 wrote:Viking I noticed that there is no nail nick on the blade. Do you think it might be a swivel bolster release auto?
It would be pretty darn cool if it had some kind of hidden release the seller never knew about.
I may watch it and see what the bids are (only if Missa doesn't mind) He saw it first
Re: Is this an auto?
I've seen a few autos on ebay lately. They got pulled before I could get to them. Couple I saw and the seller mentioned " nice snap ". To me that would indicate auto. I bid on a vintage lever but it got pulled.
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Re: Is this an auto?
Is this an auto?
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Re: Is this an auto?
I was poking around and found it. Up for grabs to any member here. I caught the nice snap and noticed no nail knick as well. made me wonder
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Re: Is this an auto?
I had one. It's a peculiar sort of gravity knife, the lever releases the blade so you can snap it open with a flick of the wrist.
I doubt you could break it with a sledge hammer, weighs a ton, and if you fell in the water with it, it might drag you to your death. Heavy, very heavy.
The blade is quite thick, but so wide it takes a frightful edge.
Somebody stole mine. I hope they take it fishing. And drown.
It's also thick as Hell. Definately a folding sheath knife, not for the pocket.
I bought mine in the 80's at a gun show, when it was just on the market a few months.
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I doubt you could break it with a sledge hammer, weighs a ton, and if you fell in the water with it, it might drag you to your death. Heavy, very heavy.
The blade is quite thick, but so wide it takes a frightful edge.
Somebody stole mine. I hope they take it fishing. And drown.
It's also thick as Hell. Definately a folding sheath knife, not for the pocket.
I bought mine in the 80's at a gun show, when it was just on the market a few months.
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Re: Is this an auto?
The seller "DOODLEFRODLE" is a standup guy.he sells a ton of knives on the bay and his name is Doug .He stands behind what he sells too as his feedback shows,I have bought several knives from him .He was the seller of the last BLACK BEAUTY that sold on ebay tooit was a manual one but still a BB .I highly reccomend this guy .I dont know him face to face but have emailed a few times and he knows a good bit about knives .
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Re: Is this an auto?
I forgot to mention that it was sold by Beretta, and the very substantial sheath carried the Beretta logo. I doubt they actually made it, but it was part of the Beretta line of products.
It's a brute of a thing, massive and like I said, very,very heavy. It worked very well.
I've also seen a stag scaled, lever lock shell puller that worked the same way, that was a much less weighty knife, and quite old, a friend of mine got it in a mixed batch of odds and ends at an auction, he was in the antiques trade. I think it was Italian, but it might have been German, hard to tell. It had a drop point and as I recall, the mountings were brass. Handsome thing, I imagine it was fairly pricey when it was new.
It's a brute of a thing, massive and like I said, very,very heavy. It worked very well.
I've also seen a stag scaled, lever lock shell puller that worked the same way, that was a much less weighty knife, and quite old, a friend of mine got it in a mixed batch of odds and ends at an auction, he was in the antiques trade. I think it was Italian, but it might have been German, hard to tell. It had a drop point and as I recall, the mountings were brass. Handsome thing, I imagine it was fairly pricey when it was new.
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