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Re: Switchblade repair

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Someone drank a little bit too much vino :!:
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john wrote:Someone drank a little bit too much vino :!:
Or someone had parts from 2 different knives and mated the two in order to sell a "complete" but ugly whole. That way he could realize more than he could from 2 incomplete knives good only for parts.

BTW, anyone have a theory where the handle was made? The top bolsters are a bit weird looking to me.
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natcherly wrote:
BTW, anyone have a theory where the handle was made? The top bolsters are a bit weird looking to me.
Hi David,
The bottom bolsters look a bit weird to me too.
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Possibly Spanish, Indian, or Pakistani.
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Must be a Frankinknife.
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sammy the blade wrote:Must be a Frankinknife.
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That’s perfect, Frankinknife, I wish I had thought of it. :lol:
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Wondering if the hole in the pic could be welded, the back of the tang ground off and the hole drilled a little farther back to make it open all the way. Or am I dreaming.
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That could be done-if the knife were worth it.
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sammy the blade wrote:Wondering if the hole in the pic could be welded, the back of the tang ground off and the hole drilled a little farther back to make it open all the way. Or am I dreaming.
OK,but then the sear hole could well be out of alignment with the sear rendering the button mechanism useless. Yet another hole to fill and re-drill. As Bill says, extensive work would be necessary to get this POS into some semblance of working order, if ever!
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Considering the shape of the blade, and the lack of any stamp or ID, the best thing to do would be to make a new blade.
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JimBrown257 wrote:Considering the shape of the blade, and the lack of any stamp or ID, the best thing to do would be to make a new blade.
Hi all forum members, thanks for all answers, i decided to replace the blade, and finally got the knife back this weekend. Didn`t have much time to make photos, here is one from my instagram. Frankenknife is back :)
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Re: Switchblade repair

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last_vegas

That knife looks superb with the new blade .Love the overall shape of it with the larger bottom bolster ,looks sleek and deadly .

Glad you got it fixed as I havnt seen one quite like it before.

Thanks for the pictures .

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That’s a great looking knife...

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Lol, that's awesome. So how is that knife in terms of quality? And did you find out anything more about its origin?
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Looks great! Who did the work on it?
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