Double back spring

missaman · Post by **missaman** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 5:15 am

Has anybody seen a double back spring Italian medici style swing guard auto? I see one on auction. It looks identical to my knife except for the spring.
I thought this was an american knife design Imperial, Hammer brand, Shursnap etc.
Just wondering

Missaman

mr_edge · Post by **mr_edge** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:46 am

Do you have a link Missaman?

missaman · Post by **missaman** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 12:51 pm

I don't recognise the bidder so I'll post it.

http://bladeauction.com/cgi-bin/osa/Vie ... ber=726574

mr_edge · Post by **mr_edge** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 1:19 pm

Blade looks a tad thicker than the modern ones.

switchman1 · Post by **switchman1** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 3:15 pm

I think the medici type knives were copied from the Puma medici (Germany) a non-automatic knife

Pushbutton · Post by **Pushbutton** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 4:47 pm

I believe your right Switchman. I would have to see a pic of a recently made one because I'm curious why the one on auction has a nail knick.
PB

Vagrant · Post by **Vagrant** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 6:35 pm

Pushbutton wrote:I believe your right Switchman. I would have to see a pic of a recently made one because I'm curious why the one on auction has a nail knick.
PB

They had the nail nick for years but dropped recently [a year ago, give or take a couple of months]. This looks like it is an older one.

Pushbutton · Post by **Pushbutton** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 6:42 pm

Al
So does that mean that whoever made it made a manual version and they just used the same tooling for the blade on each? The reason I ask is I have not seen a generic Medicini manual before they have all been switches. I notice quite a few German Leverlocks have nail nicks also from some I've seen on BA
PB

Post by **Bill DeShivs** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 6:43 pm

That is the kick spring.
Bill

Vagrant · Post by **Vagrant** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 6:59 pm

Pushbutton wrote:Al
So does that mean that whoever made it made a manual version and they just used the same tooling for the blade on each? The reason I ask is I have not seen a generic Medicini manual before they have all been switches. I notice quite a few German Leverlocks have nail nicks also from some I've seen on BA
PB

I think the nail nick on Medis and German ones is "back-up" so the knife can be opened if the spring breaks.[Some claim to make it look like a standard jackknife, but I doubt that!]

Post by **jim d,** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 10:28 pm

I had always assumed that the unsightly nail nick in the blades was there because the blade was also used for a manual knife. That way, the manufacturer could reduce the number of components to be maintained in inventory.

Jim

Gort · Post by **Gort** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:36 pm

Supply chain management? Yur MBA is working overtime dude,
yur probably right though.

jim d, wrote:I had always assumed that the unsightly nail nick in the blades was there because the blade was also used for a manual knife. That way, the manufacturer could reduce the number of components to be maintained in inventory.

Jim

Post by **jim d,** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 12:41 am

Gort,

Thanks for the perspective, time for a beer.

Jim