Broken spring on Nato Military knife

[Randomized79]

Hello, I have an old Nato Military knife that were made by edge co. I have one of those cheaper models I found out that have the leaf springs with hooks in order to catch the blade. I have the problem that one of these springs snapped and now I can’t use it anymore. I searched through the internet and couldn’t find anything.Where can I buy springs like that from ? Are there websites that sell them ? Any help would be appreciated

PS: I have the model that looks very similar to the „youth ac-88“ one

[john]

I Googled spring mfg see the link below; there must be a spring manufacturing company that can help. Or maybe someone has a broken knife for sale that you can buy for parts.

https://www.google.com/search?q=spring+ ... s-wiz-serp

[whippersnapper]

John beat me to the answer...
Are you sure you don't mean "coil spring"? Is it the spring that is stacked coils like you would find in a ball point pen?

Either way I don't think you will find a web site selling the specific part. You are probably going to have to make one or get lucky enough to find a parts knife or someone who has saved parts.

[Randomized79]

Here is a picture of the spring but not snapped

[Twobit]

Most likely you'll have to find a parts knife. Someone on here likely has one.

[Mario]

Here is a picture of the spring but not snapped

I had one of these springs break on a NATO. Luckily I had a broken TOP Automatic OTF comb that had a similar latch spring. I took it and filed it down with a Dremel to fit the one that was in the NATO. Sure enough it worked and I got the NATO working again.

[Tom19176]

If Mario's idea works.....The TOP comb knife is selling for $18 on Ebay.....