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Dan-o The Ritalin Kid
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A few pics
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Dan-o The Ritalin Kid
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Dan-o The Ritalin Kid
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Love those horn scales.
Dan-o,
Great pictures, the definition of transitional makes sense. As a kid coming of switchblade age in the mid 60's, the real switchblades that I wanted but could never get were the transitionals. These were mostly the property of friends older brothers who were in the military and brought them back from abroad. I had to survive with my fake that had a real spring loaded button. Perhaps this is the reason for my disdain of switchblades with nail notches. We could always tell who had the real one by the lack of the nail notch.
Occasionally I would get the memorable opportunity to fire a friends older brothers real one. Closure was accomplished by depressing the button. This coincides with the timing you cited.
Switch67,
Speaking of pictures.....how about a show?
Jim
Great pictures, the definition of transitional makes sense. As a kid coming of switchblade age in the mid 60's, the real switchblades that I wanted but could never get were the transitionals. These were mostly the property of friends older brothers who were in the military and brought them back from abroad. I had to survive with my fake that had a real spring loaded button. Perhaps this is the reason for my disdain of switchblades with nail notches. We could always tell who had the real one by the lack of the nail notch.
Occasionally I would get the memorable opportunity to fire a friends older brothers real one. Closure was accomplished by depressing the button. This coincides with the timing you cited.
Switch67,
Speaking of pictures.....how about a show?
Jim
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Dan-o The Ritalin Kid
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Bill DeShivs
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Transitional definition
Jim
"Transitionals" are knives made during the period just before the modern Italian. ALL had nickel silver bolsters with bolster release. Many were made with thicker blades and backsprings. Most had nice horn, a flat-ground blade with a swedge ground on the top edge. Some had bayonet blades. The liners covered the inside of the front bolsters. They were made during the period of transition from the picklocks to the modern, stainless & brass bolstered, thin steel knives.
Bill DeShivs
http://www.theautoknife collector.com
"Transitionals" are knives made during the period just before the modern Italian. ALL had nickel silver bolsters with bolster release. Many were made with thicker blades and backsprings. Most had nice horn, a flat-ground blade with a swedge ground on the top edge. Some had bayonet blades. The liners covered the inside of the front bolsters. They were made during the period of transition from the picklocks to the modern, stainless & brass bolstered, thin steel knives.
Bill DeShivs
http://www.theautoknife collector.com