Broken shur snap
Moderators: Bill DeShivs, The Motley Crew
Forum rules
There are a few things you should know before posting in these forums. If you are a new user, please click here and read carefully. Thanks a lot!
There are a few things you should know before posting in these forums. If you are a new user, please click here and read carefully. Thanks a lot!
-
- Posts: 766
- Joined: Tue Sep 18, 2018 3:19 am
- Location: Portland, OR
Broken shur snap
I was just about to send a stiletto off to Bill for restoration when I given this 7 inch shur snap with a broken spring. It has great horn but I doubt it will be worth the cost of repair… Just wondering what you guys think ... thanks in advance, Mike
- Attachments
-
- D5E88BD1-CE1B-4D32-8082-33FB8A9734F0.jpeg (136.5 KiB) Viewed 6463 times
-
- 88FBE191-3468-4CEE-BE58-CFE53B2AED09.jpeg (148.62 KiB) Viewed 6463 times
-
- 09E9FA5C-BCF3-4290-B439-5248B208F8E6.jpeg (148.04 KiB) Viewed 6463 times
-
- DF7B7D77-EFE5-4DCA-8E09-E4BF9BE0DAC1.jpeg (66.91 KiB) Viewed 6463 times
- Bill DeShivs
- Yes.
- Posts: 7362
- Joined: Sat May 25, 2002 2:50 pm
- Location: In de lan o' cotton
- Contact:
Re: Broken shur snap
I would say that it is. Most have handles that are severely shrunken. Yours looks very good.
Bill DeShivs, Master Cutler
http://www.billdeshivs.com
Factory authorized repairs for:
Latama, Mauro Mario, LePre, Colonial, Kabar, Flylock, Schrade Cut Co., Presto, Press Button, Hubertus, Grafrath, Kuno Ritter knives, Puma, Burrell Cutlery.
http://www.billdeshivs.com
Factory authorized repairs for:
Latama, Mauro Mario, LePre, Colonial, Kabar, Flylock, Schrade Cut Co., Presto, Press Button, Hubertus, Grafrath, Kuno Ritter knives, Puma, Burrell Cutlery.
-
- Posts: 766
- Joined: Tue Sep 18, 2018 3:19 am
- Location: Portland, OR
Re: Broken shur snap
That was all I needed to hear.. Thank you Bill
Mike
Mike
- whippersnapper
- Posts: 8400
- Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 12:39 pm
- Location: Michigan
Re: Broken shur snap
I'm thinking that must be rescaled if it is real horn.
When it is closed can you pull the blade up to see if it will "peek" under spring pressure? If it does come up above liners you might want to skip putting in a spring.
When it is closed can you pull the blade up to see if it will "peek" under spring pressure? If it does come up above liners you might want to skip putting in a spring.
-
- Posts: 766
- Joined: Tue Sep 18, 2018 3:19 am
- Location: Portland, OR
Re: Broken shur snap
I get no movement at all when I pull up on the blade while locked…
- Attachments
-
- 76639563-5BDE-45F0-A7D9-F9672EF20EBC.jpeg (111.39 KiB) Viewed 6454 times
-
- Posts: 4038
- Joined: Sat Mar 26, 2016 7:18 pm
- Location: Indiana
Re: Broken shur snap
Haven't seen one with scales like that, kinda cool!
2024 candidate for president
-
- Posts: 766
- Joined: Tue Sep 18, 2018 3:19 am
- Location: Portland, OR
Re: Broken shur snap
Whippersnapper... I don't know anything about american made knives... did these not come in horn?whippersnapper wrote:I'm thinking that must be rescaled if it is real horn.
When it is closed can you pull the blade up to see if it will "peek" under spring pressure? If it does come up above liners you might want to skip putting in a spring.
Mike
- Bill DeShivs
- Yes.
- Posts: 7362
- Joined: Sat May 25, 2002 2:50 pm
- Location: In de lan o' cotton
- Contact:
Re: Broken shur snap
That's not horn. It's the original plastic handles.
Bill DeShivs, Master Cutler
http://www.billdeshivs.com
Factory authorized repairs for:
Latama, Mauro Mario, LePre, Colonial, Kabar, Flylock, Schrade Cut Co., Presto, Press Button, Hubertus, Grafrath, Kuno Ritter knives, Puma, Burrell Cutlery.
http://www.billdeshivs.com
Factory authorized repairs for:
Latama, Mauro Mario, LePre, Colonial, Kabar, Flylock, Schrade Cut Co., Presto, Press Button, Hubertus, Grafrath, Kuno Ritter knives, Puma, Burrell Cutlery.
-
- Posts: 766
- Joined: Tue Sep 18, 2018 3:19 am
- Location: Portland, OR
Re: Broken shur snap
Ahhh I understand now ... it sure does look like horn. I think I will send it out to Bill. Thanks all !
Mike
Mike
- whippersnapper
- Posts: 8400
- Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 12:39 pm
- Location: Michigan
Re: Broken shur snap
I don't remember these with this color scales either. Much cooler than the more normal solid colors.sammy the blade wrote:Haven't seen one with scales like that, kinda cool!
- JimBrown257
- Posts: 2053
- Joined: Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:50 am
- Location: Michigan
Re: Broken shur snap
Definitely get that one fixed up. If that is an aluminum button it is one of the older models.
-
- Posts: 766
- Joined: Tue Sep 18, 2018 3:19 am
- Location: Portland, OR
Re: Broken shur snap
cool.. Thanks Jeremy
Mike
Mike
-
- Posts: 2214
- Joined: Sat May 03, 2003 11:10 pm
- Location: Forest Grove, OR
Re: Broken shur snap
Nice one, Jeremy. I wish that I had one like that. Talk about the "great American pocket knife". That has to be it.
Fishtail Picklock
- Panzerfaust
- Posts: 1343
- Joined: Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:23 pm
Re: Broken shur snap
That's a classic 1950s American switchblade that was available everywhere in the U.S. in the 1950s whereas the Italian stilettos were only available in big cities or by mail order. My late father once told me he had a switchblade in the early 1950s and it was probably a Shur-Snap or a Colonial Hammer Brand.
- picklocksrock
- Posts: 302
- Joined: Mon Feb 11, 2019 3:34 pm
Re: Broken shur snap
That’s a really cool knife! Very unique I think, of course very nice quality and patterns!
“Tough times never last, but tough people do”
-Robert H. Shuller
-Robert H. Shuller