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Shur Snap Restore
Tried my hand at a restore of a Shur Snap. The knife as it was had no kick spring, had rust and corrosion, and the blade tip was roughly reshaped.
After dismantling, I found the liner tab that holds the kick spring had broken off. I cleaned everything up. Hone stoned the blade to try lessen the grinding marks, made a new spring, pinned the spring in place and reassembled. Not a collectors piece but I gave it new life to keep living as a vintage American Switchblade from the 1950's.
Any advice is much appreciated!
Thanks
After dismantling, I found the liner tab that holds the kick spring had broken off. I cleaned everything up. Hone stoned the blade to try lessen the grinding marks, made a new spring, pinned the spring in place and reassembled. Not a collectors piece but I gave it new life to keep living as a vintage American Switchblade from the 1950's.
Any advice is much appreciated!
Thanks
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Re: Shur Snap Restore
Nice job, you brought it back to life!
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Re: Shur Snap Restore
Awesome!
What did you use to make the new spring?
What did you use to make the new spring?
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Re: Shur Snap Restore
Its actually old replacement window (coil) spring material. I have a lot of it!
I heat it -flatten it, clean it, shape it then temper and anneal it.
It comes out to really close to the original spring size. It could be a bit thicker but in my opinion the original springs could have been thicker too!
The coil spring is what I used, the little spring is a broken original.
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Re: Shur Snap Restore
Nice job!
It's too bad the plastic scales always shrink so bad on the old card knives.
It's too bad the plastic scales always shrink so bad on the old card knives.
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Hi RobbP,
Thanks for your reply. It sounds easy.
“ I heat it -flatten it, clean it, shape it then temper and anneal it.”
John
Thanks for your reply. It sounds easy.
“ I heat it -flatten it, clean it, shape it then temper and anneal it.”
John
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Re: Shur Snap Restore
Nice work! I know a lot of people don't like old knives being cleaned but I really love cleaning the gunk of the safeties on those.
And if you, or anyone, is ever planning on making new spring for those, I can show you some great stuff to use that is pretty much ready to use (you just have to file it down a little and put the bend it in).
And if you, or anyone, is ever planning on making new spring for those, I can show you some great stuff to use that is pretty much ready to use (you just have to file it down a little and put the bend it in).
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Nice rescue !
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Jim, I m interested to know what you use for spring material, You can either answer me here or email me TFSOH@yahoo.comJimBrown257 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 04, 2022 5:41 am Nice work! I know a lot of people don't like old knives being cleaned but I really love cleaning the gunk of the safeties on those.
And if you, or anyone, is ever planning on making new spring for those, I can show you some great stuff to use that is pretty much ready to use (you just have to file it down a little and put the bend it in).
Thanks
Robb
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Answer here. I'm always interested in learning new tricks.
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Re: Shur Snap Restore
Do you think that Colonial would be interested in reintroducing the "Shursnap" line? It would likely sell very well.
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Colonial is not interested in the Shursnap line. I have spoken with the owner about it.
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Latama, Mauro Mario, LePre, Colonial, Kabar, Flylock, Schrade Cut Co., Presto, Press Button, Hubertus, Grafrath, Kuno Ritter knives, Puma, Burrell Cutlery.
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Latama, Mauro Mario, LePre, Colonial, Kabar, Flylock, Schrade Cut Co., Presto, Press Button, Hubertus, Grafrath, Kuno Ritter knives, Puma, Burrell Cutlery.
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Re: Shur Snap Restore
That's a doggone shame. These little knives were/are what the Great American Pocket Automatic Knife was all about.Bill DeShivs wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 7:44 pm Colonial is not interested in the Shursnap line. I have spoken with the owner about it.
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