17cm Latama "wasp" flat guard
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17cm Latama "wasp" flat guard
Here is one I just got. I don't have any of my switchblade books handy, but I'm guessing it's maybe from the late 40's.
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Re: 17cm Latama "wasp" flat guard
Fantastic knife! About how many of these were made? Thanks for posting.
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Loving everything about this knife.size,flattie, waspy.good find,.congrats
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Wicked awesome find!!!
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Re: 17cm Latama "wasp" flat guard
Wow - a wasp body Latama flatguard!! Consider yourself quite lucky to have found it.
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Re: 17cm Latama "wasp" flat guard
I am going to say late 1940s, very nice find, and nice size.
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Beautiful find!
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Ah ! there it is ..... nice grab !
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Very similar to my little wasp, nice!/Users/daveseaborn/Desktop/MySwitchblades/LATAMA WAST FLATGUARD/Latama Wasp Flatgurd # 1.jpg
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Re: 17cm Latama "wasp" flat guard
Everything about both knives is super cool.
Nice shaped lock-tab, nice long false edge, nice wasp waist.
Super big button, blade sear hole ramp, older tang stamp.
The blade is pretty much near full, maybe 98% . . .? ? ?
and it's a Flat guard.
Nice shaped lock-tab, nice long false edge, nice wasp waist.
Super big button, blade sear hole ramp, older tang stamp.
The blade is pretty much near full, maybe 98% . . .? ? ?
and it's a Flat guard.
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Re: 17cm Latama "wasp" flat guard
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slim ~ as everyone else says, a great find..... is that sear hole drilled all the way through the blade, as it appears?
How often was this done in the Italian stilettos of that era? It seems pretty unusual.....
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slim ~ as everyone else says, a great find..... is that sear hole drilled all the way through the blade, as it appears?
How often was this done in the Italian stilettos of that era? It seems pretty unusual.....
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Re: 17cm Latama "wasp" flat guard
Amazing find...
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Re: 17cm Latama "wasp" flat guard
Very nice find big slim, here’s one I passed on to a good friend of mine…
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Re: 17cm Latama "wasp" flat guard
I hate y'all!