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Since most of us on the forums know who Bill DeShivs is, counterfeit knives like these are usually a hot topic. Admitting to buying one gets you tarred and feathered. ...Yeah, see...uh...I knew that; I was just asking so I could figure out who bought them, then we could go kick their ass! Hopefully...

When I asked if they had anything better they acted insulted...ooops, my bad they didn't and their prices were higher than I would pay here even if I had been interested. The best thing to do here, without a doubt, was to walk away. ...My experience with those trinket stores in Mexico is that, like...

Yeah, I realize it would be easier and cheaper to simply buy a 15" and adjust the scales but this is more of a project thing that I'm interested in pursuing. (EDIT: Looking at my OP now, I might not have been clear about this part) I built my own coffee table, for example. I probably could bought a ...

Hello, I have been looking at those Buck 110s and other manual openers that have been converted to automatics and I thought that would be something I'd like to learn how to do. The mechanics of a leaf-spring side-opener aren't too complicated and I am pretty handy so this is something I'm sure I can...

Then this might be the thing I remember from the late 80s (I could have imagined the "Black Magic" name). The dude on Ebay is asking at least $65 (+$6 s/h). I'm not planning on bidding but does that seem like a reasonable price? If you were going to sell yours (are you?), what would you imagine the ...

anyone with a similar experience? Only about a hundred times! I can totally relate to the frustration of your experience. To anyone this hasn't happened to, or isn't a knife-person, it probably seems like trivial nit-picking but I can appreciate it. The dealer, the guy selling the knives, thinks th...

Hey, thanks a lot for your help guys. I followed Whippersnapper's lead and got what I was after.

I love it when a plan comes togerher!

Was I correct that the Tecna's sheath is just a gavity thing? Is there a release button (I can't see one) or does it have a puller at the bottom? The one I remember seeing in magazine had a spring loaded sheath that came up so the handle was a bit wider. I believe it was a dual-action sheath but I n...

Continued from above: 6) This one I've never actually seen for sale but I've always wanted to get one; it's a ballistic knife (Picture 4, figure). Picture 5 shows all its parts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_knife This knife is most famous for it's cameo appearance in the 1985 Schwarznegger...

Hello, Every year or so I look at some new stilettos and cool blades to add to my collection. Recently, it occured to me that knives I used to see all the time seem to have disappeared from the market. Some of them I am just wondering about but others I am actively trying to obtain. They're mostly c...

Thanks, Viking; I checked that auction site out and it looks great. I didn't see any 7" R/Bs but there is a ton of other awesome stuff there. I remember when you could buy autos off Ebay about 7 years ago. It was against the rules to sell any autos over 3 inches (or something like that) so the selle...

I like it. I wouldn't replace anything; it's got character. If you go into any of those endless trinket stores in Mexican border towns (I mean, don't go there now), they have boxes of old and used autos like that. Like everything in those stores, they are $5 each. They are mostly Chinese knockoffs o...

Hello, I am new here; I just found this web page. I have been a collector of automatic knives for several years. I live in Michigan. I was wondering if someone could help me find a 7 inch rosewood scales with brass bolsters italian stiletto. I bought one a few years ago from Cool Hand Cutlery. Howev...