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- Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:36 am
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Not accepting work at the present.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4897
Re: Not accepting work at the present.
Thanks, everyone!
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:44 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Three Shur Snaps
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4084
Re: Three Shur Snaps
I remember when Steve Paolantonio of Colonial came to the Blade Show with a big box of Shur Snaps that were left over when they were outlawed in 1958. The knives were filthy and dry. I took him a tube of Simichrome polish and some oil and showed him how to clean the knives up. They were actually min...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:56 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Grandpa's Coricama Switchblade
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6585
Re: Grandpa's Coricama Switchblade
Whether you can tell it or not, the red rust is slowly eating deeper into the steel-and it will continue to do so as long as it is there. The application of oil can slow this progression.
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:48 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Grandpa's Coricama Switchblade
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6585
Re: Grandpa's Coricama Switchblade
Your knife was made in the mid to late 1950s. It could have been purchased overseas. Handles are horn. The size is one of the rarer Coricama sizes in the US. You should use WD 40 and a cloth or paper towels to wipe down all the rusted steel on the knife. Do this over several days to allow the WD 40 ...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:15 am
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Not accepting work at the present.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4897
Re: Not accepting work at the present.
Thanks, everyone. I have an awful lot of work here to finish anyway.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:15 am
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Not accepting work at the present.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4897
Not accepting work at the present.
I'll let everyone know if and when I get this back problem straightened out.
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:32 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Switchblade Identification help INOX
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6595
Re: Switchblade Identification help INOX
It appears that your button spring is broken. That's why it opens when you take the safety off.
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:22 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Switchblade Identification help INOX
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6595
Re: Switchblade Identification help INOX
I didn't say the patent number means it's a Latama.
I have seen knives that were not Latamas so marked.
I have seen knives that were not Latamas so marked.
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:30 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Switchblade Identification help INOX
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6595
Re: Switchblade Identification help INOX
The patent number is for a Latama kris blade. I believe the makers used it to keep others from making similar knives-even if it only covered the blade style. I'm sure patents were new to the Maniago makers in the 1950s and were poorly understood. You can squirt a little WD 40 in the safety slot. If ...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:38 pm
- Forum: General discussion on blades
- Topic: Remington Knives
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1909
Re: Remington Knives
Camillus made Remington-marked knives for quite a while. Then, Bear MCG bought the rights to the Remington name.
Bear no longer owns the rights, so they are probably made in China now.
Bear no longer owns the rights, so they are probably made in China now.
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:09 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Beltrame Family
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4642
Re: Beltrame Family
Latama is working on some customs.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:29 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Eye Candy
- Replies: 32
- Views: 8625
Re: Eye Candy
Autoknife.com is available, Ken. You should get it.
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:13 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Sharperdeals.net auction site reopened.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6055
Re: Sharperdeals.net auction site reopened.
You're still shown as a moderator, Terry.
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:10 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Mike "Tank" Fisher
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9258
Re: Mike "Tank" Fisher
I'm assembling some Hubertus knives for a fellow. Got one together, but it refused to open all the way. I have been working the blade manually to break it in. I put grease on it in the shop. Picked up a tube of Tank's Quick release and put a drop in the pivot. The knife slams open now. It's really g...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:36 pm
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Over shooting
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3626
Re: Over shooting
The backspring on Japanese picklocks are notoriously thin, plus they are nickel plated, which makes them brittle.