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by jim d,
Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:55 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: due buoi
Replies: 19
Views: 767

Re: due buoi

Allen - nice photos! Was the Atlanta show where you had to try several Due Buois the one where the US Due Buoi representative exhibited substandard behavior? Ian - those Due Buoi leverlocks are extremely hard to find on this side of the Atlantic as well. I made a huge blunder by not grabbing one dur...
by jim d,
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:29 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: due buoi
Replies: 19
Views: 767

Re: due buoi

Tom - I can explain both. The Godfather is the "Godfather for stiletto collectors". It was sort of a forum knife, like the Due Buoi. We did it in the 2007 - 8 timeframe. Take a look at my comment in the Brazilian horn thread from a couple of days ago. Likewise with the Mikov, sort of a forum knife t...
by jim d,
Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:37 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: due buoi
Replies: 19
Views: 767

Re: due buoi

Tom,

Your Due Buoi is a first run model. I have 11 of 15. Here on TalkBlade we organized the purchase, through Michele I believe, so it is sort of a forum knife although not etched as such.

Jim
by jim d,
Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:45 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: brazilian horn
Replies: 10
Views: 426

Re: brazilian horn

Back in 2007 - 2008 we did an unofficial TalkBlade forum knife that was a ProTech Godfather with real horn handles; the "Godfather for stiletto collectors". A year or two later at Atlanta BLADE I met and introduced myself to Dave W., the owner of ProTech. Dave told me that the ProTech crew had not w...
by jim d,
Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:32 am
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: brazilian horn
Replies: 10
Views: 426

Re: brazilian horn

Jerry - never mind the hour or the drugs consumed - that was an excellent post.

Bill - :D and they probably did. I imagine the scrap rate while working horn into scales is rather high?

Jim
by jim d,
Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:31 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Funny Stuff
Replies: 163
Views: 8472

Re: Funny Stuff

Jerry - regarding your comment: "Reminds me of the old Gahan Wilson comics in old Playboy magazines". Gahan Wilson spoke at the University of Maryland in the early '70's when I was a student there. He was fascinating in that most of the time he came across as normal and articulate. But when someone ...
by jim d,
Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:40 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: St Patricks Day
Replies: 5
Views: 420

St Patricks Day

Up until the pandemic, I was staffed and doing the weekly flights to and from the Boston area for several years. I learned that there, St. Patricks Day is not celebrated for a day, but for about 2 weeks!

John (and others) - any St Patricks Day stories?

Jim
by jim d,
Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:02 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: How many times a week you give your collection a look?
Replies: 58
Views: 4168

Re: How many times a week you give your collection a look?

Allen,

In your case I suspect the accurate verbiage might be ... how many weeks would it take to give your collection a look... :D

Jim
by jim d,
Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:12 am
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: How many times a week you give your collection a look?
Replies: 58
Views: 4168

Re: How many times a week you give your collection a look?

"Flickin while Clickin" :D :D I do sort of the same thing. Typically I have 1 - 3 from my collection on my desk at any time and rotate every few days or so. I have been working from home since the start of the pandemic so I spend a good bit of time at my desk. Right now my desk is adorned with a Pro...
by jim d,
Sat Mar 09, 2024 5:41 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Sharper Deals auction site gone?
Replies: 13
Views: 3084

Re: Sharper Deals auction site gone?

That's a great point, Chris. A search there can answer a wide variety of switchblade related questions (as can a search here).

Jim
by jim d,
Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:11 am
Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
Topic: Not accepting work at the present.
Replies: 13
Views: 2661

Re: Not accepting work at the present.

Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Jim
by jim d,
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:21 pm
Forum: TalkBlade Revealed + Mix
Topic: Gun talk forum?
Replies: 30
Views: 2832

Re: Gun talk forum?

twobit, the issue isn't that this is knife forum, it is that we need clarification on Italian laws.

Jim
by jim d,
Sat Mar 02, 2024 5:43 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Beltrame Family
Replies: 8
Views: 2406

Re: Beltrame Family

For truly handmade examples, don't forget about the Sardinian makers.

Jim
by jim d,
Fri Mar 01, 2024 7:56 pm
Forum: Switchblade knives
Topic: Latama switchblades
Replies: 18
Views: 3915

Re: Latama switchblades

eye candy cane?

Jim
by jim d,
Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:05 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Coyotes
Replies: 6
Views: 1471

Re: Coyotes

Likewise, here in Central N.C. the coyote invasion started about 20 years ago.

Jim