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Harkins is a premier maker, and this is one of the best custom D/A OTFs made.
Bill DeShivs
http://www.theautoknifecollector.com

Exalted Grand Wizard here.
Tape the edge.
Grab the blade.
Bend in the direction you want it to go.
See forums.delphiforums.com/knife101 for futher details.
Bill DeShivs
http://www.theautoknifecollector.com

Teddy
I suggest that you subscribe!
Seriously, horn should be kept out of direct sunlight, away from temperature extremes, and kept waxed. I may have to do some experimentation, here.
Bill DeShivs
http://www.theautoknifecollector.com

Your Edwin Jay was imported by the Edwin Jay Hoffritz co. They dropped the "Hoffritz" around WW2. The scales should be a pearlescent celluloid overlay. The knife was made by Coricama in Maniago, Italy, before the mid-1960s. The Mauro Mario was made in Maniago in the early 1950s by Maurio Elso (sp?),...

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The mini Sert has a safety. It's a great little user. Ms. Debbie bought me a user and one for the collection.
Did you get my email?
Bill DeSafety

Jim I, too have had the same quandary for years! Does the UDT have a safety? I got a UT-6, but it's really too big for EDC. I may just have to build myself a small leverlock with drop point ATS 34 or 440 blade and Micarta scales. The Hubertus 8cm is close, but I don't like the clip blade. Need a pen...

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Bill DeShivs
http://www.theautoknifecollector.com

If the knife is cleaned out, remove as much of the lubricant as possible. Then get some plain old automotive grease and apply it with a toothpick on the end of the blade tang-where the backspring rides. Open the knife about 1/3 of the way, and you will see a hole in the tang. Push a small amount of ...

BR-
That is a pretty neat idea!
I may try one when I have more time.
Bill DeShivs
http://www.theautoknifecollector.com

Jim
Ms.Debbie is my wife, and yep, she has quite a few. All kinds.
You already have seen some of them!
Bill DeShivs
http://www.theautoknifecollector.com

BR-
Thanks!
Between Switch and Ms. Debbie, I think most of the switchblades are spoken for!
Bill DeShivs
http://www.theautoknifecollector.com

Jim
Thanks for your kind words (and your subscription!) We are trying to make the magazine the best source of information around.
Bill DeShivs
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I have no answer, here. My experience has to do with mostly stainless. I have one old carbon blade that stays sharp (15-20 years), others just get dull sitting there, and most are stainless! Maybe something with the Martensite/Austentite stuff?
Bill DeShivs
http://www.theautoknifecollector.com

Yes, that I have seen!
Bill DeShivs
http://www.theautoknifecollector.com

Although a properly heat treated spring should not take a set, I have never seen a knife spring break unless it was under pressure.
Bill DeShivs
http://www.theautoknifecollector.com