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Such sad news. He was a great guy. Met him a few times....

These are two Frank Bs I picked up cheap at the Mystic show a few years back. The seller did not have the springs. They are well made knives.

The kits sell out quickly as they are in demand. The Edge Co has nail nicks because they were all imported with no springs in them and to give the appearance they were manual knives. There were others that also had these imported the same way, so this may or may not be a Edge Co one.
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They are collectible for the tang stamp. Quality wise, they are made in Italy and are similar to other Italian stilettos. Mark is a good guy as you stated. His prices are a bit higher than they use to be on comparable items with other dealers, but with items like these, there is little to compare ...

As Bill said these were sold with "sex" pins that fit into each other after you insert the spring. The idea was to allow import of this type of knife. The newer kits are a bit different as to pin location, but take a look at these:

https://www.perryknifeworks.com/item--frank-b-9-switch-white ...

It has been amazing on his FB site how everyone has noted what a great guy he was.....

It seems we lost Duncan last night to a car accident Up State NY while he was at a music concert. Many of us knew him as HDC on many sites...So sad....RIP

Nice one !

I mostly bought these in Horn. I bought some of the wood. The dark wood was the better of the two woods I recall being offered.

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Nice ! I only have one of those in 11"

Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!

Great knife and thanks for the history! I do think it is true that the younger collectors are more interested in modern type knives, but there are still a lot of collectors and I always see collectors of Civil War items and re enactments all the times, so I do think there will always be interest....

Nice knife!

Nice !! I have the exact one and two in a darker wood. I got them all from Barry Adams in the early 1990s. I always thought of them as good user models.