Nice collection! I had a few more when I was in my teens that I no longer have. I wish I would have kept them although I still have one of those Lion swing guards that I bought when I was about 12.
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- Sun May 19, 2024 9:38 pm
- Forum: Blade pictures
- Topic: Opens with flick of finger
- Replies: 7
- Views: 172
- Sun May 19, 2024 1:52 am
- Forum: Blade pictures
- Topic: Opens with flick of finger
- Replies: 7
- Views: 172
Re: Opens with flick of finger
I know what you mean. They certainly attracted us as kids wishing they were switchblades. Here's a couple favorites from my small collection... https://i.imgur.com/ljWa7lB.jpg Nice and these are old enough now to be collectable in their own right. I'm also a fan of the late 1950s and early 1960s ma...
- Sun May 19, 2024 12:06 am
- Forum: Blade pictures
- Topic: Opens with flick of finger
- Replies: 7
- Views: 172
Opens with flick of finger
These were a little before my time, but I remember seeing the ads in 1960s Boys' Life magazines that one of my 7th grade teachers had in 1980 and even though I knew they were not switchblades, I wanted one.The one on the top I got today. I have yet to figure out how to open these with a flick of fin...
- Tue May 07, 2024 11:54 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: my favorite latama...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 796
Re: my favorite latama...
Nice and you can't beat an original Latama.
- Sat May 04, 2024 12:04 am
- Forum: Blade pictures
- Topic: ProTech Large Don tuxedo
- Replies: 12
- Views: 926
Re: ProTech Large Don tuxedo
That's a beauty and I thought about buying one of those a few years ago but it may have been the smaller one. I have the tuxedo Godson.
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:53 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: False button?
- Replies: 71
- Views: 18461
Re: False button?
Wow, you guys have got some great false buttons. The only ones I have are Japanese but I have a small collection of manual Italians with bayonet blades and as I said when this post was originally made, the manuals are collectible in their own right and some of them were made concurrently with the au...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:10 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: tang stamp "6"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5068
Re: tang stamp "6"
Angelo Campolin, Sr. was the production manager for Mauro Mario. Whether there was a MM manufactory, I don't know. Perhaps the brothers were simply contractors. Perhaps Campolin made their knives. I have not researched this. There are some who have, but they guard their information because they thi...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:35 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: tang stamp "6"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5068
Re: tang stamp "6"
The stamp was used by Cleveland Cutlery Co. but that is all I know. I don't believe Mauro Mario, who were two brothers, actually made knives and they contracted with one of the shops to make knives for them.
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:12 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Three Shur Snaps
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4824
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 mi...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:35 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Three Shur Snaps
- Replies: 9
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Three Shur Snaps
Got these in today. They are not mint but they have never been used or sharpened.
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:12 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Sharper Deals auction site gone?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6752
Re: Sharper Deals auction site gone?
I hate to hear that but am not surprised because the site had been dead for a while and I could never log back on after forgetting my password. It was once the go-to place for buying and selling antique switchblades. The older Italian knives have gotten harder to find unless you are willing to pay h...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:10 pm
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Over shooting
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4082
Re: Over shooting
I have a Japanese picklock that does that because of a back spring that is too weak and does not seat properly. Not sure if that can be repaired.
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 10:00 pm
- Forum: Blade pictures
- Topic: C Jul Herbertz switchblade
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8182
Re: C Jul Herbertz switchblade
Jim, I thought it interesting considering the Swiss gun culture too, but then again, look at the U.S. Until recent years, there were many states that had lenient gun laws that completely banned switchblades. I guess knives are just scary to politicians and until Knife Rights and AKTI, there weren't ...
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 3:28 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: I ordered the Kershaw Launch 17 this morning.
- Replies: 34
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Re: I ordered the Kershaw Launch 17 this morning.
I have the Launch 12 in my EDC rotation. It's a great little knife that is perfect for anything I need a knife for.
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 3:25 pm
- Forum: Blade pictures
- Topic: C Jul Herbertz switchblade
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8182
Re: C Jul Herbertz switchblade
Very nice! I've always wondered why they put a blade that belongs on an 8" knife, into a 9" handle. I DO understand the German regulation on blade length, but why not just put the 8" knife blade into the appropriate 8" knife handle (so the blade fills the well, instead of being "short") ? The only ...