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some pictures of the Piranha to me? Thanks!
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. I picked up this knife a few months ago. Recently I showed it to a Jewelry Person to seek advice on preventing the abalone from drying out and cracking over time. "I don't think it's abalone," she told me. "I think it's paua." Um.... what? I had never heard of it. She spelled it for me, and told m...

. On a somewhat related note: a flea contact of mine informed me yesterday that he has recently prurchased 60 (!!!) switchblades specifically because he knows that I am a serious collector and would be very interested. That was posted on April 11th..... since then, the guy sold me exactly ONE transi...

. There seems to be more interest in this odd style of knife than I would have thought! Earlier this summer, I bought a group of six knives that included a 1970s reissue of the 1916 Aerial -- according to Mark Erickson's book (page 29) only about 800 of these re-issues were made. I'm wondering wheth...

. I rest the knife in the base of my three fingers, with the glass breaker touching the base of my pinky, the blade pointed up. My thumb is furthest from the actuator and then I just flick it up with my thumb. Either your thumbs are a heck of a lot stronger than mine, or the resistance on my button ...

. Here is the instruction sheet. The very first sentence is: "Grasp your Schrade Viper in the position shown". Note the immensely helpful illustration depicting exactly how to grasp the knife. .....which is, on top of all the other lapses, shown already open. The reverse of this vital document is bl...

. Got this at the flea yesterday for $20. I have never before seen an OTF that has the button at the wrong end of the knife, so I was intrigued. After owning it for two minutes, I hope to never see one again. It's one of the very stupidest knife designs I've ever seen, which is saying a lot. To open...

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I don't have much money, but I'd be willing to trade my left nut for one of these.... I don't use it much any more....
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I wanna know which Saturday Jerry is gonna invite us all over for homemade lasagna....
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. Skip ~ Dunno how conversant you are with the jargon.... the "tang stamp" (properly called the ricasso stamp) refers to the markings at the base of the blade -- in this case, the name "Latama" and the word "Italy". The size, shaping, font, and placement of this stamp can reveal clues about the knif...

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"Fat Italian Springer" sounds like the title of an opera review
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. "36 Hours" is an excellent WW II thriller starring James Garner as an officer who is drugged and kidnapped by German agents. He awakens to find himself in an American hospital, and is told that he suffered a head injury, has been in a coma, and the war has been over for years..... but the hospital...

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Kilgar + LD57 --- I'd love to see those! Can you guys post some pictures please?

Bill --- That seems odd..... I would think that simply molding a precise configuration would
reduce production costs by eliminating the additional step(s) involved in making cuts.
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. Yes, I've returned to clarify this post, realizing that I had not been sufficiently specific..... I know that metal handles are common on USA-made autos..... what I actually had in mind when I wrote this was ONLY Italian-style stilettos. I don't recall ever seeing any stiletto types with micarta o...

. I picked up this little folder at the flea on Saturday for a dollar. It got me to thinking.... Scale material for switchblades --unless you spend big money for a custom piece-- are extremely constricted. You see the same old (very limited) stuff over and over. Why not stainless steel..... or alumi...