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button_man, thom and rithvich, I appreciate your comments, reference information and insights !! Thanks !!

Wayne

Wayne, I was thinking about a conversation we had a couple of years ago and I remembered that you wanted to take your collecting to another level meaning knives from the 19th century. Well it looks like you’ve certainly went in the right direction, what an outstanding piece of spring steel history....

Very interesting little key chains ! I have never seen anything like them ! My age guess is 1989 ??? !!! Somehow I think that will be wrong however !!! Thanks for posting !!

Wayne

I couldn't find the fishtail knife that I was thinking of but did come across quite a few photo's of knives made in Scarperia that showed a fairly similar blade grind. Not saying your knife was made there just think it may be a good place to start your search. There is a cutlery museum in Scarperia...

fastr19, jim d, sprink, Thank you for your comments I appreciate them very much. I think this knife is a very interesting part of switchblade history and I look forward to discovering just where it might actually fit in. I think it is safe to say that its blade lock mechanism did not prove out as a ...

niceguy2, John, Chris51P, rock-n-roll$$$$$$, My thanks to all of you for your comments and thoughts !!! I appreciate your interest in my knife very much and look forward to learning more going forward !!
Best Regards, Wayne

I certainly enjoy seeing every type of automatic knife, but it's models like this one that really command my attention!!! I believe it takes years of collecting to appreciate how significant a knife like this is. Examples such as this one are the foundations for all the later automatic knives that ...

Hello Wayne! You made an outstanding pick up there! Never saw this one before, wish it wasn't such a rare treasure or I would ask you to send it to me for a week to check it out)) It could be Maniago but I'm not so sure, it does remind me of something I've seen before. I have some old Italian knife...

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I recently had the opportunity to obtain this unique, un-stamped early switchblade. It has previously been featured in articles by Francesco de Feo, in the December 2008 (No 42) issue of "Lame" and again in "Hachette," July15, 2015. It is 16.125 inches in length and weighs 13.3 ounces. It is the hea...

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A pair of very fine knives and good information -- Thanks and Congrats !!

Some were made that way. Knife is legitimate. Bill, a repair question or two if you will -- The blade is obviously heavily sharpened and short so nothing to be done about that but I was wondering if the high blade peaking can be corrected ? I also noticed that when the blade is in the closed positi...