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Markco the Mad otter wrote: ↑Sun Jan 15, 2023 3:10 pm Oh and there was an old manual Italian Piclock.

Hey, how about a few photos of that picklock.....???
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Interesting to compare the differences between your recent Pascotto and my 2017 Pascotto !
-- different style lock tab; no rear bolster; steel vs brass; different bayo cut ........


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gravknife wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 8:56 pm I have never seen the larger 15" size older knives.

Isn't the switchblade in 'Freaks' (1932) a 15" knife ?
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Highspeedsteel wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 9:40 pm....... it's pretty cool to find something ....unknown.......

I thought so too when it happened to me !
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You have a STUNNING discovery !!! ---- Museum quality !!
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. I'm still not clear on what exactly causes blade peek - - - on all of my knives that have this problem, there does not appear to be any wear to the sear holes -- and wear to this area is the only reason I can think of that might cause this condition. Could the retaining pin wear away enough to cau...

. Frenchi94 ~ You have some really terrific stuff there! --and this anchor-stamp Beltrame is certainly a once-in-a-lifetime discovery! Could you possibly share the contact info at the museum in Maniago? I also have what seems to be an extremely rare knife -- nobody here has ever seen another one -- ...

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gravknife & Millern » Thanks !

Mark Erickson -- "Early American Switchblades" -- p. 128 (top photo) >>> jigged bone scales
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. computer not registering keystrokes -- can not type at all -- copy/paste letters and words with mouse -- very slow ---- Schrade from the flea on Saturday .... a good buy at 250 bucks When open, a bit of blade movement; but overall excellent condition ---- blade opens & locks fine. The blade has sc...

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"botled" -- ?????

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. For many of us, the mental image of the quintessential switchblade is the Italian stiletto with black scales. One of my very first switchblades was a skinny Armando Beltrame with black plastic scales. To me, this knife is everything that a switchblade should be. I can't understand why almost no sw...

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I picked up the Camillus version last year at the flea for $50. Like yours, it has both S2S and U&D blade play when open.
So have all the other ones that I've ever seen. Has anyone ever seen a TIGHT blade on one of these....? Just wondering....
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. Well, the decision is finally in...... and Mr. Miller does not think that these pieces qualify as bona-fide Spike Tomahawks. He feels that the wood-handled piece is circa 1899 and was probably a general-purpose tool around a farm, mill, etc. The iron piece seems more tricky.... although Mr. Miller...

. The Checkered Demon dates back to the late 1960s, when the art of S. Clay Wilson appeared in any number of "underground" comics (also known in the trade as "comix") along with such luminaries as Robert Crumb, Bill Griffith, Gilbert Shelton, Vaughn Bodē, Denis Kitchen, Trina Robbins, Kim Deitch, an...

. Billyfish ~ Our people could have arrived on the same boat.... mine got here in 1638. Unfortunately, for generations they frittered away their time being poor farmers instead of the far more worthwhile endeavor of piling up valuable real estate for me to inherit. Smearing rancid tallow on everythi...

. Mr Corpse ~ I welcome all who are willing to share information with me; and if the data later appear to be in error, this in no way diminishes my appreciation for the time and effort spent on your part. Also, it takes backbone to fess up to a gaffe. Warmest regards to you, sir. Billyfish ~ For rea...