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Beautiful old multiblade. Rare to find them with the extr tools!

Wonder who made it? Looks like the steel variety with plating.

Usually the DRGM stamp is considered pre-WW2, some times have been found with this marking after the war for a short period.

boblees812 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 11:33 am Corvus. Good for you ,,, Very nice all original knife.

I agree. The knife doesn’t look messed with in any way.

it's a different dialect of europeeing :twisted: Hey georgyboy, you may be on to something there! Maybe an order was placed by phone... Importer: "Hi, I'd like to place an order for 300 pieces stamped B Svoboda" Maker: "What's that, 300 pieces stamped B Svobody?" Importer: "Yes, 300 pieces stamped ...

Bill DeShivs wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 1:28 am I can guarantee that I have made more Latama buttons than you have.

You have made authentic Latama buttons? When, in the 1940s or 1950s? The authentic way, punched out or turned down from stock?

Bill DeShivs wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 1:28 amAnd I said it APPEARS the button had been replaced

Exactly.

From the later pictures, the button looks fine. The first one made it look turned. Thanks for the additional pictures. It looked fine in the original pictures. One needs to be careful when expressing options before taking the time to weigh the evidence. This might have soured Corvus on his new firs...

Thanks for the feedback, guys. Always learning something new around here. Do you have the Latama Legend book? Yes the Latama kris blades were only produced from roughly November of 1950 through about September 1951. That was newly discovered information in the book. If it says in Switchblades of It...

Yes you can clearly see the dent on the hollow button. The other marks on the side you’re seeing are from when the nickel silver was punched into the die forming the shape of the button.

Definitely not turned down from solid stock and a very nice all original knife.

Woolly Caterpillar wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 9:39 pm What is it?

Japanese mini keychain OTF.

I saw one on eBay. They are ultra rare.

I disagree about the button. It appears to be turned from solid stock, rather than punched in a die. I know because this is generally the way that I make buttons. You can see that from a bad internet low rez pic? I would be careful to make judgements which may ruin the value of others property with...

28cm in pretty decent shape. Patent number on the reverse side, D-stamped. Most protuberant release button I've ever seen. The horn is thicker and much more rounded than any of my (mostly Mauro Mario made) oldies. Not sure why it has a steel pin at the bottom bolster - the kickspring sure looks ori...

The button looks fine to me. As do all the other pins .

rock-n-roll$$$$$$ wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 8:43 am a few years back I was gifted this book from Neal,he signed it,and this year I got Walt to sign it also.

They are good guys aren’t they?

Wow.. Great news. Hay Maltese flatguard can you tell me how much this book will cost about? Thanks Pricing is estimated around $75 plus shipping. They are a higher quality printing and are also a limited run numbered 1 thru 50. I visited the site linked, but saw no way to pre-order. Looks like the ...

Tkreil66 wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2019 12:29 pm Wow! I have never seen one like that. How awesome and great find!!

Thanks! Does anyone know who made it?