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- JimBrown257
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Re: Need more Pictures
Those French coffin knives are weird. They seem heavy duty but they have aluminum liners which means the sear hole stretches so they almost all have really bad peek.
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Thank you SO much Bill! The screw was a bit loose, and tightening it worked like a charm!Bill DeShivs wrote: ↑Thu Nov 26, 2020 6:13 pm Jules Vane- your knife is French.
Handles are bone, cut to resemble stag.
If you tighten the pivot screw under the lever, the peek might go away.
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Here is my meager Leverletto collection. The blue and red ones are dyed bone. The stag and horn are from the first run. First run Leverlettos can be identified by the lack of the trademark symbol ("R" inside the circle) over the "o" of Leverletto.
Jim
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Beautiful Jim! Really love the 2 dyed bone. They can’t be easy to find. Never see them available.
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Nice group of leverletto JV . And Jim D yours as well , made me check my even more meager set for trademark i was unaware of the difference .
Only the center one with Giraffe bone has the mark , The tactical one is the very first auto i ever purchased on line many years ago can't remember year perhaps Bill could help out with that , Does have his name on back i do remember being very hesitant to do so . And yes i know the AKC without ears is not actually a leverletto but decided to add to photos , the same craftsman did the customizing on the Leverletto and AKC .
Only the center one with Giraffe bone has the mark , The tactical one is the very first auto i ever purchased on line many years ago can't remember year perhaps Bill could help out with that , Does have his name on back i do remember being very hesitant to do so . And yes i know the AKC without ears is not actually a leverletto but decided to add to photos , the same craftsman did the customizing on the Leverletto and AKC .
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- Bill DeShivs
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Seems like the tactical models came out around 2009.
Here are a few of mine. There's even a fake in there!
Here are a few of mine. There's even a fake in there!
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Apparently my comment about the trademark sign doesn't pertain to the tactical Leverlettos...
Jim
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Sprink, nice knives, love the file work. Mind me asking who did it?sprink wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 11:04 pm Nice group of leverletto JV . And Jim D yours as well , made me check my even more meager set for trademark i was unaware of the difference .
Only the center one with Giraffe bone has the mark , The tactical one is the very first auto i ever purchased on line many years ago can't remember year perhaps Bill could help out with that , Does have his name on back i do remember being very hesitant to do so . And yes i know the AKC without ears is not actually a leverletto but decided to add to photos , the same craftsman did the customizing on the Leverletto and AKC .
Thom
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Thom , His name is Gerald Vessela . He lives somewhere in Michigan and I would see him occasionally here in Toledo area at shows .
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These converted Boker Toplocks were very common in the early 2000's. There are two sizes, this is the larger one in white bone. Other colors of dyed bone exist, as well as rubber scaled examples. I'm down to this one and a small one in blue bone which I plan to keep, having sold or given away about a dozen. I think they represented a great value at the time, as they cost in the $40 - $50 range and were a common item on the old Bladeauction.
There is a factory auto version called the Speedlock, which seemed to be less common but available from Knifeshop in Austria. This is probably important to the conversions as the knife was designed to also be an auto so they have adequate space for the necessary mechanical components. I remember buying mine from a nice seller in Wyoming. Lockup on all I ever had was rock solid, but I read of cases by some converters that had a little blade play. It seemed these knives peaked in popularity at a time when Boker began producing models in China making the Solingen Germany stamp all the more desirable, at least to me.
Jim
There is a factory auto version called the Speedlock, which seemed to be less common but available from Knifeshop in Austria. This is probably important to the conversions as the knife was designed to also be an auto so they have adequate space for the necessary mechanical components. I remember buying mine from a nice seller in Wyoming. Lockup on all I ever had was rock solid, but I read of cases by some converters that had a little blade play. It seemed these knives peaked in popularity at a time when Boker began producing models in China making the Solingen Germany stamp all the more desirable, at least to me.
Jim
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Why no love for the Dianas ?
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Dianas are nice! I had a hand in it's development.
Bill DeShivs, Master Cutler
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Latama, Mauro Mario, LePre, Colonial, Kabar, Flylock, Schrade Cut Co., Presto, Press Button, Hubertus, Grafrath, Kuno Ritter knives, Puma, Burrell Cutlery.
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Factory authorized repairs for:
Latama, Mauro Mario, LePre, Colonial, Kabar, Flylock, Schrade Cut Co., Presto, Press Button, Hubertus, Grafrath, Kuno Ritter knives, Puma, Burrell Cutlery.
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I'd EDC one if I didn't know the minions of the law would lift my LTC if I got caught with it.
They are consistently well made; good quality control; thanks for your efforts Bill.
They are consistently well made; good quality control; thanks for your efforts Bill.
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Here is a Dalton Companion from the early 2000s. These knives are linerlocks as can be seen from the closed photo showing the linerlock, as well as the open photo showing the blade locked open. To close the knife, simply push the linerlock out of the way. I found the knife easier to open left handed using my index finger due to the off-center release button.
Jim
Jim