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Automatic Knife Resource Guide and Newsletter introduction
Switchblades - The Contemporary Scene
Switchblade dealer guide
The "Spetztatz" ballistic knife
UPDATE: Switchblades - The Contemporary Scene
Q & A with David Parker
Custom automatic knives at their best!
The "COMBAT" knife
Out The Front: Front-Opener Switchblades
Hibbard, C., dirk, c.1866, patent drawings
McGovern, Bernard OTF, c.1884 patent drawings
NATO OTF, detailed schematics
Bauer, AX, coil kickspring c.1896, patent drawings
Pull-Ball , Schrade c.1944 , patent drawings
THE LAW - State by State
Profile in Precision: John Hoskins
Origins of the Switchblade Knife Act
Will Hanna's PORTFOLIO OF PATENTS
THE LAW - Part Two
COILS: A Kick from the Past
Kaufman , E c.1904 , patent drawings
Combat Automatics - Harry S. Oliver
Lookin' for Switchblades In All the Right Places - Jeffery King
Ones Man's Quest: A Switchblade Tale - J. Gus Field
Hubertus, Factory visit
Rogers, L.U Defender Knife-Pistol c.1916, patent drawings
Rarest Case Switchblade - THE ZIPPER!
The 18th annual OKCA Show in review.
Erickson, E.C./Queen Cutlery c.1948, patent drawings
From Prototype to Production
Halloween Heirloom - J. Katrenick
First switchblades
PUMA! The Real Deal!
ITALIANS, ITALIANS, ITALIANS
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE or Cough up some of that hard currency, Comrade!
Pocket Knife-Snap Blade - U.S. Government Issue
Rhode Island Goldsmith & Cutler - William James McHenry
Knock-offs/Quality - Prof. Dan Fuller
The 19th Annual OKCA Show
Forget "The Needle" folks, THE VIPER is here!
Spring Steel Olé - Spanish Spring Steel
Switchblades/weapons? - Prof. Dan Fuller
VALLOTTON + MAR = S.E.R.E.
Book Reviews: KNIVES OF THE WORLD - Jean-Noel Mouret, KNIFE ALBUM - Col. Robert Mayes
Movie switchblades - Prof. Dan Fuller
Schrade, G.M./Pull-Ball c.1944 patent drawings
Schrade, G/Pull-Ball variation c.1936, patent drawings
Whitehouse, W.T., coil kickspring c.1878, patent drawings
Movie switchblades - Prof. Dan Fuller
Diamond Edge "Safety Press Button Knife" ad c. 1908
Before and After - Reese Torrit
Switchblade Sisters review - Prof. Dan Fuller
Unwin & Rogers c.1790 - Dr. Pete McMickle
Switches of History
Origin of word "Switchblade" - Prof. Dan Fuller
French c.1770-1790 - Dr. Pete McMickle
Rockin' a Hard Place - Bill McHenry
Jack Benny with Peter Lorre 1950s - Prof. Dan Fuller
lbberson & Co., George c.1850-1875 - Dr. Pete McMickle
Jerry Rados - steel weaver
Ken's interview - Prof. Dan Fuller
Bunting & Son, R. c.1837-1868 - Dr. Pete McMickle
Latama - The Golden Age of Switchblades
Switch-Flicks - Prof. Dan Fuller
Kruschke c.1890 - Dr. Pete McMickle
Kruschke , R.C./w/button c.1891 , patent drawings
Switchblades in movies - Prof. Dan Fuller
Pryor - c.1820-1845 - Dr. Pete McMickle
Early American - American Spring Steel from the 1940's
The "Golden Age" of switchblades - Various types of collecting - Prof. Dan Fuller
Marshes & Shepard, Pond Works, Sheffield c.1840s - Dr. Pete McMickle
Switchblade lapel pins by Jason Williams
Switchblades and the law - Possibility of switchblade show/meeting/convention - Prof. Dan Fuller
Unmarked, most unusual style/embellishments 19th century and coil fired - Dr. Pete McMickle
Sewing thimble w/coil fired blade c.1940
First mention of "Switchblade Sisters" to rent - Bogus switchblades to watchout for - Prof. Dan Fuller
French sommelier's knife w/addl. penblade and corkscrew c.1880s - Dr. Pete McMickle
The BIG and Small of it! Italian display switches.
Background on the makers of "Switchblade Sisters " - Entomology of the word switchblade - Prof. Dan Fuller
Rodgers & Sons, Sheffield, seaman's knife w/marlin spike - Dr. Pete McMickle
DRAGONSLAYER - MicroTech's new front-opener.
Switch blades at shows - A talk with a fellow switchblade fan - Prof. Dan Fuller
Korn's Patent w/engraved, sculpted gutta percha scales, presentation knife - Dr. Pete McMickle
The Rumble, "Hot Time in a Cool Town"
Switchblades and the internet - Several switch releated websites - Prof. Dan Fuller
Sheffield knifemaking tools, pommel molds c.1800s - Dr. Pete McMickle
Handmade Knives by Chuck Stewart
Switchblades in movies - A look at the movie, "The Cross and the Switchblade" - Prof. Dan Fuller
Graefenberg, Navaja display knife - Dr. Pete McMickle
The Rumble, "Interview with The Viper"
Searching for switchblades in the 60s - Looking for books on switchblades - Prof. Dan Fuller
Rogers, Sheffield w/high relief figural scales, mother of pearl spacers, Lingard-type action c.1830s - Dr. Pete McMickle
Jerry Rados - Master of the Forge
The "AK-47" Russian-made switchblade-s-Covert switchblades - Prof. Dan Fuller
Bunting, Sheffield - Dr. Pete McMickle
Folding guard, mother of pearl scales, no markings - Dr. Pete McMickle
The Rumble, interview w/Charlie Dake
Switchblade knife and the "Little Rascals" - Criminal use of a switchblade - Prof. Dan Fuller
PressButton salesmans sample-Unusual model - Dr. Pete McMickle
The Rumble, "The Magna Cutter"
First switchblade - Friends and switchblades - Prof. Dan Fuller
Butcher's Superior Cutlery, Sheffield c.1800s - Dr. Pete McMickle
The Rumble, "Why Trash Paradise"
Switchblade finds at knife shows - "Transition" switches - Prof. Dan Fuller
Samuel C. Wraggs Celebrated Dirk Knife c.1840s - Dr. Pete McMickle
The Rumble, S.O.C. (*Stream of Consiousness)
Switchblades on ebay and blade auction - Switchblades in "Rebel Without a Cause" - Prof. Dan Fuller
Wolf, Schaffhausen, D-handled saber switch almost two feet o/a - Dr. Pete McMickle
The Rumble, Rizzuto Estileto
Switchblades and pop culture - Switchblades in movies and song - Prof. Dan Fuller
Mappin, Brothers, Sheffield c.1850s figural pommel - Dr. Pete McMickle
The Rumble, "Brave New World"
Research use of word "switchblade" - Vintage switchblade prose - Prof. Dan Fuller
Frosolone, c.1800s w/weight scale built into rear pommel - Dr. Pete McMickle
The Rumble, "The Mechanism"
Tang stamp hunt begins - Knife repair/restorer interview - Prof. Dan Fuller
Frosolone w/cleaver "overblade" sheath c.1810 - Dr. Pete McMickle
The Rumble w/Knife glossary
Tang stamp hunt continues - "Automatic Knives: A classification" - Prof. Dan Fuller
Flershiem Reinganum & Co. Sheffield dirk c.1850 - Dr. Pete McMickle
The Rumble , S.O.C.*
About collecting - Tang stamp hunt continues on - Prof. Dan Fuller
PressButton dbl. ender prototype w/sliding safety, tortoise scales - Dr. Pete McMickle
PressButton Folding knife & fork w/ "A.A. Marks, New York" etched - Dr. Pete McMickle
The Rumble , Knifemaker's Guild & such
Blade Show in Atlanta - Tang stamps added to list - Prof. Dan Fuller
Dalton Front-Openers
MANIAGO - Maserin & De Nardo
A friend's passing away - Profile of collector - Prof. Dan Fuller
Kom's Patent, Criterion Quality", mother of pearl scales - Dr. Pete McMickle
The Rumble, S.O.C.*
Dealing in the Dark: Collecting Switchblades in Post-Ban America - Prof. Dan Fuller
The First Picklocks From Maniago in Over 40 Years
A new "S.W.A.T." from Advanced Technologies
East Repeats West, Asian cutlery manufacturers reproducing US knife designs
Frosolone, Italy
The Wilzin Automatic Knife - Dr. Pete McMickle
Weidmannsheil "Magnum #26" Display Knife
2002 Blade Show recap - Prof. Dan Fuller
Maniago á Trois - Tim, Dan, and Brad in Italy
Air-Tight Double-Action Autos
French Spring Steel
Black Beauty Switchblades - Prof. Dan Fuller
FOREIGN SPRING STEEL - Vincent Federico: A new switchblade book you must have!
Latama BIG TIME!
Interview with Mark Erickson, author of Antique American Switchblades - Prof. Dan Fuller
Spring Steel Most Elegant
Serious Latama
Southpaw Spring Steel
Viva le France
