Does anyone see anything wrong with this knife? Take a close look, comments welcome.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-VINTAGE-19 ... 43cc2fefc3
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Neft Safety Knife
Neft Safety Knife
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Re: Neft Safety Knife
All the rest on ebay show a long pull. Replaced blade??
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Re: Neft Safety Knife
Looks to me as though there has been some crudely done work at the handle pins on the shield side. Maybe the handles had pulled away from the pins, but I think those pins are either replacements or were re-peened and sanded or buffed and those marks are evident on the handle material.
Whoever did that also buffed the opposite bolsters and scuffed up the smooth, shiny handle material there as well.
Knife might be totally legit, but it's been repaired.
Charlie Noyes
Whoever did that also buffed the opposite bolsters and scuffed up the smooth, shiny handle material there as well.
Knife might be totally legit, but it's been repaired.
Charlie Noyes
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Re: Neft Safety Knife
TJ & Charlie,
I'd say yes to both replies.
Some crude work/filing of some type done on the handles.
I've yet to see a Neft that didn't have a match striker long pull. I can't see any of the normal stamping on the blade tang so it's most likely not there and a replacement blade not marked. Blade profile taper to the tip doesn't look right either.
The fact the the knife doesn't close isn't a good sign either.
Wayne
I'd say yes to both replies.
Some crude work/filing of some type done on the handles.
I've yet to see a Neft that didn't have a match striker long pull. I can't see any of the normal stamping on the blade tang so it's most likely not there and a replacement blade not marked. Blade profile taper to the tip doesn't look right either.
The fact the the knife doesn't close isn't a good sign either.
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Re: Neft Safety Knife
I don`t see too much wrong with it except the blade may be a replacement.
The early model of these knives looked similar but were crude compared to this later version. The first model had smooth wood handles and a rectangular sliding shield. The blade was unmarked on the tang. This could be an early left over blade from a prototype or it could be a replacement that someone made. The early blade did have a long pull however it was not a match striker pull, the nail nick on this one is suspicious but anything is possible.
As far as the handle is concerned I don`t believe it has been re-pinned, so many times these knives fall into the hands of a person who does not know how to open them, they try prying it open with a screwdriver, think the thumb rest is how you open it and break that off!, etc.
What I am seeing from these poor pictures is it looks like someone was trying to open it and scratched it all up on the bolster and handle.
The pin that secures the blade closed is out of rotation so that the reduced portion of the pin is not in alignment with the locking slot. This is why the blade does not stay closed, so either someone changed the blade and did not align it properly or if the blade was made as a replacement it was not the right thickness and when tightened down the pin is in the wrong position.
It is still a good parts knife for the money compared to what this one brought($190.00) in the condition it was in, it is missing the front bolster, thumb rest, bail and the blade is heavily worn:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-VINTAGE-NE ... 7675.l2557
The early model of these knives looked similar but were crude compared to this later version. The first model had smooth wood handles and a rectangular sliding shield. The blade was unmarked on the tang. This could be an early left over blade from a prototype or it could be a replacement that someone made. The early blade did have a long pull however it was not a match striker pull, the nail nick on this one is suspicious but anything is possible.
As far as the handle is concerned I don`t believe it has been re-pinned, so many times these knives fall into the hands of a person who does not know how to open them, they try prying it open with a screwdriver, think the thumb rest is how you open it and break that off!, etc.
What I am seeing from these poor pictures is it looks like someone was trying to open it and scratched it all up on the bolster and handle.The pin that secures the blade closed is out of rotation so that the reduced portion of the pin is not in alignment with the locking slot. This is why the blade does not stay closed, so either someone changed the blade and did not align it properly or if the blade was made as a replacement it was not the right thickness and when tightened down the pin is in the wrong position.
It is still a good parts knife for the money compared to what this one brought($190.00) in the condition it was in, it is missing the front bolster, thumb rest, bail and the blade is heavily worn:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-VINTAGE-NE ... 7675.l2557
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