Looks wrong/feels right
Looks wrong/feels right
As wrong as this spear bladed Nehi legknife might look, the tang is the early UMC no "MADE IN USA", the blade seats perfectly when closed, and walks and talks like a new knife - no wobble, strong half stop loud snap in both directions. Also of interest, the figure resembling a script capital C next to the pivot. Does anyone else have or know of a spear bladed leg? Thanks!
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Re: Looks wrong/feels right
There was an article in Knife World delineating the differences in an original and the reproductions. You can read it here: http://ibdennis.com/Nehi%200802a.pdf
Here are a couple of pictures from that article. Note all of the originals or reproductions are clip blades. Actually the handle looks right. Maybe the blade was replaced (spear blade with nail nick instead of long pull)
Here are a couple of pictures from that article. Note all of the originals or reproductions are clip blades. Actually the handle looks right. Maybe the blade was replaced (spear blade with nail nick instead of long pull)
Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
Re: Looks wrong/feels right
Blade has been replaced. Handles have a lot of wear but look right. Here's the one that I have:
"There are none so blind as those that refuse to see"
God Bless America - Though I don't know why he would want to.
God Bless America - Though I don't know why he would want to.
Re: Looks wrong/feels right
Handles look correct but blade likely replaced. Note the blade pivot pin head is larger than the known originals.