German Made Switchblade & Gravity Knives

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eyeselect wrote:Please do me a favor and look at the Marbles safety folding hunter that I posted in knife related Q&A.
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fo
got this switch thinking the 70s

just has Solingen germany

any info .. thanks
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Hello to all! I am new here, my name is Darek. I owned one of the SB Knives Pictured here when I was a teenager. It is the very first all stainless steel pictured one. Can someone Please tell me the make & model if possible? I would like to find another like it. It brings back great memories, but unfortuneately mine was stolen way back then in the seventies.

(Not the one directly above this post, but the one at the very beginning of this thread)...Thanks!
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augnut wrote: It is the very first all stainless steel pictured one. Can someone Please tell me the make & model if possible?
It`s a Bonsa.
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Speaking of Bonsa...... here`s a seldom seen model
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Wow Wiseguy, that is one great looking Auto if I ever saw one! Love the spearpoint blade. Bonsa s are even rare to find here in their homecountry.
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Here is my latest auto;a Bonsa Springer in pretty decent shape except for a bit of rust(mostly cleaned away now)and a small piece of scale missing from the scale near the center rivet on the pile side.I have it soaking in PB Blaster at the moment trying to see if will open a bit easier.Virtually no side play in the blade and that may be the cause of the opening problem.
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Sharing my newest find: a Type 1a Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger.
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Sadly, the tip on the marlin spike is bent.  Is it worth trying to straighten/regrind the tip, or leave it as a "character" mark?
Sadly, the tip on the marlin spike is bent. Is it worth trying to straighten/regrind the tip, or leave it as a "character" mark?
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Nice catch Tom!I think the tip of the spike should be fairly easy to straighten.The steel isn't usually hard as a knife blade.I have a small brass hammer that I normally use to straighten pieces such as this on the flat of a bench vise.
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Use lithium automotive grease, not oil, on the Bonsa tang.You won't believe the difference it will make!
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Tom, great gravity knife! I have a few of those myself.
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Bill DeShivs wrote:Use lithium automotive grease, not oil, on the Bonsa tang.You won't believe the difference it will make!
Thanks for the tip Bill;I will give it a try.
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GK
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Beautiful old Korn!! ::tu:: ::tu::
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That example of a Korn sure is outstanding! Gotta like those old knives.
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That Korn is one beautiful knife!!! Here is a little Boker with a cool slide tab release.
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Just purchased at Brimfield flea market.
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Here`s a neat little mini Bonsa that is fairly scarce. The picture becomes clear if you click on it twice.
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That is one sweet looking knife!!
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Here's some of my Hubertus. Also add them in the Hubertus forum
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The little Bonsa also comes in a clip point model(I don't have that one), but I have a generic ,unmarked, identical one also with bayonet blade. Very cool.
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Here’s a couple I own.
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autoknife wrote:Here’s a couple I own.
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HUBERTUS SPRINGER
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::nod:: ::nod:: ::nod:: ::tu:: ::tu::
Leesknives wrote: Tue Jun 22, 2021 6:12 am HUBERTUS SPRINGER
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