American Switches

[galvanic1882]

Both are great knives guys!!!

[Beechtree]

^Both nice scores.
Step up folks for the flylock spectacular! This is a great thread. Wiseguy that is a beautiful folding guard. Amazing find.
Roostershooter, that sure is some nice etch.
Mike, that is the first I have seen. Thanks for sharing it.
Great knives all!

[galvanic1882]

Latest pickup Schrade Cut with 2 patent numbers on the back tang. Fires fast and sits deep in the well. A little up and down movement and the front bolster swings just a tiny bit. Still a nice one!

[IMBand]

Beauty there Mike.......WOWZER!!

IM

[knife-nut]

I really like the bone on that! Mark.

[wiseguy]

Nice old S.Cut co. Galvanic those early Feb Feb handles sure beat the typical later peachsead pattern ( IMO )

[Nick]

Hi Guys-
Just opened the mail box and these two fellas arrived today. I was so excited to get these, the waiting time until they arrived seemed forever. I have been looking for some nice Flylocks that were also semi-affordable, and in good condition.
Thanks-

[galvanic1882]

Great knives!! Love the hawkbill!! Ever since I got the Cattaraugus flylock I have been hooked!! Looking for more of them too.

[wazu013]

Great knives!! Love the hawkbill!! Ever since I got the Cattaraugus flylock I have been hooked!! Looking for more of them too.

X2 on the hawkbill

[wiseguy]

I like that little hawkbill FL

[wiseguy]

I picked up this large early FEB. FEB. bone double with full bolsters to temporarily fill a spot in the group until a minty one come along... This picture shows a good representation of sizes , style and handles used on their double ended safety knives. What I find interesting is on this large early knife the pins are set with a crude punch and not finish polished like the later ones , granted it is over 100 years old . Enjoy

[galvanic1882]

Great knife !!!!!

[galvanic1882]

I love Flylocks and I have this one coming in the mail. I will post better pics next week when I get the knife!

[wiseguy]

Did you get the fishscaler one yet Galvanic1882 ? if so post some pics I picked this Catt.Cut Co. up to hang with the other . Interesting that my swinguard model has brass liners and the other has steel . Are they all like these ?

[galvanic1882]

Wow, yours is only the second Catt Fly that I have ever seen. It's mich nicer then the one I have nice score on both!!

[wiseguy]

Thanks mike ... I was kicking myself all the way home from the OKCA show where Art found the one you now have .. came back to the table it was gone .Trick photography , yours is actually nicer than this one Brass or steel liners on you FLocks ?

[stockman]

Auto with punch SCC. Old knife with alot of wear. I think a hard knife to find. I hope picture is ok.

Harold

[MrBlister]

Anybody know ??
Is a PRESTO a Press button or a Schrade..
whats book value and whats realistic value?

THANKS IN ADVANCE AND HET !!!

[knife7knut]

Dave: I have both a Presto and a Schrade and they are for all intents and purposes identical.

[MrBlister]

HET Ray . . . thanks .. .
this thang fires hard, locks tight.
and rides low..

cya in chat this eve

Regards.. Dave n Lil Red

[wiseguy]

The letter openers are Presto made by G.Schrade as marked on the tang . " Pressbutton knife co". pre dates these buy at least a decade . Flylock made some . neither Pressbutton or Schrade cut co ( as I recall ) offered a letter opener but hey !!!! ya never know what might pop up with anything G. Shrade had to do with . BTW cool letter opener , I collect Presto .

[wiseguy]

Definitely a hard one to find . I`ve only seen a handful of them with that punch blade

Auto with punch SCC. Old knife with alot of wear. I think a hard knife to find. I hope picture is ok.

Harold

[RalphAlsip]

Apologies if this the wrong place for this post.

I was watching this Remington R2403 on eBay last week and it abruptly disappeared before the scheduled end time of the auction. It did not move to "Ended" - it simply disappeared. This makes me think that eBay took it down rather than the seller. I didn't intend to bid on it because the bidding exceeded my price range.

Does anyone have experience or thoughts on why the knife would disappear? I am wondering if it might be a policy related to selling this type of knife (Switch) or if it might be related to authenticity? It looks pretty good to me.

Thanks for any insight you can provide.

Jerry

[wiseguy]

wow ... didn't see that Remington , looks like cleaned to near mint . Trio of large Presto knives in all 3 styles offered

[wiseguy]

While in the process of putting together my Presto group shown one thing led to another and this group of fairly scarce Knives came to be not only are they different models but all have different liners and backspacer materials . The swinguard has brass liners with a stainless back , the Cattaragus has steel on steel and the newly added fishscaler model has nickel on nickel. kinda neat , enjoy.