Old Italian knife

[BestVintageKnives]

Busted spring and bent back lock. Not sure if it’s worth fixing or not?

[Pile Driver]

Maybe if you open the knife up to vertical and push the lock over the blade pin, and then put a million rubber bands around it for a month itll fix it

[SwedgeHead]

Is there a blade hiding in there? else its an old Italian handle.

[Killgar]

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[BestVintageKnives]

Maybe if you open the knife up to vertical and push the lock over the blade pin, and then put a million rubber bands around it for a month itll fix it

Like this?

[Pile Driver]

Yes like that but try and have the blade standing upright

You have the idea though. I'm pretty handy around knives and repairing them

[Folgore1]

rubber bands are not going to work the knife will have to be dis-assembled so you can bend backspring to original shape, you only need to remove 1 pin (bottom bolster) then you can swing back spring around so you can bend it back to shape. kick spring will be the hardest , you will have to cut one shape it then spring temper it then hope it works without breaking after 1000 times opening and closing . the knife will be great once restored to original function.

[BestVintageKnives]

rubber bands are not going to work the knife will have to be dis-assembled so you can bend backspring to original shape, you only need to remove 1 pin (bottom bolster) then you can swing back spring around so you can bend it back to shape. kick spring will be the hardest , you will have to cut one shape it then spring temper it then hope it works without breaking after 1000 times opening and closing . the knife will be great once restored to original function.

Thanks. I’ll revisit this tomorrow and try a new method.

[Bill DeShivs]

It's very possible the backspring is broken at the backspring pin. Some are ground very thin on the inside, and breaks are hard to see.

[BestVintageKnives]

It's very possible the backspring is broken at the backspring pin. Some are ground very thin on the inside, and breaks are hard to see.

Ooo. That stinks. I should just toss it then. It sounds bad. I might try prying the blade open this weekend with some pliers and a screw driver before I toss it just for curiosities sake.

[BestVintageKnives]

Maybe if you open the knife up to vertical and push the lock over the blade pin, and then put a million rubber bands around it for a month itll fix it

Thanks pal. I think that helped. I had a spark go off just to take some pictures I added a little wire around it to hold it in place. Now what to do next?

[BestVintageKnives]

rubber bands are not going to work the knife will have to be dis-assembled so you can bend backspring to original shape, you only need to remove 1 pin (bottom bolster) then you can swing back spring around so you can bend it back to shape. kick spring will be the hardest , you will have to cut one shape it then spring temper it then hope it works without breaking after 1000 times opening and closing . the knife will be great once restored to original function.

How’s this? I added the wire just for the pictures to hold it straight.

[BestVintageKnives]

It's very possible the backspring is broken at the backspring pin. Some are ground very thin on the inside, and breaks are hard to see.

Do you think it’s busted?

[wiseguy]

Is there a stamp mark on the blade ?
Some people collect certain tang stamps on Italian stiletto knives, that alone can weigh up if it’s worth fixing.

[Folgore1]

it will have to be dis-assembled to fix it , really no other way