All About Pocket Knives

jw517 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2024 4:10 am The bottom of the blade tang just needs a LITTLE material removed. There may be a raised area where it meets the back spring. That is what you file/sand/ grind down a BIT. PIECE OF CAKE!

Good Old Luke wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2024 4:34 pm

stockman wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2024 7:13 pm Thanks for looking at my old knife, I knew about the blade from pictures before purchasing it. So don’t feel to bad. I contacted a couple really good repairmen one was off with some health issues the other one was booked, but I can get in line. I enjoy the older knives, the history. The old manufactures. Harold

Killgar wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2024 8:35 pm There can be a variety of causes of blade peek depending on the design of a switchblade.

The "Pushbutton" knives like yours have two round holes in the tang of the blade. With the blade fully open, and the knife held vertically, the holes are at the 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock positions, above and below the pivot hole. The sear/blade catch passes through a hole in the liner and drops into those holes to either hold the blade closed in the handle, or to hold/lock the blade open.

I can think of three causes of the blade peek in your knife-

1. The edge of the catch hole in the blade that holds the blade closed could be worn.

2. The edge of the catch hole in the liner could be worn.

3. The tip of the sear/blade catch could be worn.

Or, it could be a combination of two or all three of these.

It would take a highly skilled person to fix such issues. It might require replacement of the sear. And it might require laser welding to add steel to the edge of the blade catch hole, and/or the catch hole of the liner.

Bill DeShivs is the guy I would seek out to fix such a knife. He is an authorized repairman for Pressbutton brand knives.

Killgar wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2024 8:35 pm There can be a variety of causes of blade peek depending on the design of a switchblade.

The "Pushbutton" knives like yours have two round holes in the tang of the blade. With the blade fully open, and the knife held vertically, the holes are at the 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock positions, above and below the pivot hole. The sear/blade catch passes through a hole in the liner and drops into those holes to either hold the blade closed in the handle, or to hold/lock the blade open.

I can think of three causes of the blade peek in your knife-

1. The edge of the catch hole in the blade that holds the blade closed could be worn.

2. The edge of the catch hole in the liner could be worn.

3. The tip of the sear/blade catch could be worn.

Or, it could be a combination of two or all three of these.

It would take a highly skilled person to fix such issues. It might require replacement of the sear. And it might require laser welding to add steel to the edge of the blade catch hole, and/or the catch hole of the liner.

Bill DeShivs is the guy I would seek out to fix such a knife. He is an authorized repairman for Pressbutton brand knives.

Killgar wrote: ↑Sat Nov 23, 2024 7:34 am Happy to be of service .

Here are some photos to show the inner workings of a Press Button knife.

The first pic shows the sear spring. It's located under the back handle scale. The red arrow is pointing to the sear pin that holds the blade in the open and closed positions.

The second pic shows the back side liner with the sear removed. The red arrow points to the sear hole.

The third pic shows the blade and the two holes I mentioned earlier.

stockman wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2024 8:38 pm Old knife, blade peek. Harold