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Hi Guys,
Yes I have one. I bought it and was greatly disappointed as it looked like a switchblade but wasn't. The button doesn't operate anything. Its a Shelham and was marked made in Japan. It has a model no but I can't remember what it was.
It is around somewhere but I don't look at it much as I think its an unattractive knife.
I bought it at Sherry's disposals in Brisbane when they were in Adelaide st opposite the City Hall.
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This is the one I carried at school.It soon developed severe blade play.In later years it was used regularly to short the terminals on a troublesome starter motor on my first car.
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Originally Posted by
Ozwelder
Hi Guys,
Yes I have one. I bought it and was greatly disappointed as it looked like a switchblade but wasn't. The button doesn't operate anything. Its a Shelham and was marked made in Japan. It has a model no but I can't remember what it was.
It is around somewhere but I don't look at it much as I think its an unattractive knife.
I bought it at Sherry's disposals in Brisbane when they were in Adelaide st opposite the City Hall.
Yep that's where mine came from.I used to love that store,loved ogling over the Kukri's in there also seem to remember a piece of plate steel in there with different calibre bullet holes in it.
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That is definitely a blast from the past, i also had a few of them. I always had them hidden in my bedroom so my parents didn't find them.
I bought mine from a toy shop that also sold guns and knives, they were the good old days.
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Yep, bought one from Gunsmith in mid 70's on way home from school (in uniform).Used to carry it at school too.
Got to love those days..
Still got it, crap s/s, but at least it doesn't rust.
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We played schoolboys league.
The coach was a lovely man, and father of one of us.
At the end of the year he gave us all a folder. Solingen stamped on the blade. One blade, one flat screwdriver.
I did a trade, travelled for years, fixed a lot of crap, lived.
Replaced the handle “leaves” (I called them), and wore the thing out.
Lost track of it about the time I went through a divorce and had to move towns.
I remember that man. He was a good man and taught me some of life’s simple rules. Not football.
Most of those guys I haven’t seen for twenty or thirty years, but I reckon Ray sticks in all their hearts.
Last edited by Michael Hollidge; 08-11-2019 at 21:25.
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Originally Posted by
andio
Coming from England, we used to buy these by the box load as full Auto from france and carry them thru customs with 'bangers' without a problem (well drive them thru) ... Great fun to play with but I never actually 'did' anything with them. I have a feeling I would be minus a few fingers if I had EDC'd one of those ... Ours were very cheap and very cheaply made!
Originally Posted by
Ausblade
I was at an outdoors show in Victoria earlier this year and a bloke had boxes of them, all full auto, made in China $50 each.
Many people suggested they were illegal and he should not be selling them, but he insisted that customs allowed them in, they were legal as far as he was concerned. I went back later in the day and he had removed them from view but was still selling them. I think he said he started with 200.
Originally Posted by
Tinbasher
I had a full auto one way back, massive it was about 12" long when it was open.
Forgot the safety off one day and it opened in my pocket, lucky the top edge wasn't sharp or I could have lost a few vital parts
Richard
Did you guys have the semi-auto ones as well !? or just the full-auto versions ! ... 
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