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No one will build one for me!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:35 pm
by Captain O
I wanted someone to build me a 10.75" Fishtail Pick Lock with a blade made from CPM-S30V Steel and a healthy sear pin made from long-wearing materials. I would like to have liners made from titanium and solid nickel-silver bolsters and other hardware.
I would be willing to cough up more than $1800 for this knife, because it would be a modern iteration of the knife my father carried on deck during WW2, Korea and in the Bremerton US Navy Shipyards.
Sad, isn't it?
Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:06 pm
by Gunsil
Maybe you just didn't offer enough. Custom knives to order can be VERY pricey!
Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:33 pm
by Captain O
I asked Paul Panak (Burn Custom Knives) to build the piece for any price and was turned down.
You figure it out.
Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 10:03 pm
by Gunsil
There is a guy who is having modern pick locks made in Italy in the area they originally came from. Charlie Campanolo or something like that. Maybe somebody here in the switchblade forum can give you better info on him, perhaps he could have it done over there. Don't know if they'd do the titanium liners but it never hurts to ask. Labor is cheaper over there and they still make a quality picklock. You may just be able to buy an exact modern copiy of the one your dad had without the fancy steel and liners. If they would make it for you in Italy it would help if you supplied the metal. There are also hundreds of custom knife makers in the US, maybe you just have ask the right one.
Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 11:32 pm
by Bill DeShivs
Did you ask Pat Havlin or Jeremy Kreis?
Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:02 am
by Captain O
I don't know how to contact Jeremy Kreis. I'll try to reach Pat Havlin.
Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 2:50 am
by Captain O
No luck reaching Picklock Pat (Havlin).
Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 4:57 am
by Bill DeShivs
Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 5:04 am
by Captain O
Thanks, Bill.
Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 1:06 pm
by Captain O
The email for Jeremy failed to work.
Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 1:13 pm
by bestgear
Looks like Jeremy was here in 2017:
viewtopic.php?t=54604
Try emailing him through AAPK, maybe it’s his current email address

Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 3:10 pm
by samb1955
Captain O wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 1:06 pm
The email for Jeremy failed to work.
Send him a pm on talk blade, worth a try
Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 3:24 pm
by Captain O
I am and have been visiting a friend 32 miles from my place and have had no steady access to the internet for months. This caused me to lose my access to Talk Blade. It has been a real problem.
C'est la vie.
Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 6:51 pm
by Bill DeShivs
Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:41 pm
by Captain O
Thanks, Bill. I sent him an email that finally went through.
Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:52 pm
by Captain O
I sent Jeremy a picture of the 9.75" Fishtail Picklock (sold by Grindworx) of which I own an example. I old him of how this needs to be a "working" automatic knife and not a display piece. Modern materials and proper engineering can resolve the shortcomings of the original carbon steel (1095) version that father bought 82 years ago. The Brazilian Cow Horn scales should hold up quite well. If this material is less than practical, I could have him use a "marbled" version of Micarta.
https://www.grindworx.com/imgs/knives/i ... -large.jpg
Who knows?

Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:54 pm
by samb1955
Did you offer $1800 for the build? That would get my attention if I could do the work!
Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:52 am
by Captain O
After some thought, $1600.00 is more in line with the cost of labor and materials.
Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2020 4:14 am
by Captain O
Good news! I have almost reached an agreement with Jeremy Kreis to recreate my father's original 10.75" Latama Fishtail Picklock It will have a 4mm thick blade, nickel silver hardware and a 1095 satin finish blade and back spring. It will be a
exact duplicate of my late father's knife (complete with the original clip point blade).
I have been waiting 45 years for this opportunity!
Huzzah and excelsior!

Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2020 5:00 am
by Captain O
Jeremy said that he would begin building my knife by August 14th.
The wait begins.
Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:07 pm
by WillyCamaro
Congrats Captain, can't wait to see the finished product

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Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 3:10 am
by Captain O
I have the finished product but can't post pictures. (Before you ask, I have no way of posting any).
Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 3:32 am
by wiseguy
Perhaps Jeremy could post them for you , congrats!
Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 2:57 am
by WillyCamaro
Well done mate, put a great feather in your cap

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Do you have a laptop pc? You can, if your fine with doing it, take a picture with it's screen camera.

Re: No one will build one for me!
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 4:07 am
by Captain O
Go to the Talkblade Forum and read the thread by the same name. Jeremy posted pictures on page 4 of the thread.