Press Button

[stockman]

Old knife, blade peek. Harold

[jw517]

Should be an easy fix. That’s not too bad though.

[Madmarco]

It sure looks to be in great shape, Harold, it'd be a shame to not fix that HOK! Nice catch!

[stockman]

May try to send it to someone for repairs. This is my second one I have owned. The first one was perfect even had the beautiful etch. Sold it was stupid. Harold

[jw517]

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!

[wiseguy]

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!

That may work on regular folders but will wreck an old spring knife ….Do not do this ! There’s only 2 ways to properly correct the peek and both involve taking it partially apart….. I’ve seen some regrind the top off the blade to get that tip below the liners but …. Not the preferred method.

[jw517]

I’d leave it alone unless you know what your doing.

[Good Old Luke]

[/quote]That may work on regular folders but will wreck an old spring knife ….Do not do this ! There’s only 2 ways to properly correct the peek
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So what are the “two ways?” Curious to know how it’s generally done.

[wiseguy]

That may work on regular folders but will wreck an old spring knife ….Do not do this ! There’s only 2 ways to properly correct the peek
[/quote]
So what are the “two ways?” Curious to know how it’s generally done.
[/quote]

It involves addressing the parts that are actually worn out.

[stockman]

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

[Good Old Luke]

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

Very cool blade there Harold! Thanks for sharing it. Glad you found a coupla guys that can work on it. I’m sure it can be put in proper order. (There are apparently, two ways to fix it.)
If you remember, after you get it squared away, let us know details of the repair—like to know the techniques they use to remedy that situation. The more you know, right?

[stockman]

If I do get it repaired I will post it again. It is still good as is. Not my first auto with blade peek.

Harold

[Killgar]

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.

[Bill DeShivs]

There is nothing easy about fixing a Pressbutton- except a spring replacement.
If you are lucky, peek can be repaired by replacing the sear pin attached to the button. If not, the sear hole wear in the blade must also be addressed.
I prefer not to even work on them and refer customers to Muskrat Man or Gary Claxon.

[hardman]

Muskrat Man, a regular on this very Forum, fixed the blade peek on my old Press Button. He did an outstanding job.

[wiseguy]

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.

Well put

[Good Old Luke]

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.

Thanks KG for the details . You’re a font of knowledge on this, and I appreciate your schooling on the topic!

[Killgar]

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]

Killgar, good information, I'm not going to mess with this knife myself. may leave it as is. If it is repaired on my part I will send it out.

Harold
Thanks

[Good Old Luke]

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.

Cheers again, my man! These pics of the internals are great!

[DM11]

Old knife, blade peek. Harold

Good score Harold