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Rollie Seibold
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Rollie Seibold left a comment for Steve Hanner"To maintain your interest, you must constantly change, never forgetting any one interest but expanding knowledge of all. You obviously care about people, and it is here that you will draw the most joy. You have developed a social media whereby…"
managerSteve Hanner left a comment for Rollie Seibold
"Rollie you are the best, and you give me great hope for my future! lol I will be 58 so maybe I can continue to collect for many years."
Rollie Seibold left a comment for Steve Hanner"Thanks, Steve, for the encouragement.......next knife and GUN pictures! Avid collector of both.....and at my age.....fancy that!
Rollie"
Rollie Seibold replied to Jemal Hamilton's discussion vintage Switch repair in the group Antique Switchblade Collectors"You know, Jemal, you must be as bored as I am to be up at 3:00a.m.! The older I get, the less I sleep.....I was 70 this year!
Rollie"
Rollie Seibold replied to Jemal Hamilton's discussion vintage Switch repair in the group Antique Switchblade Collectors"Why don't we all just contribute our broken switches to one central location and then they could be donated to the poor?
By the way, I go by "Rollie", not Chuck, Charles, etc. I can't figure out how to change…"
Rollie Seibold replied to Jemal Hamilton's discussion vintage Switch repair in the group Antique Switchblade Collectors"Kaleb, well said. I think perhaps that I was simply frustrated knowing that no valid repair existed for these knives! Because of the nostalgic nature of the knives, I am going to continue to collect them until I earn the dubious honor of…"
Rollie Seibold replied to Jemal Hamilton's discussion vintage Switch repair in the group Antique Switchblade Collectors"I remember that your name had come up before; in fact, I was on your site some time ago and you reiterated your "exceptions" list...which just happened to be the knives I had been collecting that needed repair i.e., colonial SHUR…"
Rollie Seibold replied to Jemal Hamilton's discussion vintage Switch repair in the group Antique Switchblade Collectors"Wayne...how do we find out who that guy is?......he's the answer to our problems! Rollie"
Rollie Seibold replied to Jemal Hamilton's discussion vintage Switch repair in the group Antique Switchblade Collectors"Jemal....I have tried to figure how to do the repairs myself, but on these old knives, simply taking them apart without damaging them appears hopeless. Next week, I am going to try and find a local machinist who might help.It would appear that…"
Rollie Seibold replied to Jemal Hamilton's discussion Japanese auto knife lighter combo in the group Antique Switchblade Collectors"No, I did not! Someone needed it worse than I! Thanks for the heads up!.......Rollie (Charles)
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Rollie Seibold replied to Jemal Hamilton's discussion Japanese auto knife lighter combo in the group Antique Switchblade Collectors"By the way, Jemal, thanks for the heads up!
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Rollie Seibold replied to Jemal Hamilton's discussion Japanese auto knife lighter combo in the group Antique Switchblade Collectors"I bid on this because I'm a smoker.....so it's utilitarian.....ha!...ha!"
Rollie Seibold left a comment for peter force"Peter, if it's Muskrat Man, he will not work on the knives which I need repaired. Two or three of the knives are manufactured by Imperial.
Rollie"
Profile Information
- Profile
- User/Collector
- Are you a member of any knife club now?
- No
- Do you currently subscribe to any knife publication (offline)
- No
- How long have you collected knives?
- 1-2 years
- Favorite Kind of Knives
- switchblades
- About Me
- I am 69 years old......gun and knife (new) collector......retired executive......writer of sorts
- Interests
- Proxibid and other auction sites
- Other Hobbies
- old cars and stuff(any) that I can resell on E-bay for fun
Comment Wall (16 comments)
- At 13:03 on August 5, 2012,
managerSteve Hanner said… Rollie you are the best, and you give me great hope for my future! lol I will be 58 so maybe I can continue to collect for many years.
- At 19:13 on May 13, 2012,
Lee Saunders said… Charles
I ran into a guy on a website who says he has a long career repairing American switchblades especially those based on George Schrade's patents.
Check him out here
I may send him one of my knives that needs spring work that no one else can fix and see how he does. If he can't fix it, no big deal right? No on else can...
Anyway, just thought you might be interested.
Lee
- At 19:56 on May 1, 2012,
Jan Carter said… 
- At 4:43 on May 1, 2012,
staffPat ChoKo said… Happy Birthday!
- At 2:46 on May 1, 2012,
Ron Cooper said… 
- At 21:37 on April 27, 2012, Lee Saunders said…
I understand. Sometimes learning the rules takes awhile...at least for me.
You can check this site http://www.antiqueamericanswitchblades.com/How_to_Order.html
If you like American Switchblades I recommend Mark's book. It is now my knife bible. And I have bought knives from him too. And he has become nice enough to answer some of my dumb questions...and I ask a few! He may know someone who works on them but like I said before they are just so damn delicate.
Sometimes i think of buing a few mucked up knives, take them apart and see if I can learn anything myself.
- At 9:14 on April 23, 2012, Lee Saunders said…
Yesterday the note I sent was really limited as an attachment to the friend request. Anyway, I think the guy that wrote the book woud say to accept the wobble as part of the aging process if it is not too bad. And he's an expert.
They are such delicate internals and I just don't think there are many people in the U.S. that have experience with the springs. What did the guys in France say because I was thinking France, Italy or Germany might be the best places.
I read an article of a guys visit to Italy and he shipped a broken knife over to the hotel he was going to stay in because he didn't want to carry it on the plane. Took the knife to a dingy little shop where he got it fixed by some guy that looked to be 90+ years old.
I have 2 knives with minor wobbles and after talking with the writer of the switchblade book I am going to leave them alone. For now.
- At 3:13 on March 25, 2012, Ron Cooper said…
- At 21:51 on March 24, 2012,
stephen tungate said… 
we are glad to have you with us rollie find a group or two or three and have some fun there is many great collectors and knife makers here......
- At 21:14 on March 24, 2012,
Billy Oneale said… Welcome to iKC!
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