Marlin spikes repairable?

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John Shiels

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I bought a Camillus on eBay and didn't notice the damage. Actually I was a passenger in car and hit button to buy. But anyway best solution for this pin.
 
John Shiels said:
I bought a Camillus on eBay and didn't notice the damage. Actually I was a passenger in car and hit button to buy. But anyway best solution for this pin.
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Kind of impossible to say without knowing what the damage is. Pictures are best, but even a description helps compared to nothing at all. :)
 
Looks like it's just missing the bail? In which case, yes it's fixable, just a pain in the butt.
 
That's a birds eye rivet. Ideally you'd be able to find a washer to fit and just repeen. But realistically, if you'd want to fix it, you need to find nickel silver sheet, punch out a disk, drill, and peen/repin.

I'd just leave it alone. Birds eyes are pretty, but a pain to fix.
 
Not great on knife parts but is bail loop where lanyard goes and it releases Marlin spike?

The pin cover or rivet is missing at end of knife bolster. Will knife start to split there? There is a little wobble in the blade very little but I don't want it to get worse.
 
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What you're missing is the eye part to a birds eye rivet -
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They are an older style of assembly. They were used on kitchen knives, pocket knives, etc...., but were mostly phased out on them in the last 40 - 50 years. Sod Busters and Sailors knives are the only folders I can think of that still use them somewhat on a consistent basis, mainly to maintain the traditional look.
 
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