S.a dagger scabbard screws

[BROOKES]

Hi chaps,

am after screws for s.a scabbard,early dagger.does any one know what thread these where,im thinking 3mm but not sure, any help appreciated.

Cheers brookes.

[Larry C]

Hello Brookes and welcome to the forum,,the best person to ask would be this Gent Lakesidetrader

unless someone else reading this might be able to help,, but Paul Hogle at this site can help you in what your looking for. Regards Larry

[Lakesidetrader]

Hey Brookes welcome to this excellent forum.
Screws are often thought to be a simple matter on Political daggers but there's quite a bit to them.
Tom Johnson sells plated steel examples, I do not know of anywhwere you can buy nickel examples any more.
If you have a missing screw you need to buy a tap at the same time as IMHO most times the threads have the be "chased" in order to get the threads to fit right. You need to buy the right screw, lowers are longer than uppers. There's a reason for that too, the lower secures the lead weight in the bottom. In my experience uppers have a 2 mm thread and the lower appox 4-5mm. Before you replace a screw you need to ensure you have the right screwdiver. I know that sounds obvious but you have no idea how many guys just "make do" and invariably make a mess of the screwhead. Tapping the hole and using the right driver will ensure a good job. Finally when you get the screw seated slowly insert the blade, in many cases the blade will bind on a new throat screw. In this case you need to use a triangular file to file the bottom of the screw.
Hope that helps Sir and good luck with this.
Paul

[gerrit]

Brooks there might be another way:
i once searched an early screw before and found it on ebay.
You have to be lucky but if you are patient they will come in time.
now only the these are availavle, but they can be polished:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-SCA...item3f1e808a03

Cheers Ger