diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/weaponry.dm b/code/game/objects/items/weaponry.dm
index 0cde23de7f..c776a52ecf 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/weaponry.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/weaponry.dm
@@ -350,10 +350,10 @@ for further reading, please see: https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/pull/301
 	extended_icon_state = "switchblade_ext_ms"
 
 /obj/item/switchblade/makeshift/attackby(/obj/item/I) //Theres no way in hell I did this proc right. Special thanks to Hatterhat and Putnam. They pretty much made this proc for me because im a fucking dentskull haha.
-  if(I && istype(/obj/item/stack/material/silver))
-    icon_state = switchblade_msf
-    extended_icon_state = switchblade_ext_msf
-    icon_state = switchblade_msf
+  if(istype(I,/obj/item/stack/sheet/mineral/silver))
+    icon_state = "switchblade_msf"
+    extended_icon_state = "switchblade_ext_msf"
+    icon_state = "switchblade_msf"
 	
 /obj/item/phone
 	name = "red phone"