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Quaero, I thought the knives you were posting were a little too nice for you to be a noob

The standard 50s picklock (like the MII on the left in my pic) could be considered a transitional as it evolved from the earlier flatguards, which themselves were variations of earlier knives. Yes I've always hated the word transitional. Knives seem to make a noticeable change every 5-10 years so t...

Really nice knife! I love them in solid black horn like this, they look a little more menacing.

It's very crude. Tough thing about knives like this is it could be much older then your guess or it could have been made by a teenager learning iron work in the 1970's.

Let us know what you turn up.

Those are awesome scales. Also a sweet old picklock. Rescale the knife in horn to make it right and put those scales on a new knife. Then you get two great knives out of it

Just my 2 cents)

OMG what an amazing untouched example!

I've owned a few of these, made differently then the 60's bc/bc but I'll say they are 100% Italian. Just made a few years later and a little different. They are cool knives. Tons of them showed up as NOS from Italy. I've also owned a few of the early rem swinguards with the center lockback. Amazing ...

It's a pretty rare 60s switchblade with a broken spring. Could be fixed if you get the knife cheap, could actually be worth something too once we know what that stamp is.

Very nice Thom!! I have a few 13" Renzo's and they are some of my favorite knives. Really hard to pick a favorite in that group. The horn on the swedge is pretty amazing. If I remember right someone told me the different signatures are a way to date the runs of these knives. Wish I kept better notes...

I just placed my order as well, can't wait to see the book!!! These are some very rare knives on the cover!

This books looks awesome!!! Thank you so much for putting it together Paolo. I will send you and email to get a copy.

A paypal account will be much easier, bank transfers never seem to go smoothly for me

Very cool old Flat Guard!!! I would say that knife falls into a category of being made just before or just after WWII. I have an 8" that has very similar features to this one. Your knife has a decent blade, great horn scales, and cool big buttons. On the other end the pivot pin is not original, back...

Amazing & creative piece! The work on the bolster and guards is top notch!!

That's a 1950's Italian shell wrap. I'd say you were paid pretty well for your 20 minutes of work

That is a sweet knife! Really nice work Bill and the Oyster that cooked that pearl didn't do to bad either.