Italian stiletto question

[kruuth]

I wanted to look into this. A friend has a stiletto, apparently manufactured at or before 1922. The grips are pewter and have some sort of strange pattern to go with the patina on the metal. It's 9 inches long. Anyone know what something like that is worth?

[Viking45]

Without photos and some more information it would be almost impossible to tell.
See if you can get some pictures to post here. Sounds interesting.

[Bill DeShivs]

How do you know it was made before 1922?
Post pictures, and we can tell you a lot about it. Without them, anything is purely conjecture.

[redeye]

I AM GONNA DO MY AMAZING KRESKIN IMPERSANATION AND SAY THAT IT IS A BDBL BUTTON SILVER PRESSBUTTON AND IT JUST LOOKS LIKE PEWTER AND THE PATTERN IS ONE OF THE ONES THEY USED TA DA LOL WE WILL SE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT LOL

[kruuth]

The date I'm basing on what he told me, as to when it was given to him. IT was given to him by his grandfather, who in turn received it as payment for doing some odd jobs when he was a kid.

If I had pics I would post but I don't. It looks like a typical italian switchblade, with the standard blade, just with dull metal grips. The metal looks like it has veins or something carved into it.

[kruuth]

Anybody?

Just a ballpark here would be great.

[Bill DeShivs]

$15.
Seriously, there is no way to even guess without good pictures.

[orangeboy]

Like this?

[kruuth]

The pattern on the metal looks like it but the coloring on the grips is wrong. This one was dull grey, and had no brass. Where did you get that one?

[Belmont800]

The pattern on the metal looks like it but the coloring on the grips is wrong. This one was dull grey, and had no brass. Where did you get that one?

Check out the "Museum" page at the Bill DeShivs website.....

[orangeboy]

The pattern on the metal looks like it but the coloring on the grips is wrong. This one was dull grey, and had no brass. Where did you get that one?

The coloring is probably just paint and maybe the one you are referring to, the paint has worn off.
Plus if you said it doesn't have any brass, I assume you mean the brass pins. This one does not have
and pins that you can see either.

Still would like to see a pic of yours.

[kruuth]

If I had pics to show I would. What is that one worth anyway?

[orangeboy]

If it was made before 1922, it would look something like this. Forget about ever finding something like this,
these are pretty much non-existent.

[orangeboy]

If I had pics to show I would. What is that one worth anyway?

few hundred, maybe? It's a pretty standard stiletto (picklock)
but the metal handles make it very unique.

There are also some metal handled trap door OTF stilettos
which have similar handles.

[kruuth]

Those are the correct guards, but the color is off.

Wish I could be more help on this.