ITALIAN(?) multiblade knife

cycosteve · Post by **cycosteve** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:22 pm

I have two knives from my father and I was hoping to get more info on them or their manufacturers. There is little/no info I get from a google search. I am 40yrs old and I remember these knives from when I was a little kid.

One is about 2" closed and has DELFABBRO INOXID on one of the blades. It has short blade, long blade, screwdriver, can opener, scissors, corkscrew, and awl. It looks like bone/horn on the outside......

The other knife is about 3" closed and has TEJA&ROSA MADE IN ITALY on one of the blades. It has short blade, long blade, screwdriver, can opener, scissors, corkscrew, and awl. It looks like bone/horn on the outside......

Both of these knives look the same except for size

Any help I could get in figuring out manufacturer and price would be appreciated.

79spitfire · Post by **79spitfire** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 4:21 am

I seem to remember "Swiss army Knives" with the Inox tang stamp. But I also remember them stating "Swiss Made". Perhaps this is a pre-merger company of "Victorinox" who currently makes "Swiss army" brand knives. It may be the same relationship that the "Italian made" Kissing Crane stilettos have.

Radius · Post by **Radius** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:54 am

Steve, I apologize that I cannot provide any information for you.
However, I wanted to say that your father has good taste.

That's a beauty.

Vagrant · Post by **Vagrant** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:48 am

79spitfire wrote:I seem to remember "Swiss army Knives" with the Inox tang stamp. But I also remember them stating "Swiss Made". Perhaps this is a pre-merger company of "Victorinox" who currently makes "Swiss army" brand knives. It may be the same relationship that the "Italian made" Kissing Crane stilettos have.

"Inox" [and varieties of it] means stainless.
Swiss Armies are also marked Victorinox or Wenger [the makers]

This knife is Italian [99% sure]

No relation to Swiss Armies.
The "Inox" stamp on Swiss Armies [only] is a special spec. stainless.
On any other knife it [just] means any stainless.
"Victorinox" was the makers brand name, from his mothers name [Victoria] and Inox.
And yes it is a very nice knife

"Wild guess" the stamp means made of stainless.

trentinistefano · Post by **trentinistefano** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:53 am

Yes Vagrant, you are right; there are many little factories here in Italy who made knives like that and Del Fabbro, is known (here!

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INOX = stainless steel (INOXIDABLE)

Vagrant · Post by **Vagrant** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:14 am

trentinistefano wrote:Yes Vagrant, you are right; there are many little factories here in Italy who made knives like that and Del Fabbro, is known (here! )
INOX = stainless steel (INOXIDABLE)

At one time I had a British knife that was stamped "Inoxsidable"
I believe the Italian is "inossidabile" but I've never seen it on a knife

Rostfrei is German but I saw one that was stamped "Nicht Rosten"

I have a couple Italian knives stamped "Rostfrei" I assume this was intended [mostly] for a German spaeking market.

trentinistefano · Post by **trentinistefano** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:46 am

Vagrant wrote:
trentinistefano wrote:Yes Vagrant, you are right; there are many little factories here in Italy who made knives like that and Del Fabbro, is known (here! )
INOX = stainless steel (INOXIDABLE)

At one time I had a British knife that was stamped "Inoxsidable"
I believe the Italian is "inossidabile" but I've never seen it on a knife
Rostfrei is German but I saw one that was stamped "Nicht Rosten"
I have a couple Italian knives stamped "Rostfrei" I assume this was intended [mostly] for a German spaeking market.

Yes, "rostfrei" is German, INOX is Italian (inossidabile, but nobody write inossidabile)

cycosteve · Post by **cycosteve** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:18 am

trentinistefano wrote:Yes Vagrant, you are right; there are many little factories here in Italy who made knives like that and Del Fabbro, is known (here! )
INOX = stainless steel (INOXIDABLE)

trentinistefano.... thanks for help. Would have a list of italian knife companies that might have made these knives? I am trying to find out all of the info I can on them. Where they were made? Who made them? how much they cost? How much they're worth? etc....

Thanks

–Stephen

trentinistefano · Post by **trentinistefano** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:27 am

cycosteve wrote:
trentinistefano wrote:Yes Vagrant, you are right; there are many little factories here in Italy who made knives like that and Del Fabbro, is known (here! )
INOX = stainless steel (INOXIDABLE)

trentinistefano.... thanks for help. Would have a list of italian knife companies that might have made these knives? I am trying to find out all of the info I can on them. Where they were made? Who made them? how much they cost? How much they're worth? etc....

Thanks

–Stephen

Thank you Stephen, I am not a collector, but here: http://www.coltelleriacollini.it/commun ... file=index you could find many info, have a nice day

Post by **Bill DeShivs** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:37 am

Teja & Rosa made some of the Latama knives in the 1950s.

cycosteve · Post by **cycosteve** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:21 am

Bill DeShivs wrote:Teja & Rosa made some of the Latama knives in the 1950s.

Thanks Bill... Are these knives I have Latama knives?

Post by **Bill DeShivs** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:28 am

No, they are as marked. Latamas are marked "Latama."

Pedro · Post by **Pedro** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 12:34 am

I just got a gift from a friend who gave me a pocket knive similar to that one you are talking about. It has TERA & ROSA MADE IN ITALY, printed at one side of the blade and INOSSIDABILE on the other. The father of my friend got it in Europe some time in the 50's.

swordfight · Post by **swordfight** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:45 am

Your 3rd picture of a knives look like an army swiss knife because it has multi-blades. I'm sorry because i have no info with your other knife.

Vagrant · Post by **Vagrant** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 4:24 pm

The knife is NOT Swiss, it is Italian

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