White unstamped stiletto w/stepped pin

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White unstamped stiletto w/stepped pin

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Any ideas as to the origin of this knife? Flat grind blade with seer hole drilled through, no markings and a stepped sex pin. Is it Italian or Taiwanese? I know some of the old Frank B kit knives had the stepped sex pin. But weren’t a lot of the kit knives sold through EdgeCo from Taiwan as well? Hope one of you experts can help me out. Thanks!
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It's not Italian.
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Re: White unstamped stiletto w/stepped pin

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Bill DeShivs wrote: Sat Nov 05, 2022 7:43 am It's not Italian.
Would you say Taiwan?
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I am going with Taiwan. 100 % Asian.....
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Looks like China to me.
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I’d say Taiwan.
The Chinese knives seem to favor the bayo style blades.
And if it was from China, it would be stamped “Made in Italy.”
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I have an EdgeCo swivel bolster folder, they stuck an Edge medallion where the fire button would go, it's Pearlex and stamped Inox, and I've another that's stamped Rostfrei. Neither is auto and were most likely produced on that contract with Beltrame back in the day. I will get some pics up in the near future.

Just thinking if it was Italian it would've likely been stamped with something and not blank. Neat knife though.

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NorthCarolinaDude wrote: Sat Nov 05, 2022 11:19 pm I have an EdgeCo swivel bolster folder, they stuck an Edge medallion where the fire button would go, it's Pearlex and stamped Inox, and I've another that's stamped Rostfrei. Neither is auto and were most likely produced on that contract with Beltrame back in the day. I will get some pics up in the near future.

Just thinking if it was Italian it would've likely been stamped with something and not blank. Neat knife though.

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I think I just saw one of those EdgeCo manual swivel bolsters on eBay. I have a 15” EdgeCo manual stiletto that’s a lockback. Posted pics of it a while back.
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Mario wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:00 am
NorthCarolinaDude wrote: Sat Nov 05, 2022 11:19 pm I have an EdgeCo swivel bolster folder, they stuck an Edge medallion where the fire button would go, it's Pearlex and stamped Inox, and I've another that's stamped Rostfrei. Neither is auto and were most likely produced on that contract with Beltrame back in the day. I will get some pics up in the near future.

Just thinking if it was Italian it would've likely been stamped with something and not blank. Neat knife though.

Scott
I think I just saw one of those EdgeCo manual swivel bolsters on eBay. I have a 15” EdgeCo manual stiletto that’s a lockback. Posted pics of it a while back.
I have one that's 11 inches, that's the manual swivel bolster and the other is the manual 15" humpback. Can't remember right now but I think the 11 incher is the one with the Inox stamp and the larger one has a Rostfrei stamp. They are both white Pearlex, or "cracked ice", with Kris blades.

It's funny, I think I was digging up a Frosolone to weigh for another post here when I came upon them. I had completely forgotten about them. They were still in the original plastic, in their boxes, with the original EdgeCo brochures inserted in the boxes. Apparently I had just packed them away after I bought them. So naturally, I put a little oil on them and packed them back up! :)

I had promised when I found them that I'd take some pics and get them posted here, and it's still on my to-do list. So at some point I'll get them posted here. They make an interesting pair.

On a side note, I vaguely remember Edge selling the 15 inch model as a "Gigantic Stiletto" or some such hyperbole. And when I bought it I remember thinking how bloody damned huge it DID appear to me at the time. Then many moons later I bought one of AGA's 18 inch stilettos so now it doesn't seem so "gigantic." :)

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I believe this is a recent Asian knife ( maybe 2002)
It has an Asian blade grind, it does not have a nail nick, it has a thru hole sear hole. it has that familiar white plastic.

The First "Kit Knives" wear imported by "Atlas" and there was a court hearing about whether "parts" constituted an illegal knife.
Few people saw these, I have a poor photo (somewhere). This was pre-digital camera days . .it was either 35mm film or a Xerox machine.

The Edge kits model 120 came out in brass and wood. A great solid knife, hard blade. thick brass liners that did not flex.
It was surely all Italian. I probably bout 20 or so, a few every month. . .to trade or to mangle.

Then they sold the Limited Edition Gold or Silver, I sent for both, but never got the silver plated version.
The Gold version in stag is Microscopic Inspection perfection. Solid, hand picked before gold plating. . .

I remember when Edge started offering all Italian part model 120's in plastic pearloid in red ,white , green , or blue.
I never bought a red one, mostly blue ones, I traded away a green pearl, I wish I didn't, I've never seen another.
So I mangled a few of these with stag or black lexan. . . I often put a false swedge edge on the top of the blade.
Some got custom bolsters.

ONE DAY . . DISASTER. . . . I took apart a blue pearloid, there was a noticeble quality drop.
The Brass liners where thinner, and flexed when you closed the blade under spring pressure.
The blade was tempered different and ground different. .
And under the scales the liners were stamped " Tiawan ".
I think I only bought 2 more, instead buying OTF models.

Then, Edge Co stopped selling Automatics. . . .You got a tilt bolster manual 9 inch folder
that had a LOT of heft, and a better quality blade, in clip point or Kriss blade.

I mangled 2 of the swing guard manual folders into "flick knives" where you grind the blade heel
similar to an Automatic, so the blade flicks out. And upon re-assembly, I decided to fine file the bolster edges,
and found the bolsters where solid zinc soft alloy with a harder bronze plating.
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Edge co never had a solid white rizzuto type plastic scale.
here is an Edge Co white pearloid plastic scale
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This is NOT an Edge Co knife. . .it is marked Milano. . .
Notice the blade grind, the thru hole in the blade, and the bolsters look like wet Lasagne noodles.
( they sag near the pivot pin and the "ears" seem flat. )

I believe this Milano is a very early version of the Asian Clones . AFTER Edge Co quit selling automatics.
This was bought on eBay between 1998 and 2004, (at lunch in my work office.)
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here are 2 typical Edge Co Kits in my collection, and a folder with tilt / Edge Co
Newest on top, middle is a "later" Edge Co Tiawan kit.
Bottom is one of the first wood and brass Edge Model120's

The detailed close-ups of the tangs show the odd "reverse angle"
of the wood and brass model 120 at the blade choil.

On the middle knife, I put the swedge on. . .it is not factory.
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These are "Special" in my collection, My first Edge Co model 120 in wood and brass.
And my Edge Co model 2000g. . .which i bought prior to 1990.
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Notice the Spring retaining "sex pin" . . . . has a brass grommet in the scale
giving it the double step concentric ring.

ALSO notice that on Edge Co knives, the brass grommet sets in a recessed pocket in the scale.
This detail only appears on Italian made handles. (I believe there were SOME knives with Tiawan handles and Italian blades.)

I also like how on the Gold knife, the bolsters were hand filed and polished before plating.
This gives a slightly smaller set of Bolster Ears . . that have a clean "low-Drag" feel to them.
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