7" manual humpback

[Bartlow]

Jules Vane's pictures of his very nice, automatic, humpback inspired me to find my only example. It's a manual and also 7" but has ears. I remembered as being beat up, and the blade has definitely been overenthusiastically sharpened. On one side of the blade it says "patent 77431" and on the other "TICo Italy."

[john]

Nice one too bad about the blade, but it’s still a a fine example of a manual humpback. The stamp is one I don’t recall. Thanks again for posting your vintage knife.

[Bartlow]

I think TICo is Topline Industries Corp but I am not sure. The horn got nibbled and apparently sanded a little. But overall once I got it out I think it’s better than I remembered. I think the pattern on the blade pivot pin is interesting. The hammer face made that x looking thing on it. These are definitely different knives as Jules’ post said.

[JulesVane]

That's cool! I've seen some of the larger, maybe 11", manual humpbacks on eBay with mega-high prices on them. They are certainly sought after, and not so easy to find. I think I have a few manual humpbacks from Japan, but never found an Italian model.