Italians On The  Rare Side

In the late 50's/early 60's some stilettos were made with coilsprings. This enabled a lockback mechanism to be used with the absence of the leaf kick spring.  Also, the fish knives are some of  the hardest to find as well as the out the front stilettos.  The next one is probably a "card display" type Italian knife similar to the old "Edgemasters" and such that were in stores on display cards in the 50's.  The  next 2 photos are of a  lockback stiletto that has a leaf kickspring.  You will notice that the lockback tab is more toward the front of the knife compared to the coilspring stilettos.  This leaves room toward the rear for the conventional type kickspring.  This knife was probably made in the late 50's or early 60's.  These are extremely rare and evidently were not made in great quantity.  I only know of 2 others  that fellow collectors have, let me know if you run across any of them.  The featured 10" Latama fish is one of my favorites.

Italian Out the Front Stiletto

No Name 6 1/2" Fish Pattern

13" Coilspring Stiletto

Italian Card Knife?

Lockback Stiletto with Leaf Kickspring

10" Latama Fish

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