Hey, everybody. I apologize for my English, I'm learning). Recently in one of the local markets I bought a knife from an old man, a VIRGINIA 440 knife. I have not had any knives of this company yet, and I found not much information on the internet. I am interested in this particular knife, what model is it? Because I absolutely can not find such a knife on sale on the Internet. Perhaps it was taken out of production a long time ago? I would very much like to know, approximately, what year of production of this knife.... Maybe someone has such information? Or is it a Chinese fake at all? Sorry, I don't know how to upload pictures here any other way..... so I'll just leave a link to google drive. knife photo1 knife photo2
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Help me recognize the model of the knife
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Cantale SRL was the owner of the Virginia Knives and Tactical brands, they might be gone, as their site isn't working - cantaleoutdoor.com
Address - Via Emilia Sud, 6/a, 15055 Pontecurone AL, Italy
Tel - 0131 88551
The building is still there as of a month ago - https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cantale+s.r.l./@44.9452592,8.9163159,3a,75y,287.96h,91.06t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sS5C8-kyXJ0QQ4mBmEcuObA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m16!1m9!3m8!1s0x47876aae14236d77:0x29177533097c4e0c!2sVia+Emilia+Sud,+6a,+15055+Pontecurone+AL,+Italy!3b1!8m2!3d44.945473!4d8.915828!10e5!16s/g/11shx5f_fx!3m5!1s0x47873ffd5e5eb1d3:0xe3bb2f0da7dce6e7!8m2!3d44.945473!4d8.915828!16s/g/11gz9vg50?entry=ttu .
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How they describe themselves -
"Cantale was founded immediately after the war and soon established itself on the Italian market as a distribution company specializing particularly in the professional and sporting cutlery sector .
Starting from the 1970s, Cantale made a gradual but constant expansion of its offer which led it to deal with new product sectors: outdoor , sports, torches and lighting .
In recent years, important commercial partnerships were born throughout Europe, which still constitute solid alliances today.
The success achieved in seventy years of activity testifies to the qualities and capabilities of a company accustomed to always keeping " eyes open " on the market to interpret it and anticipate its trends.
Experience, curiosity for technological innovations, care in product design, speed in decisions, the desire to renew itself to always be young in tradition are the real strengths of Cantale.
For more than seventy years Cantale has been selecting the best products to offer them to enthusiasts, athletes and collectors."
(Bolding was/is theirs.)
Much of their newer production was Chinese imports that match Master Cutlery / M-Tech here in the States.
Address - Via Emilia Sud, 6/a, 15055 Pontecurone AL, Italy
Tel - 0131 88551
The building is still there as of a month ago - https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cantale+s.r.l./@44.9452592,8.9163159,3a,75y,287.96h,91.06t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sS5C8-kyXJ0QQ4mBmEcuObA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m16!1m9!3m8!1s0x47876aae14236d77:0x29177533097c4e0c!2sVia+Emilia+Sud,+6a,+15055+Pontecurone+AL,+Italy!3b1!8m2!3d44.945473!4d8.915828!10e5!16s/g/11shx5f_fx!3m5!1s0x47873ffd5e5eb1d3:0xe3bb2f0da7dce6e7!8m2!3d44.945473!4d8.915828!16s/g/11gz9vg50?entry=ttu .
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How they describe themselves -
"Cantale was founded immediately after the war and soon established itself on the Italian market as a distribution company specializing particularly in the professional and sporting cutlery sector .
Starting from the 1970s, Cantale made a gradual but constant expansion of its offer which led it to deal with new product sectors: outdoor , sports, torches and lighting .
In recent years, important commercial partnerships were born throughout Europe, which still constitute solid alliances today.
The success achieved in seventy years of activity testifies to the qualities and capabilities of a company accustomed to always keeping " eyes open " on the market to interpret it and anticipate its trends.
Experience, curiosity for technological innovations, care in product design, speed in decisions, the desire to renew itself to always be young in tradition are the real strengths of Cantale.
For more than seventy years Cantale has been selecting the best products to offer them to enthusiasts, athletes and collectors."
(Bolding was/is theirs.)
Much of their newer production was Chinese imports that match Master Cutlery / M-Tech here in the States.