Mozzetta di Giolitti in olive wood. An interesting result from misguided laws. The coin is a bit old for the knife, which wasn't in production until at least 1908.
This one is approximately 3.5" closed.
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Zuava?
Me tooCertainly an unusual pattern, but I like the looks of it.
Polishing Compound? Maybe this is what looks like silver inlay on the photos of my pescatore knive? In real it looks grey and I always thought it was some dirt left over from polishing. Is this common on italian knives?The Fontani Prussiano. Fontani has some great designs but I wish they would clean the polishing compound out.... 45 minutes removing crud, but it is worth it.
This one's a splinter picker!
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A Senese by Consigli
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According to armasblancas.es,Zuava?
Me too
I don't have many Italian knives, but here's a tiny Maserin Filiscjna. I'm afraid I know absolutely nothing about the pattern, or even what 'Filiscjna' means
Zuava?
Me too
I don't have many Italian knives, but here's a tiny Maserin Filiscjna. I'm afraid I know absolutely nothing about the pattern, or even what 'Filiscjna' means
I did a brief search because I was interested in knowing the history of the name as well. Your research was much better than mine..... all I found was that it was a term for a small pocket knife. Thanks!!According to armasblancas.es,
"El misterio del nombre ha sido revelado a la mayoría por el fallecido Luciano Salvatici , quien logró ponerse en contacto con un descendiente del fabricante.
El nombre "Filisjn" deriva del apodo de la rama de la familia del bisabuelo Giovanni Del Tin, quien construyó los primeros alrededor de 1927 hasta unos años antes de la guerra.
Desafortunadamente, el único hijo varón no volvió sobre los pasos de su padre, decretando así el final de la tradición del cuchillo "Del Tin" (aunque he visto por la red que existe una casa de armas blancas con ese nombre)."
So the most prominent pre-WWII maker of this pattern, Giovanni Del Tin, had the nickname "Flilisjn" (which to my eyes and ears may be a Slovenian spelling of "Philistine", or as we would say in English, "Palestinian"). Thus the pattern carries Del Tin's nickname. Apocryphal, but plausible.
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Polishing Compound? Maybe this is what looks like silver inlay on the photos of my pescatore knive? In real it looks grey and I always thought it was some dirt left over from polishing. Is this common on italian knives?
Great looking knives!
Thank you, it varies, I've had at least a dozen, and the Filiscjna is by far the best-made (ie VERY good), but it was also the most expensive I thinkA fantastic looking small knife! I haven't tried Maserin yet, how is their build quality?
Beautiful!The Rasolino is one of my favorite Italian patterns. Originally from Sicily, it predates the standard Mozzetta by many years.
This particular version sports a very stout spring as well.
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