Traditional Spanish and Italian knives

[lonestar1979]

Does anyone here collect and use these?What are the best brands-makers to get?Quality,performance,best bang for buck...all opinions welcome!I am a big fan of Spanish navajas and Italian stiletto and other types of knives,but do not own almost any of these.Am tired of modern knives which i have too many and not use them at all besides saks and opinels.Please post your pictures and comments if you have any of these.

 

[PaulS.]

While I don't collect them, I have some Antonini Siciliano folders. I find the quality varies from very good to pretty bad, but the price is good. I paid around $12-$13 US plus shipping for mine and they come in 2 different woods. The top one is olive wood and the bottom one is kotibe wood. The blades are 420 stainless.

Edit: typo

 

[lonestar1979]

I have seen couple frarracio knives,sicilian style stiletto blade,bargain price,i think ill get them.The custom ones that i like are expensive

 

[PaulS.]

The ones in the picture are the best and worst of the 4 I bought. The olive wood one has a flush back spring both open and closed. The other one has a very noticeably proud back spring when open and you can see the uneven grind on the blade.

 

[RayseM]

Just today have received my very own one of these -



It is a great knife, in all respects from José Antonio Herreros as seen in another BF post HERE. A modern classic - not quite a Navajas and not quite a stiletto. José writes "it looks like a Albaceteña folding knife with straight point".
3-1/2" blade makes it very carryable.

I'll post more when I can take my own photos. Meanwhile - since you asked

Ray

 

[Henry Beige]

Italian: Maserin Plow, Antonini small and medium Old Bear
The Maserin is a mid-sized sodbuster in Micarta and D2.
The Antoninis are obviously Opinel inspired, a bit more expensive. The quality is good, probably better than the Sicilianos, which I have not seen.

Portuguese: MAM Douro and Tipica
You didn’t ask, but I threw them in anyway. Very inexpensive liner locks, even cheaper as pure friction folders.

Spanish: Aitor Castor, two from Pallares de Solsona,
All slipjoints. The Aitor has a fierce snap.

This is a meager selection. 5K Qs has some nice Spanish knives, as do several others on the Porch.