Hand Engraved AIK CUSTOM 50's Style 14" Open/35cm Italian  Picklock Wasp 5mm Classic Handmade by Renzo Pascotto w/ Burl Wood Handles with Mother of Pearl Inlays, and Hand File Work

Features a 6 3/8" Mirror Polished Bayonet Styled Blade. Actual Overall Size Measures 13 1/2" overall Open (35cm).Measures  7 1/4" closed.   Super Heavy Duty Piece with a thick 3/16" inch (5mm)    backspring, blade, and kickspring. When measured with the brass liners the backspring is more than 1/4" thick.

Body has the "Wasp Waist design" which was found on the higher end models of the 50's. ( The handle  flares out slightly (widens) approx 3/4 of the way down). This size has never been made before by Pascotto. 

Heavy Duty Sliding safety with HAND ENGRAVED Brass Lined Nickel Silver Bolsters. (Hand Engraved by Andrew Lee Adams) These knives are handmade and assembled the old way in Maniago, Italy by Renzo Pascotto and Customized by~AIK . The kick spring is a "slip-in" style.  Gorgeous Exotic Burl Handles feature Mother of Pearl Inlays on both sides. Hand File Worked Brass Liners!

Blade is marked on the tang "PASCOTTO RENZO MANIAGO ITALY".  Blade is mirror polished with the bayonet grind. Picklock design; means you must take your index finger and thumb and pull back where the blade locks to unlock it, (most modern classics have a swivel bolster release design). 

One of a kind Pascotto from AIK! Only HAND ENGRAVED MODEL OUT THERE!! Includes a custom zippered pouch. Nice Action and Lockup ~ Not a slow as Molasses model~Fine Tuned by AIK!