HEAVY DUTY 1950's Style 12" Open/ 30cm Italian Flat Guard Picklock  Wasp 5mm Classic Handmade by Renzo Pascotto with Mosaic Abalone Shell

Features a 5 1/2" Mirror Polished Bayonet Styled Blade. Measures 12" overall Open (30cm). 6 1/2" 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 extra heavy Brass Lined Nickel Silver "Flat Guard" Designed Bolsters . These knives are handmade and assembled the old way by Renzo Pascotto . Mosaic Abalone Shell Handles.. 

Blade is marked on the tang "PASCOTTO RENZO MANIAGO ITALY". Blade is mirror polished and nicely ground. 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). (Older Model classics and Limited Editions feature the Picklock design closure). Direct from the Maker. Co-Sign piece.

 (Model Shown is the model you will receive).  Quality Italian Classic for your collection. . Interest in Pascotto's Handmade classics are in high demand, due to his age and declining health, as he is one of the few master switchblade cutlers left in Maniago.