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Can anyone tell me anything about this knife. The tang stamp is two arrows crossed (like an X) in a circle. I have no information at all about it and haven't been able to find any.

It is a Chinese made knife but I don't know the maker's name.I have a few with that mark on them;mostly SAK types.The handle looks to be engraved aluminum which would probably make it somewhat older(1960-1970 possibly).

knife7knut wrote:It is a Chinese made knife but I don't know the maker's name.I have a few with that mark on them;mostly SAK types.The handle looks to be engraved aluminum which would probably make it somewhat older(1960-1970 possibly).

Thank you. I picked it up at a flea market because it was an interesting little knife and I had never seen that tang stamp before. The handles are aluminum. If I remember correctly, I paid a dollar for it. Pardon my lack of knowledge but what is SAK type?

SAK = swiss army knife , I believe.

Can anyone tell me anything about the F. M. Olivetto co. I'm trying to identify an old scout type knife for a friend, it has thick stag handles, two cutting blades, can opener, screwdriver/bottle opener, and a punch and cork screw on the back side. It's 3 3/4" OAL closed. The tang stamp on the master blade (as far as I can tell) is F.M. Olivetto in the top of an oval with a word in the bottom of the oval that I can't make out but the last two letters are G O or C O. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'll try to get some pics up, weather permitting.

Here are some pics, any information on this knife and F M Olivetto cutlers will be greatly appreciated.

Nice looking stag handles

Come on guys! Somebody has got to know something about F M Olivetto. I've been unable to find anything so far but there must be some info out there somewhere.........I hope.

Maybe this is of any help,just google Olivetto coltellerie.Gus.

Thanks Tendots, every tip helps.

I emailed the OLIVETTO FRATELLI co. in Italy. This is the only cutler with a similar name that came up in an internet search. They haven't answered.

I could use some help on this one. A friend found this knife while digging a trench. He sent me the pictures below and asked me if I could identify it. Maker, age, value.....any info will be appreciated.

It's in remarkable condition for being buried in a trench!

The knife is a Navaja I can't tell you the age of it. Try looking below where it is marked Toledo sometimes the maker's name is stamped there, if it is then it would increase the value.

I have a knife that is quite similar to the Olivetto that was made by Aitor of Spain. The navaja knives are a very old pattern and the sizes(and quality)run all over the place. Most of them are quite large and mostly tourist items of mediocre quality. I have a couple of them;one has clear horn scales and the other wood jigged to simulate bone.

Thanks for the info. I haven't had the knife in hand, I've just seen the photos. I'm hoping to get a better look at it when my friend gets back in the neighborhood. I tried to enlarge the photos to look for a tang stamp but lo luck. I don't know if it was actually buried in the ground (I thought the condition was better than something that had been in the ground too) I was just told that he found it while digging a trench. Any more info is appreciated and I'll update this thread when I finally get a good look at the knife. Thanks again.

Hi liking these photos of these navaja knives.I am on holiday at the moment in Spain and 2 days ago decided to go to gibraltar for the day..found a few shopseconds selling .S. A. K. s was thinking about buyang one when I came across an antique shop. Had a good look inside and noticed this old knife. Eventually found the owner out the back of the shop repairing an antique chair.I asked about the knife and he said it's very old.it's 7" closed 14"0pen and 2" deep when closed. Has no back spring and has horn handle so I asked how much it was .£35 he said I offered him £30 and he was happy with that.anyway just a short story to say how I came across this knife.here are some photos I've taken

Hello!
I purchased this pocket knife at a small flea market in Italy a few weeks back. I'm hoping to identify it's manufacturer, estimated age or country of origin. INOX is stamped on the blade but that's the only apparent marking. Obviously the inlays are long since missing. Any help in identifying would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you for your time!

csurge33 wrote:Hello!
I purchased this pocket knife at a small flea market in Italy a few weeks back. I'm hoping to identify it's manufacturer, estimated age or country of origin. INOX is stamped on the blade but that's the only apparent marking. Obviously the inlays are long since missing. Any help in identifying would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you for your time!

The handle is reminiscent of an older Kershaw knife.

csurge33 wrote:Hello!
I purchased this pocket knife at a small flea market in Italy a few weeks back. I'm hoping to identify it's manufacturer, estimated age or country of origin. INOX is stamped on the blade but that's the only apparent marking. Obviously the inlays are long since missing. Any help in identifying would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you for your time!

The "INOX" stamp would lead me to think it's of European or Scandinavian manufacture....but that's just a semi-educated guess.

Of course, INOX translated means "Stainless Steel".

From the picture, the handles appear to be brass or bronze. What say you? I can't see if there is any evidence of glue having been in the handle dwells so there may have never been inserts. France being right next door, I suppose it could be French but it doesn't look like any French knife I've ever seen (not that I've seen a lot). On the other hand, since you picked it up in Italy, that would be my knee jerk guess as to origin. In that part of the world, it could have come from any one of a bunch of countries.

Edit: Almost forgot.

Thank you for the warm welcome and input!

Jerryd6818, the handle is brass and there was glue residue in the handle dwells.

Thanks knife7knut. I'll look into Kershaws.

*update - there appears to be the faintest remnants of a small leaping tiger (full body side view - maybe 3/4" long) etched into the blade. Here's the best photo we could get of it.

csurge33 wrote:Thank you for the warm welcome and input!

Jerryd6818, the handle is brass and there was glue residue in the handle dwells.

Thanks knife7knut. I'll look into Kershaws.

*update - there appears to be the faintest remnants of a small leaping tiger (full body side view - maybe 3/4" long) etched into the blade. Here's the best photo we could get of it.

Mercator, Solingen Germany maybe? They made (make?) a knife called the black cat with a leaping cat on the metal handle. I don't know if they used that mark on any other models or not.

Thank you Sasquatch! The black cat mark does look very similar. Great clue!