A really cool old-time friction folder with a wicked can opener. Not the shoddy shit that you often nowadays see but a pocket knife made to be used. These have been abandoned in some sort of a gloomy warehouse, so they are a bit rusty and stiff. A little bit of steel wool or very fine sandpaper, and oil, and they will be real purdy indeed.
Features
For a mass-produced army tool, this is quite a cute little folding knife, Italians sure know how to design pretty things. What is also surprising is that the two moving parts (the knife and the can opener) are of pretty decent quality, although stiff. When you open them, they don’t lock in place but they sort of click, meaning that they aren’t wobbly in any way either. The grips are black, textured plastic or bakelite
For some cosmic reason, the knife tip is rounded like a butter knife, because apparently soldiers aren’t fit to handle anything pointy. So, the scary-looking can opener is more dangerous, and an unskilled person can do some nasty damage to everything but cans with it.
Closed length c. 11 cm (4.3"), including the loop. The blades are c. 6 cm (2.4") .
Condition
Just like all good Italian war gear, these are unissued. Although with these you should think of unissued as used since these have been warehoused rather roughly. So, they can be grimy and a bit rusty. The blade opening is also as stiff as the behavior of government employees. But unlike the latter, you can make it quite nice with oil.
Jonathan M.
Matthew E.