Know your Italian Switchblade Knife.

Our Italian Switchblade Knives are manufactured in Italy by the oldest Switchblade knife makers in the business in the same way they have been made for decades. The Italian Switchblades knives we sell are not reproductions from Taiwan or China they are authentic original Italian Switchblades, stilettos and leverlocks.  While these knives are sharp and fully functional they are sold as curios, collectibles, conversation pieces and novelties. Being largely hand made there will be slight variations from piece to piece especially when a natural scale material is used such as Buffalo horn or Stag antler. These Italian stilettos are individually made mostly by hand and neither the design or the construction lend themselves to many useful tasks beyond opening mail or retrieving the last olive from a jar. They are what they are and most people that know Italian Stilettos understand that. They are collectibles. Collected for their novelty and not their perfect fit, finish and construction.  Don't expect perfection because most of these Italian knives are not perfect but ARE the real thing. A PERFECT hand made stiletto goes for between $75 to $200.00 PER INCH.

The picture above is an illistration of how a modern classic Italian stiletto with a swivel bolster lock release is unlocked to close.   Italian Switchblade Automatic Stiletto Knives from Frank Beltrame knife, Armondo Beltrame knife, AB, SKM, AKC, Angelo Camploin and Massaro knife. Switchblade Knives from Italy are hand made by skilled Italian switchblade knife makers in the Italian town of Maniago the same way these Italian switchblade knives have been hand made for decades. Italy has long been known for their hand made classic stiletto style of switchblade knife but they also manufacture leverlock switchblades which are switchblades with a folding lever release rather than the standard button knife release. Out Italian switch blades are genuine hand made italian switch blades not from China like so many cheap switch blade stiletto knives. Most of the italian switchblade stilettos we carry have the more expensive and desirable handles of buffalo horn, genuine stag, exotic woods and other higher quality materials. These higher quality Italian switchblades knives are a little more expensive but the higher quality is worth the few extra dollars. We do also carry some plastic handled Italian Stilettos because some people prefer them. We stock hundreds of Italian automatic switchblade knives including the classic button knife release and leverlocks like the leverletto and Massaro slim line automatic knives. Most of or Italian automatic switchblade Knife models come from Frank Beltrame, AKC, Armondo Beltrame (AB), SKM, Angelo Campolin or Massaro. Many people have the opinion that Frank Beltrame knives are better or ArmondoBeltrame or AB, SKM or Angelo Campolin switchblade stiletto knives are better but most of the italian knives, no matter if made by Frank Beltrame, Armondo Beltrame, Angelo Campolin, AB, AKC or Massaro the switch blade stiletto knives are constructed of virtually identical parts and materials. We carry Italian stilettos from Frank and Armondo Beltrame, Angelo Campolin, AB, AKC, SKM and Massaro so our customers have a wide variety to compare. The fact is that the Italian switchblade Stiletto switchblade knife industry is a cottage industry and the basic parts used in standard model Italian Stiletto switchblades are virtually identical. www.switchblades.it  The classic Italian switchblade stiletto knife is an automatic side opening knife with the push of a button.  To close the classic Italian switchblade stiletto knife, just pivot the bolster as shown to close the classic Itanlian switchblade stiletto knife.  If you have any questions, just email us at horizonod@nicnac.net Thanks for checking out our site at http://www.nicnac.net