One of the
best known of Italian cutlery centres is the small city of Maniago in the
region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.
This TT
shell scaled multiblade features a main spare point blade, a wharncliffe type
one, a pair of scissors, a nail type blade, a button hook and a budding and
grafting blade.
Main blade
is marked *F.lli Catntarin maniago*
All blades
are made of carbon steel, they have been opened and tested and they are all in
full profile with a firm snap.
Slabs are
wonderfully preserved tortoise shell fastened with brass rivets. Brass spacers.
No damage to note nor to the blades neither to the delicate slabs. Some overall
pit marks to the steel parts commiserate with age and type.
Length is 80 mm closed and main blade is 55 mm long