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It's tough finding these in stock.
I picked up these two AB / SKM 12 & 16 stamped shellpullers to match my other two Massaro.
There is a slight difference in the GOM (Giovani Otavio Massaro) Inox zuava blades and the AB SKM Rostfrei zuava blades but the difference is so little it's almost unnoticable.
I have straight blades on the Massaros, so I don't have comparison pics, but these are great knives, dark horn and stag.
Good-looking group, Jeff. Nice photos, too. I have one in stag stamped AB that I got about 5 years ago, and it's a really solid knife, but I was a little disappointed in the finish. There were obvious tooling marks on the top bolsters and on the blade. Other than that, a very nice knife.
Some folks call it a sling blade, I call it a Kaiser blade.
Thanks Jeff.
Yep we get what we pay for thats for sure.
I took as side by side photo of a Massaro next to Muskrat Man bolsters one time and the difference is huge. Still I like em alot though.
Thanks Panner.
Thankfully Chad has become distracted by the Hubies and his Italian shellpuller radar is down. I think he is responsible for last years shortage of stock on these type of knives.
And Jarvis:
Though I've seen tooling marks on all of them; the bright side is that these are made to higher standards than the 80's edge Co. models that are extremely similar, and better than the lookalikes with the two exposed pins (spring pin and rear bolster pin) on the rear bolster. though not perfect I think they are pretty well made.
I do prefer nickel silver bolsters, but I like these, they are built nice and wide.
u got some hella good taste in knives Jeff, do ya stay on the edge of your seat when u see the Outsiders movie?! lol. i noticed u gotta thing for the balisongs too. Our tastes seem similar in this aspect though.
KMNREMTP wrote:Jeff, do ya stay on the edge of your seat when u see the Outsiders movie?! lol.
Yep and when they're drowning pony and beating up johnny I flip open two bits blade, jump off the couch and yell for Johnny to hurry up and stab that stupid Soc, then root him on.
lmao! that's awesome. when i saw ur avatar, i had to dig up tha movie n watch it myself. tha wife was like 'what tha hell is this?!' 'this is old' im like omg u dunno it? it's a classic! lol. 2bit is the reason i carry a balisong today (not his thoh, mine is mine...- just a cheapy)
Yes sir Jeff,you have great taste in knives. A shell puller just begs for a stag scales but that dark horn number really caught my eye.
It's a tough decision but I might have to choose the dark horn because one doesn't see those everyday.
Excellent pics too.
Thanks Dave. I hope the holidays are being good to you. This has been a crazy tragic year for all of us and I lookrward to some joy.
As Java stated "Merry Christmas to all and to all a good knife!"
Great pair of shell pullers,you have really mastered the ability to take awsome pictures 
