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jim d, wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 10:28 pm John - not thatI'm a pro, but yes, it's Italian.

Jim

john wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 9:07 pm Looks Italian to me, but I’ve been mistaken in the past. Let’s see what the pros have to say.

Yes it’s Italian for me too

That’s very cool Thank :D Nice, and another interesting attribute of the knife is the clip point blade. Most of those I have seen have a spear point blade. Jim Thank you, yes I haven't seen any other with this clip point blade it's strange like for the cat stamp :shock: Like you all the leverlocks ...

whippersnapper wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:27 pm I like that style and blade shape.

Thanks for him
Yes it has style and this bowie blade shape has a swedge that you can't see well in the photos.
This is the first time I've seen this blade shape on a leverlock with this handle

Vintage Leverlock Stag handle with strange Cat stamp & Rosfrei

It's late but here are some photos of the knife in question, the cat stamp, the reel stag handle is magnificent in my opinion :D It's the only one with this type of handle combined with a clip point/Bowie blade that I've seen all over the internet (Facebook, forum, AAPK etc).If you have additional i...

I couldn't say I still haven't found any information about this cat stamp..
However, I don't think this was a ploy because the French preferred French switchblades at the time

Exactly, it's true that the mercator has a cat or a feline but actually I don't think there is a link between these two knives
I don't understand why it says ROSTFREI on mine if the cat's head stamp was intended only for the French market

Frenchie94 Never seen this stamp before either but it sure is a cool one . Must be a retailers stamp added to that Massaro ,I have a kissing crane marked Massaro and there were other german stamps on them that I have seen . I know you probably already have ,but check for any French /Italian even Ge...

I post these pics in the hopes that it helps with the identification (same stamp as the OP's knife). I came across this knife a few years ago while looking for "cat" tang stamps for someone, but I've never been able to identify it. The person selling the knife described it as Italian-made for the F...

I don't know who used the cat stamp, but the knife was made by G.O. Massaro in Maniago, Italy. Hello Bill :D For the moment I only have these two photos here because the person deleted the ad I didn't have time to take screenshots but the handle is exactly like the one Killgar showed, but the blade...

Hello everyone, I hope you are well, thank you in advance to anyone who can help me :oops: I recently bought a swithblade leverlock, I haven't received it yet I can't post more photos at the moment. Can you tell me if any of you know the maker of this tang stamp with a cat's head shape like in the p...

Thank you Killgar for sharing these pages of the book it is very interesting :D No problem Frenchi. Kinda like deja vu from the other forum. :wink: I don't posses the book, but I was lucky enough to find a picture of one open to those pages online. Doing a closeup on that original picture in my com...

Cheers Frenchie94 for the reply. Wish they were maker marked in some way .They have a few nice variants from that era I agree the construction of the Hellraisers arent a patch on your standard italian /french build quality ,but they just have something about them ,plus that famous appearance in the...

In the switchblade book "Coletello a Scatto Antico Italiano Switchblade", which Frenchi shows a portion of the cover in his opening post, there is a two-bladed knife on the cover with a nub on the tip of the blade. In the book the author explains that such knives sold in Italy at the time needed to...

Twobit wrote: ↑Thu Nov 30, 2023 12:18 am Good looking blades!

Thank!

sammy the blade wrote: ↑Thu Nov 30, 2023 4:03 pm

Blitz wrote: ↑Thu Nov 30, 2023 12:07 am Beautiful knives, especially the Maltese one from the 20's..

Wondering why it has a strange round tip.

Probably to dig out ear wax, just a guess.