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ALAMO ITALY Stiletto

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Does anyone know anything about stilettos stamped ALAMO ITALY? Just curious about what Alamo was, and when they existed. (Not very long, because there’s no info on them). Did they make their own knives, or did someone else do it for them? (And they merely stamped it with their Alamo Italy brand on it)

The knife I have is a 13” stiletto, 5mm blade, dark horn picklock. It has a very tiny and very deep “MADE ITALY” on the front tang of the blade, and a lightly stamped “ALAMO ITALY” on the reverse. It’s almost like new; well made - no gaps and straight.

I’ve only found where someone said he got his in 1956 or thereabouts.

Thanks for any info you can share, and hoping Bill DeShivs might provide some insight on it.
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Re: ALAMO ITALY Stiletto

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Pictures are a big help and we all love pictures. Welcome red930turbo. Hope to see your knife...
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Alamo was obviously a US importer. Therefore, the knife was made between 1948-1958.
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Re: ALAMO ITALY Stiletto

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Sounds like a great knife. Keep digging. Who knows what you might come up with. Sorry I can't add anything to your search.
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Re: ALAMO ITALY Stiletto -pics

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Took some photos and posted to Imgur.

Here’s the link, I hope this works!

https://imgur.com/a/eVP5W
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...sure is a good lookin' knife. Can't wait to learn more about it myself.
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these knives where commisioned by the decendents of Santa Anna him self, and were sold outside the walls of the Alamo.


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Wicked cool stiletto. It has all of the classics characteristics of a 1950s Italian picklock.
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Nice one, looks like new.
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Your Alamo is beautiful. Like it was made today.
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Here are some of the Alamo stamped knives that I owned. There is not much info on the importer but I did hear that they were imported to the southwest.
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Good looking group. Hard to beat the horn used on the scales for a lot of the older examples.
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Re: ALAMO ITALY Stiletto

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Thanks everyone for the info, and that’s a great group of knives Jackalope! Love the look of those scales together.

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