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Book Title: Switchblades of Italy

ISBN: 9781620454107

Language: English

Author: Neal Punchard, Dan Fuller, Tim Zinser

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Topic: Europe / Italy, Military / Weapons, Manufacturing, Power Tools, Military

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This book starts the reader on a journey through time, with a short history of folding knives, leading to the evolution of the first switchblade. Progressing through time, wonderful photos illustrate the descriptions of switchblades. Throughout the book, highlighted sections showcase specific details that will be most helpful to collectors. Also included are facts about knifemakers styles, patterns, tang stamps, and a complete illustrated glossary. Contents Include: The first ever comprehensive publication about Italian switchblade knives, featuring knives and history from the late 1700s to the 1970s. Pictured within this hardbound book are nearly 200 beautiful photos and ephemera of the most unique and rarest Italian switchblades. Actual-size photos span more than two centuries of knifemaking history. Also pictured are catalog pages and advertisements, as well as historical photos. Extensive research has gone into this book to present never-before-published information which clears up and dispells many myths. Entire sections are dedicated to the most sought-after knifemaking companies, such as: Latama Coricama Mauro Mario Details about the knifemakers and businessmen involved behind the knives reveal who the major players shaping the switchblade industry and who made knives for other companies.

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Turner Publishing Company

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1620454106

ISBN-13

9781620454107

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Neal Punchard, Dan Fuller, Tim Zinser

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English

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Europe / Italy, Military / Weapons, Manufacturing, Power Tools, Military

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11in

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0.4in

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8.5in

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Book Title

Switchblades of Italy

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Saltzman, Ben

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Trade Paperback

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Publication Year

2012

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Number of Pages

130 Pages

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by mementomori
Feb 10, 2019
Coffee-table book of museum-quality pieces
PROs: A significant amount of historical research is obvious here. Discussion of which companies actually manufactured and which were simply distributors; timeline; ricasso stamps; and much more. As soon as I got the book I started reading and didn't put it down for 90 minutes. Lots of great photos of early and very hard-to-find knives. CONs: No price guide or values. Almost zero info on inspection, parts terminology, and grading -- for overwhelmingly impressive info on these aspects, see 'Antique American Switchblades' by Mark Erickson. All photos are full size; thus, knives of 13" and over stretch over two pages, and since the book cannot be flattened without breaking the spine, you're looking at an image stretching over two separately convex pages. This distorted depiction of the ... PROs: A significant amount of historical research is obvious here. Discussion of which companies actually manufactured and which were simply distributors; timeline; ricasso stamps; and much more. As soon as I got the book I started reading and didn't put it down for 90 minutes. Lots of great photos of early and very hard-to-find knives. CONs: No price guide or values. Almost zero info on inspection, parts terminology, and grading -- for overwhelmingly impressive info on these aspects, see 'Antique American Switchblades' by Mark Erickson. All photos are full size; thus, knives of 13" and over stretch over two pages, and since the book cannot be flattened without breaking the spine, you're looking at an image stretching over two separately convex pages. This distorted depiction of the knife makes it tough to get an intuitive impression of the piece. Virtually no information on knives made after the 1960s -- there is a chapter titled "1958 - 1970" with photos that are largely of scarcer items, prototypes, and so forth. After that is a chapter on the 'Indiana' company (a distributor) which sold knives from any number of small suppliers during the 1960s; this chapter has a good variety of knives pictured. But! -- nothing from around 1970 onward, and that's a half century of production that has been utterly ignored. There is no index, which makes things difficult if you can't recall exactly where you ran across a passing reference to something. And I would have greatly appreciated clear, simple drawings of various internal mechanisms, showing exactly how the ring-pull deployment operated, or the coil spring, or the lever-open. Also, more than a few photos show knives with faint ricasso stamps which I couldn't interpret; it would have been nice for these to have a small thumbnail-size close-up of the stamp next to the text for each of these, so we could tell exactly what the markings are. I do not wish to marginalize the time and effort that was spent on research for this book; it must have been enormous. I'm certainly not sorry that I bought it, and there's no doubt that I will refer to it repeatedly. However, I find that I can more accurately characterize the book by listing what was left out, rather than what was included. The book should more properly be titled "EARLY Switchblades of Italy"; and I came away with the feeling that it's largely a proud display by the authors of their rare and impressive finds, that the rest of us can never hope to own. The book is of little assistance to those of us who are now working to build our collections with what is currently available in the collecting world; almost all of which consists of knives from the 1980s and up, not ultra-rare 70-year-old museum pieces.
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by lpwis
Mar 23, 2023
Unravel the mysterious background of the forbidden iconic Italian "Switchblade"
I enjoyed the authors open and engaging approach to the mysterious "black beauty" of my early years. The excitement of being able to master the unknown forbidden mystery of the Switchblade. I wonder what really happens when you press that round little button... do you become a man? Will I drop it? The real history as best it can be known was an enjoyable and informative read for me. Very thorough and well researched.I enjoyed the authors open and engaging approach to the mysterious "black beauty" of my early years. The excitement of being able to master the unknown forbidden mystery of the Switchblade. I wonder what really happens when you press that round little button... do you become a man? Will I drop it? The real history as best it can be known was an enjoyable and informative read for me. Very thorough and well researched.
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by swateod56
Aug 26, 2022
Good reference for novice collectors.
Excellent photography. Complete reference on the hard-to-find models. Highly recommended for beginners . Text could be more detailed on the common models. Overall, good reference.
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by larrayco
Dec 30, 2015
Great book superbly written.
Dan fuller is a great author and avid knife collector. His book on the little known world if the automatic cuttlery of Italy is well written and highly informative as well as having many of the most popular and obscure knives listed and shown in full color photos. Highly recommended for the knife collector and historian.
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by rickb8
Jul 31, 2019
Excellent resource.
Highly recommend for those wanting to research the various makes, years, and history of classic Italian switchblade knives.
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