New Old Stock Anframa 4" Paring Knife Carbon Cherry Wood & Brass Handle Maniago, Italy ~1950s 60s

 New old stock Anframa 4" paring knife made in Maniago in Northern Italy. The blade is carbon steel, and the cherry wood handle is hafted with brass bolsters and steel rivets

These are part of a batch of unused vintage Italian knives we found, and they are very unusual to come by; they were not exported to the United States very much and hardly ever show up used. I can count on one hand the number of vintage Italian knives of this era I have found in 20 years of dealing in vintage knives. 

This is a great example of the historic small-industry knife-making from several small towns in Northern Italy. Similar to French knives of this basic construction, they were made to be affordable work knives in their day; little vanity was paid to finish, but they have a lot of charm.

The blade was originally unsharpened. Typically, we leave new old stock knives with the original factory edge to preserve the history of their manufacture, but these were not quite usable. We have taken the liberty of sharpening the edge so the knife is usable.