New Old Stock Mazzoli Chiasais 3.5" Paring Knife Carbon Plum Handle Maniago, Italy ~1950s 60s

New old stock Mazzoli Chiasais 3.5" paring knife made in Maniago, Italy, most likely in the 1950s or 60s. Blade is stamped hand ground carbon steel, and the handle is hafted in what looks like plumwood with pins. These are part of a batch of unused vintage Italian knives we have found and are very unusual to come by, these were not exported to the United States very much and show up used hardly ever. 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 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.