INOX PATENT 28cm Italian Swing Guard Vintage automatic knife

Vintage Italian Swinger from the 1960s. Measures 28cm (11 1/16 inches) open with D stamped brass liners and nickel silver bolsters, guards, button & safety cap. The flat swedge blade is 99% full with original factory finish still intact with a few light scratches and the ricasso is stamped Inox on the front and PATENT on the back of the tang. The genuine buffalo horn scales are mostly dark with a little bit of cream streaking and some handling marks. The knife works well with the blade tip below the liners when closed, good snap and good lockup with about 1/16" movement each way at the tip. This is a backspring release knife so you have to push down on the tab near the bottom bolsters to close the knife. The safety works. EX condition.