Rizzuto Estileto Milano 27cm Japanese Swing guard White vintage automatic knife

Vintage Rizzuto Estileto Milano 27cm Japanese Swing guard White vintage automatic knife measures 26.5cm (10 3/8 inches) open with steel liners, bolsters, guards and brass button and safety cap. This knife was made in Japan in the 1960s and has less common step bolster (line across top bolsters dividing two slightly different levels) and standard shape guards. The bayonet style blade is 99% full with original factory finish and the ricasso is stamped STAINLESS STEEL and it's also stamped RIZZUTO ESTILETO MILANO on the face below the blade spine. The white synthetic scales are in excellent condition and are held on with brass pins. The knife works well with blade tip deep in the well closed, good snap and very good lockup with just a bit of movement each way at the tip as nearly all of these do. Better than most. Safety works. EX+ condition.