STAINLESS STEEL 27cm Japanese Rizzuto style Cream Swing guard vintage automatic knife

STAINLESS STEEL 27cm Japanese Rizzuto style Cream Swing guard vintage automatic knife made in Japan in same factory as the Rizzuto Estileto Milano knives. This knife was made in  the 1960s and has less common step bolster (line across top bolsters dividing two slightly different levels) and standard shape guards. It measures 26.4cm (10 3/8 inches) open and 5 7/8 inches closed with steel liners, bolsters & guards and brass button & safety cap with nickel silver decorated lanyard ring. The bayonet style blade is 100% full with original factory finish and the ricasso is stamped STAINLESS STEEL. The Cream colored 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 good lockup with just a bit of down movement at the tip that springs back when you let go as nearly all of these do. No rattle when shaken with blade open (except for the guards). Safety works. EX+ condition.