Italian heirloom knife

[Altitude sickness]

My wife just returned from a 2 week visit with our niece in Italy with her sister.

On her way home stopping in Rome she stopped at AH forum member Phil Giordano’s hunting store. And he sold her a very nice knife at an amazing price.

It’s a Tonerini Scarperia Inox
With 20 and 12 gauge shell extractors

The steel is very high quality and the antler handle has a very aged hue.
Thank you Phil for hosting the women and sending them home with this knife that will be kept in our family.

 

[MS 9x56]

My wife just returned from a 2 week visit with our niece in Italy with her sister.

On her way home stopping in Rome she stopped at AH forum member Phil Giordano’s hunting store. And he sold her a very nice knife at an amazing price.

It’s a Tonerini Scarperia Inox
With 20 and 12 gauge shell extractors

The steel is very high quality and the antler handle has a very aged hue.
Thank you Phil for hosting the women and sending them home with this knife that will be kept in our family.

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Neat looking knife. Very interesting end piece.

 

[BeeMaa]

Shell extractors on a knife...only in Italy.

That is a beautiful piece of kit. Hope it finds a home in your bag on an upcoming hunt.

 

[pjaln]

oh very nice

 

[DPHunter4570]

Very cool.

 

[Altitude sickness]

They were popular in Europe during the late 1800’s and early 1900

 

[Altitude sickness]

BeeMaa, what I think is typical Italian and or European. Is a tool that will cut your sausage and cheese. Pull a cork for lunch break. then gut your game and remove a stuck shell without prying it out. And doing it all with some style.

 

[BeeMaa]

BeeMaa, what I think is typical Italian and or European. Is a tool that will cut your sausage and cheese. Pull a cork for lunch break. then gut your game and remove a stuck shell without prying it out. And doing it all with some style.

I wasn't busting chops. It's clearly a very useful tool that's also beautiful and well made.

 

[Altitude sickness]

Oh I know, I definitely did not take it that way BeeMaa

I was saying it in the same context that only the Europeans build a tool for eating lunch, drinking wine, shell remover, and then gutting your deer.

 

[Altitude sickness]

I was in contact with Phil before my wife’s trip. I told him she would end up in Rome for a few days before flying out.
And asked if she visited his store could he find a nice vintage souvenir that would be representative of Italian hunting. Outside of a firearm.

I think Phil nailed it.