This rizzuto customized by Liam Clark is one of the finest rizzys one can see. Liam went through every bit of this knife to make it durable and excellent. The custom batwing guards are hand crafted, beveled and made of high quality steel. Clark reworked the safety to make it no longer flop around like …
This one started as a white scaled rizzy with a broken rocker and thoroughly demolished scales. With an unsharpened full blade, this one made for a good restoration candidate. Liam is a young 3rd generation cutler who does amazing work. He made a new rocker for this one and made scales using white Kirinite. He …
This is another early Japanese rizzuto knife. These were tang stamped Rizzuto Estileto Milano and sometimes just Milano. All had batwing guards. This variation came in 7.5 and 9.5 inch lengths. With a spine lock design, this variation was made with black smoky acrylic scales. The scales look much like those found on a Japanese …
The wasp body rizzuto is a rare version. These were 8.5″ open length and named wasp body for obvious reasons. Each one that I’ve seen has mustache guards and the only rizzy with a dual action rocker style button. This model also appears to be a later rizzuto with rounded bolsters and lighter acrylic. Some …
This is one of the more rare rizzuto knives. It is known as the knuckle rizzy or finger groove rizzy for obvious reasons. This model measured about 8.75 inches open length. This particular example has the stronger, less glossy scales. It also does not have the the rizzuto estileto milano stamp on the blade, just …
This is a very early rizzuto and considering how infrequently they show up, not many were produced. Rizzuto Estileto Milano is stamped on the tang, just above STAINLESS STEEL. It measures just under 11 inches not including the bale. The top bolsters are rectangular. Its kick spring is bar shaped instead of rod, a tendency …
This is an 8 inch guard less variation with no rizzuto stamp. It has a square sear, semi-smooth bale and bakelite scales. Taken together, this is one of the earliest rizzuto knives and could possibly pre-date the variation deemed pre-rizzuto. These are very hard to come by. This particular one was robbed of its bolsters. …
Check this out! Here is what we recognize as a “pre-rizzuto” but has a Rizzuto Estileto Milano tang stamp. This does two things. It shows the pre-rizzuto knives were in fact made in Japan. The REM stamp on the tang also indicates this is where the makers began placing it on the earliest knives. This …
The first rizzuto also known as the “pre-rizzuto” is a well designed and built knife. Measuring 10.5 inches not including the bale, this was Japan’s entry into automatic knives. Lightweight and hard firing, the first rizzutos were unique and reflected Japanese innovation. The steel was hardened and the scale material was tough bakelite. The knives …
There are exceptions to every rule and that idea certainly applies herein. These are images of one of the first Korean Rizzuto style knives. It is distinguished by the lack of a peek guard. It is also tang stamped with the Bell Metals logo. There are two examples pictured here, both of which measure the …
