This variation measures 6 inches open length. With its step bolster and guardless design, it is likely an earlier knife. These are difficult to find and quite desirable. These came in black, blue, gold and green as well. Will try to find some images of the variety.
This is one of the most frequently encountered of the rizzuto knives. It stands to reason that of all the rizzys, the 2nd generation 9 inch standard guard were produced in the greatest numbers. Black is the most common and after that is harder to find white. There are some that were made with ivory …
The 6 inch rizzuto with finger guard is a rare variation. These feature white pearl acrylic scales.
The mustache guard rizzuto is less common and defined by the shape, obviously like a mustache instead of the standard guard. This one has the lighter acrylic handle material and rounded top bolsters indicating later production.
This style of korizzy has the textured scales and flat grind blade. The knife pictured is measures 9 inches tip to bale. These also came in 11 inches and are believed to be the later style having been made in the 1980s. A knife like this could be ordered from The Edge Co who would …
The 11 inch Korizzy is textured handled knife with a flat grind blade. These were available in the 1980s. They were sold in Mexico and available via postal mail from The Edge Co. Some have the word “KOREA” stamped on the finger guard. These are among the more uncommon korizzy knives. Edge Co identified these …
Korean rizzuto clones do not have many variations, but this is one of the few. This one is smooth textured and has the bayonet blade, consistent with what is believed to be earlier korizzy style. Knife measure 7 inches tip to bale. This set of images includes a picture of the classic korizzy square sear …
This is one of the few korizzy knives that were not made with black scales. This variation had an unusual fixed guard which is nick named the “ice scrapper” for obvious reasons. These measure just under 8 inches and were built with the textured scales and flat grind blades indicating a later period korizzy. This …
The step bolster models are after the early spine lock rizzutos and before the later rounded bolster rizzys. The material for the scales like on this 11 step bolster is the sturdier and denser bakelite. The step bolster models don’t seem to peek as much, but that certainly is not a measured statistic.
Among the many rizzuto variations is the blade stamped picklock, which are uncommon. There is also a school of thought which holds these were the first rizzuto knives given the Italians were largely making picklocks in the 1950s and then came the transitional and finally modern knives. It is also clear the Japanese were following …
