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 …
The 11 inch batwing is among the less common rizzuto knives and more desired. Batwing rizzys were made in the full arc of production. The “pre-rizzutos” were batwing, 1st generation examples and 2nd generation with blade stamps, rounded bolsters and acrylic scales are all seen. This example sports the shiny black beautiful black scales, rounded …
This size is less common than the 9 inch standard guard. This variation appears to be a later knife with none of the characteristics such as step bolsters and bakelite scales. The 11 inch rizzuto with standard guards are not often seen.
This is perhaps one of the most frequently encountered of the rizzuto knives. It stands to reason that of all the rizzys, these were produced in the greatest numbers. The standard guard is as seen in the images below. Black is the most common and after that is harder to find white. There are also …
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.
