I suppose it could be a steak/carving knife. Without tongue in cheek, it is very true that Italian manufacturers are no strangers to quality, so the excellence of the blade wouldn't preclude it having a utilitarian use.
What is interesting is that it is marked "Turin," and not "Torino," and in fact that it is marked with the name of a city at all rather than a couuntry. I guess you do see it on Solingen and Sheffield blades, come to think of it. Still, it makes me wonder if it is a maker's mark rather than a designation of origin. I lived in Turin for five years, and I do not recall that it had any particular reputation as a cutlery manufacturing center, like Solingen or Sheffield do.
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