TURIN Italian knife

ariel · 17th April 2008, 11:07 PM

Nothing is too good for an Italian cook!
Looks like Persian kard to me. Assadullah Turini?

A. G. Maisey · 18th April 2008, 12:17 AM

Small knives of this general type were often carried by Butterflies of the Night.

I have one on my desk as I type this---the knife I mean, not the Butterfly--- that I use as a paper-knife. My knife is 8" overall, with a 4.5" blade. Over the years I have had both marginally bigger ones, and marginally smaller. Most have been double edged, a few were single edged.

Mark · 18th April 2008, 05:30 PM

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.

17th April 2008, 11:07 PM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Nothing is too good for an Italian cook! Looks like Persian kard to me. Assadullah Turini?

18th April 2008, 12:17 AM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,063	Small knives of this general type were often carried by Butterflies of the Night. I have one on my desk as I type this---the knife I mean, not the Butterfly--- that I use as a paper-knife. My knife is 8" overall, with a 4.5" blade. Over the years I have had both marginally bigger ones, and marginally smaller. Most have been double edged, a few were single edged.

18th April 2008, 05:30 PM	#3
Mark Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 987	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.