PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED KNIFE, PRIVATE COLLECTION
* Origin: acquired from private owner - SERIAL CK0191S - produced in 2021
* Condition: overall very good condition (see photos)
* Market availability: no longer in production in this unit-marked version
* Sharpening: factory edge
* Blade marks: none
* Handle marks: none
* Box: present, slightly damaged
* Sheath: included
* Manuals, certificates and warranty: included
* Checked and certified by our internal laboratory

Folding knife made according to specifications requested by the Italian Army unit 185th RAO (Regiment for Target Acquisition) and currently in service with the same unit. The service version differs from the civilian one only by the complete absence of writings or logos on the blade.

HISTORICAL NOTES ON THE UNIT:
The 185th RAO of the "Folgore" is a unit with ancient traditions, yet relatively new in its current form. It was established on 3 April 2000 following the reorganization of the 185th Paratroopers Artillery Regiment. Based in Livorno, it is an atypical artillery unit currently included within the Special Forces framework.

Composed entirely of volunteer personnel, the 185th RAO selects its members through physical tests and a qualification course structured in modules of increasing difficulty. The tasks assigned to RAO operators are numerous and highly sensitive: they involve gathering information on enemy targets and relaying it to command. More generally, this can be described as reconnaissance in sensitive areas.

"It is therefore clear," the Army emphasizes, "that the activity of the acquisition operator takes place mainly in hostile territory, in small self-sufficient teams operating in isolation."

RAO paratroopers are specialists in infiltration and exfiltration techniques and are able to operate in the field for up to 8–10 days without external resupply. They know how to avoid capture, escape and evade from enemy-controlled areas and, above all, how to identify, define and assess strategically relevant targets. Since 2002, the year of its reorganization, detachments of the 185th Regiment have operated in all major operational theaters: from the Balkans to Afghanistan and Iraq. In these areas they mainly carry out medium- and long-range reconnaissance and surveillance activities within the area of responsibility of the Italian contingent.

Intended use: military/tactical
Type of production: industrial
Blade production: Italy
Blade: N690Co stainless steel 58/60HRC
Blade treatment: MIL-C 13924 black coating
Handle: anodized anticorodal aluminum 4.5mm
Blade length: 118mm
Blade thickness: 6.3mm
Closed length: 142mm
Total length: 261mm
Weight: 335g
Lock: modified front lock with additional threaded safety pin
Clip: none
Sheath: tactical nylon MOLLE-compatible, suitable for both closed and open knife use
Notes: diamond pocket sharpener included