Hunting Knives: reliability and durability in the wild

KNIFE WITHDRAWN FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION
* Type: Previously Purchased
* Condition: Like new
* Commercially available No.
* Sharpening: Original
* Marks on blade: NO
* Marks on handle: NO
* Packaging: NO
* Scabbard: Leather, handcrafted
* Manuals, Certificates and Warranties: YES
* Checked and Certified by our in-house laboratory






Intended use: collection / fighter

Production type: handmade
Country of production: Italy
Blade: steel N690Co 59/60 HRC
Blade finish: satin finish
Handle: stabilized alder wood with 416 stainless steel through-guard and screw pins
Blade length: 123mm.
Blade thickness: 4mm.
Total length: 232mm.
Weight: 212g.
Sheath: handcrafted, made of ostrich paw and leather, hand-stitched
Packaging: -
Notes: Previously purchased, like new - Knife handcrafted by Livio Montagna, accredited member C.IC. (Italian Knifemakers Guild).

Intended Use: Collection / Light Utility

Type of production: Handcrafted
Country of Production: Italy
Blade: W2 steel at 60HRC
Blade finish: hamon made with selective tempering
Handle: mango wood, resin spacers and blue G10, 4mm carbon fiber pin
Blade length: 110mm.
Blade thickness: 4.8mm.
Total length: 235mm.
Weight: 210g.
Scabbard: leather, handmade
Packaging and certificate: cordura pouch and certificate of authenticity
Notes: unique and numbered knife, handcrafted especially for Coltelleria Collini - No. 297

Intended Use: Collection / Light Utility

Type of production: Handcrafted
Country of Production: Italy
Blade: W2 steel at 60HRC
Blade finish: hamon made with selective tempering
Handle: ebony wood, resin spacers and blue G10, 4mm carbon pin
Blade length: 110mm.
Blade thickness: 4.8mm.
Total length: 235mm.
Balance: backward
Weight: 210g.
Scabbard: leather worked and sewn by hand
Packaging and certificate: cordura pouch and certificate of authenticity
Notes: unique and numbered knife, handcrafted especially for Coltelleria Collini - No. 296

KNIFE WITHDRAWN FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION
* Type: Previously Purchased
* Condition: Like new
* Commercially available No
* Sharpening: Original
* Marks on blade: NO
* Markings on handle: NO
* Packaging: NO
* Sheath: In leather, handcrafted
* Manuals, Certificates and Warranties: YES
* Checked and Certified by our internal laboratory

Knife handcrafted by Master C.IC. (Italian Corporation of Cutlers) Livio Montagna.

Type of production: artisanal
Country of production: Italy
Blade: M390 steel at 60/61 HRC
Blade finish: satin finish
Handle: in stabilized beech wood
Blade length: 105mm.
Blade thickness: 5mm.
Total length: 215mm.
Weight: 185g.
Sheath: handmade, in leather, hand-stitched
Packaging: NO
Note: -

KNIFE FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION
* Type: Previously Purchased
* Condition: Very Good
* Commercially available No
* Sharpening: Original
* Marks on blade: NO
* Marks on handle: NO
* Packaging: NO
* Scabbard: Leather, handcrafted, original with some marks due to age and storage
* Manuals, Certificates and Warranties: YES
* Checked and Certified by our in-house laboratory

Knife handcrafted by Master C.IC. (Corporazione Italiana Coltellinai - Italian Knife-makers Guild) Livio Montagna. Excellent reproduction of one of the most iconic knives ever: the classic Bowie. A knife created by Rezin Bowie in the early 19th century for his brother Jim Bowie, the famous American pioneer whose rather reckless life is now shrouded in legend.

Livio Montagna's excellent craftsmanship does justice to this piece of history with its classic and timeless stylistic features: the double guard, the clip point blade, the handle in natural material.

Intended use: hunting / collection

Type of production: handcrafted
Country of production: Italy
Blade: steel 440C tempered at 59/60 HRC
Blade finish: satin finish
Handle: Deer and Buffalo - brass guard and pommel
Blade length: 197mm.
Blade thickness: 5.7mm.
Total length: 314mm.
Weight: 497g. (666g. including scabbard)
Sheath: Handcrafted, leather, hand-stitched
Packaging: NO
Notes: -

KNIFE FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION
* Type: Previously Purchased
* Condition: Good
* Commercially available No
* Sharpening: Original
* Marks on the blade: Some scratches on the pommel, blade and guard in very good condition
* Marks on handle: Some assembly inaccuracies near the pommel, adhesive residues
* Packaging: NO
* Scabbard: Leather, handcrafted, original with some marks due to age and storage
* Manuals, Certificates and Warranties: YES
* Checked and certified by our in-house laboratory

Knife handcrafted by Master C.IC. (Corporazione Italiana Coltellinai - Italian Knife-makers Guild) Livio Montagna. Reproduction of one of the various versions of the Arkansas Toothpick, legendary frontier knife of the American 1800s. Famous, often infamous, it generally has a 30 to 50 cm blade, rather narrow and sometimes symmetrical, dagger-style. Used mainly for hunting and personal defence.

Livio Montagna's version is aesthetically very similar to the Toothpick used in Expandables 2.

The knife is distinguished by an excellent overall balance, allowing control and precision in use. The finish is of a good standard.

Intended use: hunting / collection

Type of production: handcrafted
Country of production: Italy
Blade: hardened 440C steel at 58/59 HRC
Blade finish: satin finish
Handle: Ebony - 416 stainless steel guard and pommel
Blade length: 305mm.
Blade thickness: 6mm.
Total length: 445mm.
Weight: 722g. (960g. including scabbard)
Sheath: Handcrafted, leather, hand-stitched
Packaging: NO
Notes: -

KNIFE WITHDRAWN FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION
* Type: Previously Purchased
* Condition: Like new
* Commercially available No, craftsman passed away in 1991.
* Sharpening: Factory original
* Marks on blade: None
* Marks on handle: None
* Packaging: Gift box marked "Coltelleria Lorenzi, via Montenapoleone, Milano"
* Scabbard: Leather, handcrafted, original
* Manuals, Certificates and Warranties: Certificate of guarantee and authenticity present.
* Checked and Certified by our in-house laboratory


Intended use: hunting / collection

Type of production: handcrafted
Country of production: USA
Blade: D2 steel
Blade finish: satin finish
Handle: deer Sambar, brass guard and pommel engraved by "J.S."
Blade length: 155mm.
Blade thickness: 4.5mm.
Total length: 273mm.
Weight: 340g.
Sheath: handcrafted, leather, for vertical carrying on belt
Packaging:Gift box marked "Coltelleria Lorenzi, via Montenapoleone, Milano," certificate of guarantee 
Notes:1989 specimen designed and made entirely by hand by cutlery legend Jimmy Lile, famous to most for "inventing" and designing Rambo's knives, who died in 1991 - Previously purchased knife, from a private collection, like new.

Type of production: Artisan
Country of production: Italy
Blade: 60HRC Sleipner Steel
Blade Finish: PVD
Handle: Black Stabilised Birch with FatCarbon Darkmatter guard and carbon pins
Blade length: 150mm.
Blade thickness: 6mm.
Total length: 294mm.
Balance: on the guard branch
Weight: 360g.
Scabbard: hand worked and sewn leather
Packaging and certificate: Cordura pouch and certificate of authenticity
Notes: unique knife handcrafted for Coltelleria Collini in Busto Arsizio - no. 256

Type of production: Artisanal
Blade production: Italy
Blade: Sleipner steel at 60HRC
Blade finish: PVD
Handle: Light Stabilized Birch with FatCarbon Darkmatter guard and carbon pins
Blade length: 115mm.
Blade thickness: 6mm.
Total length: 244mm.
Balancing: set back 3cm from the guard branch
Weight: 270g.
Sheath: in worked and hand-stitched leather
Packaging and certificate: cordura case and certificate of authenticity
Notes: unique knife handcrafted for Collini Cutlery in Busto Arsizio - n. 252

Type of production: Artisanal
Blade production: Italy
Blade: Sleipner steel at 60HRC
Blade finish: satin
Handle: Ironwood with FatCarbon Darkmatter guard and carbon pins
Blade length: 150mm.
Blade thickness: 6mm.
Total length: 294mm.
Balancing: on the guard branch
Weight: 345g.
Sheath: in worked and hand-stitched leather
Packaging and certificate: cordura case and certificate of authenticity
Notes: unique knife handcrafted for Collini Cutlery in Busto Arsizio - n. 257

Type of production: Artisanal
Blade production: Italy
Blade: Sleipner steel at 60HRC
Blade finish: PVD
Handle: Light Stabilized Birch with FatCarbon Darkmatter guard and carbon pins
Blade length: 150mm.
Blade thickness: 6mm.
Total length: 294mm.
Balancing: on the guard branch
Weight: 360g.
Sheath: in worked and hand-stitched leather
Packaging and certificate: cordura case and certificate of authenticity
Notes: unique knife handcrafted for Collini Cutlery in Busto Arsizio - n. 255

Absolutely like new - Comes from a private collection - Unique item made in 2020, prototype, does not correspond to any standard model of Wander Tactical production - Made entirely by hand.

Use: Collection / Utility / Hunting

Production type: Handcrafted
Country of Production: Italy
Blade: integral, japanese rolled steel (San Mai) with V-Toku2 (carbonaceous) cutting edge at 62/63HRC and SUS410 (stainless steel) outer cheeks
Blade finish: satin finish 
Handle: Paracord
Blade length: 90mm.
Blade thickness: 6.65mm.
Total length: 200mm.
Balance: backward
Weight: 180g.
Sheath: in kydex
Package: Certificate of authenticity
Notes: Unique piece of 2020 - Prototype: it doesn't correspond to any standard model of Wander Tactical production - Entirely hand made - Absolutely like new, coming from a private collection,

Japanese steel merges with Italian excellence

For this 2019/2020 collaboration, exclusive to Coltelleria Collini, we decided to propose a series of best sellers produced by Wander Tactical. Knives made with the famous San Mai steel produced by the Japanese Takefu Steel. Specifically we have used the carbonaceous V-Toku2 at 62/63HRC for the central plate and the stainless SUS410 for the two external plates, in order to guarantee a very high cutting capacity, penetration and edge holding together with an easy resharpening and maintenance. At the same time the blade has a remarkable resistance to corrosion and an important increase of resilience given by the type of extreme steel and the laminated structure.

As in the ancient swords of the Japanese Samurai.

The rolled steel - imported in Italy by Collini Steel directly from the Japanese Takefu Steel - is based on the ancient Japanese tradition in the creation of the famous Samurai swords. As early as 1100, expert Japanese blacksmiths combined different materials to give Katana swords incredible cutting capabilities combined with previously unknown strength and flexibility. It is thanks to this revolutionary construction technique that the Samurai swords have been preserved until our days becoming one of the most fascinating objects made by man. Following this tradition applied to modern metallurgy, we are now able to have technologically advanced steels already tested and used in cutlery by famous brands such as Fallkniven, Cold Steel, Mcusta, Kai, Sog, Zwilling, Rockstead, etc.

Characteristics of San Mai steel: It is made of different types of metals alloyed together to create a composite that contains and intensifies the strengths of the metals taken individually:

- Longer cutting edge life
thanks to the use of high quality steels with a high carbon content (VG10, CoS, Shiro) or sintered (SPG2), in the core steel, the blade, once hardened, reaches hardness and cutting performance decidedly superior to those achieved with the use of traditional steels.

- Greater resilience
Built on the principle of Japanese swords, the multilayer steel is difficult to break thanks to the toughness of the central steel (Core Steel) and the elasticity of the steel used for the lateral coating (Stainless Steel).

- Improved corrosion resistance
The steel used for the outer layers (Stainless Steel) gives the blade a high resistance to corrosion. The combination of the two or more materials used by Takefu Steel generates, at a galvanic level, a structure that improves corrosion resistance even on the edge.

- Easy machining even after heat treatment
Although steel normally becomes harder after hardening, the lateral steel used in multilayer machining does not lose its softness and allows easy machining, drilling or welding even after heat treatment. For optimum blade performance, cryogenic treatment is recommended.

- Improved aesthetic performance
Knives made of multi-state steel or damascus pattern at the end of the processing are aesthetically elegant, refined and highly appreciated by collectors all over the world.

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special knife made by Wander Tactical in April 2021

Type of production: Artisan
Production Lama: Italy
Blade: stainless steel Nitro-B 58 / 59HRC
Blade treatment: Proto
Handle: Brown Micarta
Blade length: 115mm.
Blade thickness: 5mm.
Total length: 270mm.
Balancing: on the branch of gurdia
Weight: 284g.
Sheath: in kydex and leather
Packaging: -
Notes: unique piece

special knife made by Wander Tactical in April 2021

Type of production: Artisan
Production Lama: Italy
Blade: stainless steel Nitro-B 58 / 59HRC
Blade treatment: Proto
Handle: Brown Micarta
Blade length: 115mm.
Blade thickness: 5mm.
Total length: 270mm.
Balancing: on the branch of gurdia
Weight: 284g.
Sheath: in kydex and leather
Packaging: -
Notes: unique piece

special knife made by Wander Tactical in April 2021

Type of production: Artisan
Production Lama: Italy
Blade: stainless steel Nitro-B 58 / 59HRC
Blade treatment: Proto
Handle: Brown Micarta
Blade length: 115mm.
Blade thickness: 5mm.
Total length: 270mm.
Balancing: on the branch of gurdia
Weight: 284g.
Sheath: in kydex and leather
Packaging: -
Notes: unique piece

handcrafted knife entirely handmade with grinding wheel and file. The blade is made of ledeburitic steel with 2.3% carbon obtained by powder metallurgy and reaches a hardness of 64 HRC. Perfect for hunting and outdoor use.

Intended use: collection / hunting

Type of production: custom
Production Lama: USA
Blade: 64HRC powder steel
Blade treatment: -
Handle: in deer horn and tuya burl with brass guard
Blade length: 100mm.
Blade thickness: 5mm.
Total length: 240mm.
Weight: 172g.
Sheath: in brown leather sewn and handmade
Notes: knife made in Italy in the late 90s - certificate of the craftsman

special prototype made by Wander Tactical in October 2020

Type of production: Artisan
Production Lama: Italy
Blade: stainless steel Nitro-B 58 / 59HRC
Blade treatment: -
Handle: Green paracord
Blade length: 115mm.
Blade thickness: 5mm.
Total length: 260mm.
Balancing: on the branch of gurdia
Weight: 201g.
Sheath: in kydex
Packaging: -
Notes: unique piece