ARDITI BLACK EXTREMA RATIO KNIFE (0220/BLK)

The particular situation created in the first years of the 1914/18 war, now bogged down in increasingly complex and protected trenches and fortifications, favored the formation of formations of men in the various departments who, little by little, specialized in coup de main. Our assault units, the Arditi, had their dagger. It was obtained from the pieces removed by the long blades of the Vetterli bayonets 1870, which in the narrow trenches, in the corridors, between the barbed wire were only a hindrance. It was certainly a rustic, salvaged weapon, not too beautiful but certainly inexpensive, light, not bulky and even effective in expert hands. Today, on the occasion of the centenary, we commemorate this important page of Italian military history with a limited commemorative series of 1918 specimens. This version has a burnished blade, a polymer handle and a black cordura sheath.

Technical features:

Weight: 224g
Blade length: 167mm
Total length: 270mm
Blade thickness: 6.3mm
Blade material: BöHLER STEEL N690 (58HRC)
Blade Finish: MIL-C-13924 Bluing
Blade grinding: flat EDGE
Handle material: Forprene


Made in Italy