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San Michele “Asp Viper”
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All the blades for sale on this website are custom made to order one at a time and commissioned one at a time per order. Be advised before ordering there are no refunds or exchanges for any of these custom-made blades and ordered works for any reason.
Introducing the brand new one of a kind San Michele “Asp Viper” Sicilian –Italian style fighting razor (razolu).
This magnificent piece is made by the same old world craftsmen who hand makes the San Michele Froslone knife which has been extremely well received and loved by all who have been lucky enough to own one, saying it’s the crown jewel of all their auto knives.
First of all this is not your little dinky average straight razor . It’s a large robust razor which measures 11 inches in overall length with a hand forged highly sharpened blade of four inches long’ with a beautiful buffalo horn, brass lined large curved hand fitting handle for a great sturdy grip. Look at the comparative photos of a normal straight razor with the asp viper. No comparison!
The viper snake scale hand engraving goes along the top side edge of the blade and the end of the tail of the razor actually highly curls up as a threatened snake can do when threatened . This also aids in openings and securing the grip as you can see in the photos. Asp viper- S. M. is hand etched on every blade.
Please note the special features
- The blade comes to a sharp point on the top edge for thrusts primarily used to disarm an attacker trying to stab you. This strike is called the kiss of the viper.
- For the first time you will see on the lower front edge of the blade a row of sharp “teeth like “serrations”. These are termed the fangs of the viper having the serrations ensures an effective self-defense cut.
In San Michele this razor is not designed to simply flip around for show or drills. It is a back hand defense guard when using the knife in the front hand and the preferred grip is the “punch (pugnu) grip” as shown to parry and create a disarm of the attacker’s knife or other weapon in their hand and also counter slash and strike, as needed for self-defense.
- The pinch grip can also be used for more range. Even with this grip, the curled tail acts as a stabilizer to help prevent it from turning in your hand with use.
I will give more instructions to any buyers who are my San Michele students, and I plan on making a video for buyers in the future. So, for students of the art, to practice the old art, for self-defense and even for collectors of fine blades this is a one-of-a-kind heirloom piece you must have. It comes with a high quality all leather belt sheath as pictured.
The price is only $210 which includes postage from Europe to me. You will pay for the shipping from me to you depending on your location which I will inform you once I receive it and find the cost of shipment. Once you send me the PayPal shipping amount I will mail the blade to you. Make sure that the knife is legal in your state, and you obey all the laws of the land when owning and or carrying and using. This is the mate with your Frosolone knife if you have one or buy a pair together!!!