A picture of probably my two most beautiful traditional folders

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Dagon

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These are two classic italian regional knives, both made by small family companies in Scarperia (near Florence)

The one at the back is a Saladini "gobbo" which means hunchback
The one in front is a Consigli "maremmano a foglia"

Aren't they beauties?

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I will discuss them in my next YouTube video review, probably tomorrow.

Enjoy!
 
Very nice. :thumbup:

I love the traditional and regional Italian knives. Going through my Consigli catalogue brings out wriggles and tears of frustration as I can't afford to have all of them.

Ah, but one day. :cool:
 
> Going through my Consigli catalogue brings out wriggles and tears of frustration as I can't afford to have all of them.

Yes, but quite a big number of them are rather similar so at least I have less of a completionist urge.
 
We need more pics. The knife with the blonde horn looks interesting. Dagon, I have already bought 2 knives looking at your reviews. The Le Companeon and the EKA 88. Maybe, these might be next.

God Bless
 
Very good to see something unusual and your reviews are informative&very well done, thank you.

What type of horn is that?
 
Ma, che coltelli belli!!:thumbup:

(Please excuse my bad Italian:o!)
 
Those are very nice looking. It is nice to see products other than what we normally see here in the U.S...

I'm not trying to be critical, but is there a reason why the pins aren't finished flush on the bottom knife ?

I really like the overall look and shape of that one.
 
We need more pics.
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I will soon make and upload my review clip, but meanwhile, this are more pics of the one at the right:

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It also exists in a even more wonderful limited full flat ground version, but that's rather expensive:

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And here are small pics of the one at the back. Beautiful as well.

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What type of horn is that?
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Blonde horn tip. probably from cows.

I'm not trying to be critical, but is there a reason why the pins aren't finished flush on the bottom knife ?
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I think that they wanted to replicate the original knife design from 150 years ago.
 
I kind of like how the pins aren't flush, personally. A lot of these knives, I've noticed, are pretty large. Probably because they were made with food prep/picnic duty in mind, I suppose.

Both of these are very nice, but I think I like the shape of the lockback more.
 
I like them. They are bigger than I thought, and they look very comfortable...
 
The pins might not be flush due to the splitting characteristics of horn. I have a knife with flush pins on Buffalo horn and it's showing cracking...
 
Dagon: Is the castle copied from the Laguiole bee idea, or was this something that all traditional knives had in that part of the world?
 
Unless I'm mistaken, those just aren't the pin heads; its a two piece sort of thing, with a pin going through a brass collar or bushing then getting peened out. It's the same kind of pin and bushing that Victorinox uses under their plastic handles. It's a way better method of securing a pin as it spreads out the force like a washer. Much stronger than a regular pin. The peened head of the pin won't pull through the brass collar as easy as it would through horn or wood.

An old world extra step of quality.
 
willgoy said:
The pins might not be flush due to the splitting characteristics of horn. I have a knife with flush pins on Buffalo horn and it's showing cracking...
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They could probably be flush if the handles were counter bored, like at the pivot pin on most sodbusters. The collars are a great way to prevent splitting though, since instead of the peened pin pushing outwards against the horn it's pushing outward against the collar. The collar then is pressing straight down on the surface of the horn.
 
Those are some seriously big knives. In the first picture I expected something more along the lines of a 4" trapper. But those look like they are more the size of a Navaja. Regardless, they are quite beautiful.
 
Dagon: Is the castle copied from the Laguiole bee idea, or was this something that all traditional knives had in that part of the world?
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I'm definitey not a specialist, but I saw already a number of old knife designs with some ornament at the top of the spring.
In this case, I think that the cutler Saladini simply gives a nod to a historical building in Sacaperia:

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They are indeed pretty big, roughly like a full-size laguiole.

And here is my video review:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HHUdbA3jpQ

Enjoy !
 
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