Gigi Sechi , Italy

A package arrived in the mail today. Yay, ice cream!!

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Even though I love ice cream, the box contained other treasures. 😎

A Pattadesa:

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Along with Gigi's first Arburesa (he wrote that it is a Panciut o Scuoio) - a skinning knife.

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Gigi's craftsmanship is really outstanding, and for the price, all I can say is WOW!! I feel honored to have both of these. The subtle details are missed in photos, at least by me. These feel light, but substantial in hand, with excellent balance. My photos do not do these the justice they deserve.

One thing I had not noticed before is that the archetto tapers and becomes much thinner at the butt end.

I want to say a huge thank you to Âchillepattada Âchillepattada for all of his help, not to mention all of his posts here at Bladeforums. Truly, he has helped/helps make this forum a much richer place, sharing with us the knife traditions of Sardegna.
 
waynorth said:
Ram with the RED stains has a special meaning of strength, bravery and machismo!!!!! ;)
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Jean-Marc told me that these red stains are loved by the people of Sardinia, that the red is blood from the fights of the ram and signifies that it was brave.

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I also recently read that the human population of Sardinia is approximately 1.6 million, but the sheep population is double that. Maybe even more if you count the wild sheep? Makes sense why sheep horn is the traditional knife handle material.
 
draggat said:
A package arrived in the mail today. Yay, ice cream!!

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Even though I love ice cream, the box contained other treasures. 😎

A Pattadesa:

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Along with Gigi's first Arburesa (he wrote that it is a Panciut o Scuoio) - a skinning knife.

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Gigi's craftsmanship is really outstanding, and for the price, all I can say is WOW!! I feel honored to have both of these. The subtle details are missed in photos, at least by me. These feel light, but substantial in hand, with excellent balance. My photos do not do these the justice they deserve.

One thing I had not noticed before is that the archetto tapers and becomes much thinner at the butt end.

I want to say a huge thank you to Âchillepattada Âchillepattada for all of his help, not to mention all of his posts here at Bladeforums. Truly, he has helped/helps make this forum a much richer place, sharing with us the knife traditions of Sardegna.
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A couple of real nice pieces, Steve!! Gigi's work looks great!!
J-M is a dangerous Man; 😲 soon North America will be flooded with Sardinian Craftsmanship, thanks to his facilitation!!:)
 
Thank you my friends for all those nice words for Gigi and me.
It's a pleasure to make the Sardinian cutlery better known. It's like the people of this island elegant and generous.

I'm very very happy to have found the Porch and its members to appreciate it at its true value :)🙏


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draggat said:
Something interesting I just discovered while examining Gigi's arburesa...... The pins in the handle alternate brass and copper. A detail maybe I have missed in the photos of other knives here?!

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Nice horn - looks "sanguinata" !! (blooded!)
I like the alternate pins - they pic up the other tones in the knife!! The pivot looks to be steel.
With the thinner metal bolsters "wrapping" the horn, you are less likely to get the dreaded horn 'curl' against butt joint bolsters!!
 
waynorth said:
Nice horn - looks "sanguinata" !! (blooded!)
I like the alternate pins - they pic up the other tones in the knife!! The pivot looks to be steel.
With the thinner metal bolsters "wrapping" the horn, you are less likely to get the dreaded 'curl' of butt joint bolsters!!
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I think the alternating pins are fantastic! A very fine detail I did not see at first.

Hopefully there will be no curl :oops:..... went fully traditional with this one as the blade is carbon steel. I'm not sure if I'll be able to not use this one...... It begs for it, which creates the dilemma of needing a back up! o_O
 
draggat said:
I think the alternating pins are fantastic! A very fine detail I did not see at first.
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draggat said:
Hopefully there will be no curl :oops:..... went fully traditional with this one as the blade is carbon steel. I'm not sure if I'll be able to not use this one...... It begs for it, which creates the dilemma of needing a back up! o_O
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You got a great knife, Steve!!
 
Hello Steve ,

Here is the Gigi's explanation about the two types of pins /

"E ho visto che Steve ha notato che (lo ho scritto nel certificato) i perni del manico dell'.panciuta o scuoio, sono alternati ottone e rame, ho fatto questo perché il collarino e' in ottone similoro, questo tende a diventare un po' rossiccio perché contiene a.mio parere una percentuale maggiore di rame.
Per questa ragione ho messo perni in rame e ottone."

The bolster with the natural patina will become a little bit reddish and it will match with the pins :) :thumbsup:


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Âchillepattada said:
Hello Steve ,

Here is the Gigi's explanation about the two types of pins /

"E ho visto che Steve ha notato che (lo ho scritto nel certificato) i perni del manico dell'.panciuta o scuoio, sono alternati ottone e rame, ho fatto questo perché il collarino e' in ottone similoro, questo tende a diventare un po' rossiccio perché contiene a.mio parere una percentuale maggiore di rame.
Per questa ragione ho messo perni in rame e ottone."

The bolster with the natural patina will become a little bit reddish and it will match with the pins :):thumbsup:


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Thank you! I got so excited initially, that I completely failed to translate Gigi's certificate that he included. Sure enough, it was listed there. I will freely admit that I am severely lacking in my understanding of the the Italian language.... Thank goodness for translators!
 
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