Italian tradition

[Âchillepattada]

Hi everybody,

I don't if the topic exist in the forum and if it's the case I'll move my message .
I'm passionate by the italian trad. knives. First of course the sardinian knives but also many others which can be found all over the country .

On of my preferate shape after the pattadese is the traditional bergamasco. One of those maker for this is, to my opinion, Luca Pizzi.
Here you will find some of it interpretation :

But there are plenty of other beautiful trad. knives in italy

Âchille

 

[trey999]

Thanks for posting these pictures. Those knives are great. I've never seen anything like them.

 

[Woodrow F Call]

Excellent pictures, Excellent blades! :thumbup:

 

[Jonny1801]

beautifully designed knives, thanks for sharing :thumbup:

 

[Peregrin]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing them with us.

 

[screened porch]

Some of those handles look like pipe-bowl briar.
Beautiful stuff.

 

[Jack Black]

Fantastic pics :thumbup:

 

[Bufford]

Functional works of art.

 

[sitflyer]

As always, when I see that letter  in a post or thread, I just have to look! Beautiful knives and great photos as always. Thanks for sharing them here with us ! :thumbup:

 

[onetrickpony]

Gorgeous knives, that handle shape actually looks ergonomic in a way, like you could do some serious push cutting without killing your palms. Not that I'd want to do any hard work with those beauties.

 

[Âchillepattada]

As always, when I see that letter  in a post or thread, I just have to look! Beautiful knives and great photos as always. Thanks for sharing them here with us ! :thumbup:

Thanks a lot, that's too much
it's a great pleasure to share .

I can also introduce the fantastic Gian Claudio Pagani aka Fra Diavolo who is specialize in the repro of ancient knives :

A calabrese with its fork :

Un sicilian with a 19cm blade

Another one with a 20cm blade

Napolitano

"Penna ravennate",

"Saraga" siciliian :

"Love knife"

Dueling knife from Piemont :

Sicilian , 19th

San Potito, dueling knife with a 25cm blade

My preferate:

Best all
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[scruffuk]

WOW!!!

 

[J D Wijbenga]

Very nice! Thank you for showing.

 

[Pipeman]

Here is my only Italian knife. Bernard Levine identified it as early 19th or late 18th century. Rocker engraved brass scales over horn. Thank for showing these great custom knives.

Best regatds

Robin

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[quattromori]

Nice to see some other Italian regional patterns (yes, Sardinian traditionals are better, but it's nice to change ).
My favourite regional patterns are the maremmano a foglia:

and the gobbo (abruzzese)

both pictures taken from the Consigli website

Fausto

 

[JohnDipa]

Achille
Those are some spectacular knives that you have. I picked up a pattada a few years ago while visiting Sardegna and love the shape and function of it even though the finish is no where near to those that you have displayed. Everyone that sees my pattada absolutely loves the shape and usefulness of it. I would love to find a source here in Canada where I could buy one or I may have to wait for when I or someone in my family visits Italy again.
Thanks for sharing.
John

 

[JohnDipa]

Wow Fausto those are some beautiful knives! My family is from Abruzzo and I have never seen that style of knife. Is there a resource website that lists all the regional knives found in Italy?

 

[sitflyer]

Robin, that is a great old knife! I really like the looks of it with all that character :thumbup:

Fausto,those patterns are beautiful as well. I am really liking the looks of all the different colors of horn.

 

[Âchillepattada]

Achille
Those are some spectacular knives that you have. I picked up a pattada a few years ago while visiting Sardegna and love the shape and function of it even though the finish is no where near to those that you have displayed. Everyone that sees my pattada absolutely loves the shape and usefulness of it. I would love to find a source here in Canada where I could buy one or I may have to wait for when I or someone in my family visits Italy again.
Thanks for sharing.
John

Hi John, in Canada I don't know where you can find a pattadesa, and if it would be the case it would be an industrial version . But in a way I'm in the same situation. So I order my knives. Of course the problem can be the payment, but some knive-markers accept a bank wire without problem. For exemple it's the case with Giuseppe Galante who is an excellent craftman :

Best all
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[Âchillepattada]

A great friend of mine tryed to make a list of the different shapes of trad. italian knives :


Abruzzese ABUZZO
Aquilano ABRUZZO
Alto Atesino TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE
Amore CAMPANIA
Anconetano MARCHE
Arburese SARDEGNA
Balestra BASILICATA
Bergamasco LOMBARDIA
Birittedda SICILIA
Calabrese CALABRIA
Caltagirone SICILIA
Castrino LOMBARDIA
Catanese SICILIA
Cuteddu cu lu manicu di ramu SICILIA
Curtel cun e' rèz EMILIA ROMAGNA
Coltello alla romana ABRUZZO/LAZIO
Coltello del frate CALABRIA
Coltello da pastore di Sparanise CAMPANIA
Coltello da caccia di scarperia TOSCANA
Cuteddu ammanicatu SICILIA
Filuscina o Filiscina FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
Fiorentino TOSCANA
Frabosan PIEMONTE
Genovese LIGURIA
Gobbo di loreto aprutino ABRUZZO
Guspinese SARDEGNA
Imolese EMILIA ROMAGNA
Lapparedda SARDEGNA
Leppa SARDEGNA
Liccasapuni SICILIA
Maremmano TOSCANA
Maresciall LOMBARDIA
Marinera FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
Messinese SICILIA
Mozzetta Di Forsolone MOLISE
Mozzetta di Scarperia TOSCANA
Mozzetta di Maniago FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
Napoletano CAMPANIA
Palmerino TOSCANA
Palmerino a due lame TOSCANA
Parmense EMILIA ROMAGNA
Pattada SARDEGNA
Pattada foggia antica SARDEGNA
Piemontese PIEMONTE
Puragnin PIEMONTE
Rasolino/Rasolino Siciliano SICILIA
Resolza/Arresojas/Rasojo SARDEGNA
Ravennate EMILIA ROMAGNA
Riminese EMILIA ROMAGNA
Romagnolo EMILIA ROMAGNA
Romano LAZIO
Romano d'ottone LAZIO
Ronchetto VALLE D'AOSTA
Roncola Piemontese PIEMONTE
Roncola di Maniago Colombina FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
Roncola Veneta VENETO
Roncola Romagnola EMILIA ROMAGNA
Roncola con svitaluminelli TOSCANA
Roncola Abruzzese ABRUZZO
Roncola Romana LAZIO
Roncola Calabrese CALABRIA
Roncola Siciliana SICILIA
Salitano SICILIA
San Fratello/Sanfratellano SICILIA
San Potito EMILIA ROMAGNA
Saraca Romagnola EMILIA ROMAGNA
Saraga SICILIA
Scaluni SICILIA
Scannaturi SICILIA
Senese TOSCANA
Sfarziglia Napoletana CAMPANIA
Sfilato Siciliano SICILIA
Sfilato di Frosolone MOLISE
Svitaluminelli TOSCANA
Tempiese SARDEGNA
Tre Pianelle TOSCANA
Vernantin PIEMONTE
Zuava Forsolone MOLISE
Zuava Maniago FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
Zuava di Scarperia TOSCANA
Zompafuosso CAMPANIA
Coltello a scatto di Maniago FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
Coltello a scatto di Frosolone MOLISE

And he his not sure to have find all

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