Knives I took to Milan

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Rodrigo Sfreddo

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Hello folks! I'd like to show you the knives I took to Milan Knife Show, past November, hope you enjoy it.

VECCHIO MONDO:
This utility knife with 6"blade and 11" overal lenght was forged in turkish damascus, with fileworked integral collar, and gold inlayed stamp. The handle is mammoth, with stainless spacers and pins. The sheath is leather with ostrigh skin inlay.
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ATLANTIS:
This 7 1/2" bladed fighter was forged in composite damascus, with W pattern body and two twisted bars on the edges. Fully integral, the knife had the guard carved to mach the handle carving, wich was done in desert ironwood. This was the first knife I inlayed gold in the stamp. The sheath is carved leather with shark skin inlay.

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SAMBALINA:
This 9" bladed integral fighter was forged in turkish damascus, with mammoth handle. The guard is inlayed in gold, and this was the first gold inlay I made beyond the stamp inlay. The pins on the handle where also headed in gold. The sheath is carved and texturized leather, with damascus pin.

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PARIGI:
This mediterraneam dirk with 9"blade and 14 1/2" overal lenght was forged in Merovingian pattern. Fully integral, this piece has the collar carved in high relief and polished, contrasting with the damascus. The ebony handle was also high relief carved, and received hundreds of steel pins. The knife was stamped in the spine, and inlayed in gold. The sheath is water buffalo leather, with high relief carving and shark skin inlay.

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Shooted by Francesco Pachi:

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Thank's for looking. Merry Christmas and happy new year!
 
I'm at a loss of words my friend. You are making some of the most beautiful knives in the world. I sincerely hope I get to see and handle some at this year's Blade Show.

Thank you for these awesome pictures.
 
...and that is why when people ask me who the best knife maker in the world today is, I don't hesitate to say, "I wish it were me, but it's not. There's this guy named Rodrigo...."

I love your willingness to keep pushing into areas no one else has been. And just being there isn't enough, you do it so well it makes the rest of us cry!

Please, for the sake of the craft and the art of the blade, keep it up. Even though you may not know it, we are all watching...
 
It's not like I haven't come to expect the outstanding, but my socks are still routinely blown off by your work. And when you throw down like this.... wow.

The pin work alone on that one piece is enough to to have me slack-jawed.

Roger
 
Absolutely stunning! Off the charts! You have amazing talent and your execution is just wonderful.
 
Thank you guys, your comments always exceed my imagination. I'd like to post more knives here, but for this I should make more knives...
I'm always busy making shows, classes, and sometimes, knives; I can't be here as much as I would like, but everytime I show up, you're very kind with me, thank you!

All the best!
 
Each one deserves a thread all its own in accolades and perusal. Yup, fantastic. :thumbup:

The last one is so incredibly rich. It's a photographer's dream knife, as Francesco revealed. He did you well.

Thanks for the post! :)

Coop
 
Ouch!!!!! amazing stuff, Rodrigo!!!:eek::thumbup: I'm guessing that Italian customs didn't try to pry the handle scales off of that mammoth knife like our guys.:rolleyes:
 
John White said:
They're all so beautiful, but the Med.Dirk is beyond description...

john
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You are right, John. I had to go back and reread the post to see if the shiny bits were silver overlay or polished, unetched steel. When I look at Rodrigo's work, I see a number of things that others have done before with forging technique, carving, damascus pattern, etc, but don't think that I have never seen them done all at once in so many different ways on an integral knives even from some of the really crazy European guys who do a lot of carved integral stuff. Rodrigo is the best that I have seen at matching up the damascus patterns in these integral pieces, even ones where they are, for lack of a better term "forge welded integrals' that have been made from multiple pieces of stock and welded together on the anvil.
 
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