Sa Pattadesa & other sardinian knives

Great looking knives, Achille. Indeed very interessting patterns! Thanks for sharing to the community.
 
LOVE that blade shape. May have to add something like that to the want list.
 
Very beautiful photos, of some fine cutlery. Thank you for sharing with us, and welcome to Bladeforums' Traditional section. :thumbup:
 
Hi everybody,

With the help of my very good friend Andrea Melis, living in Sestu, Sardegna, I've discovered the beauty of the horseshoe as handle material.







Thanks for you attention ;)
 
Hi Achille,
and thank you for your pictures: it's nice to see how some Sardinian knifemakers seem to renew this pattern with new handle materials.
Also, thank you for any info you can provide on the maker: I saw one of his knives about one year ago, and was never able to know much about him :)

Fausto
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Hello Fausto, Andrea is a good friend. He makes wonderful pattadese and also freely inspired arburese like these :


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If you have any more questions about him i will answer with pleasure.

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Âchillepattada;12812616 said:
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This is exactly the pattern I handled, and that made me acknowledge the maker. I will PM you about him, if you don't mind.
Small as Sardinia might be, osmetimes it's not easy to track knifemakers :p
Thanks for your help :)

Fausto
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Very nice looking knives, A!!!

What is the length of the arburese?

Thanks in advance and for sharing these
 
I'm crazy for the Resolza knives... especially traditional knives.
These pics are wonderful, the variations are nice too.
-Eric
 
Thanks for sharing your beautiful photos and culture

Âchillepattada;12461438 said:
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the sardinian have invented one of the first one-hand-opening system for their folders.
Traditionaly the blade was 1mm longer than the handle
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How was the knife traditionally carried, in a pouch, or just drop that pointy thing in a pocket?

They remind me of a Spanish Navaja from when Sardinia was part of the Spanish Kingdom of Aragon.
 
No pouch.
This knife was, and is, traditionally carried in a pocket. The "one hand opening" version is usually opened by making the tip of the blade "catch" onto trousers.
As for the navajas, yes, Sardinia was part of the Spanish Kingdom, but these knives were born later, and even though they do share some roots, I see many differences. Instead, there are other Italian regional patterns who share much more DNA with navajas :)

Fausto
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jon_slider said:
Thanks for sharing your beautiful photos and culture
How was the knife traditionally carried, in a pouch, or just drop that pointy thing in a pocket?

They remind me of a Spanish Navaja from when Sardinia was part of the Spanish Kingdom of Aragon.
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Hi Jon,
This is not a real traditional knife. It's a mix between the system used in Piemont to open and maintain the knife opened ( the spindle at the beginning of the blade) and a shape of sardinian pattadesa.
i think that traditionali the pattadesa was carried in a bag. The head of the blade remaining out of the handle could hurt.

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I Fausto, this was only a supposition from me due to the blade of the traditional pattadesa :)
In fact I don't know

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Âchillepattada;12812616 said:
Hello Fausto, Andrea is a good friend. He makes wonderful pattadese and also freely inspired arburese like these :


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If you have any more questions about him i will answer with pleasure.

Â
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Sweet baby Jesus on a helicopter!

I love the "resolza" pattern but this one absolutely rivals it based on the utilitarian shape. Pure sweetness on the handles as well!
 
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A,
don't worry: suppositions are welcome :p although Sardinian shepherds rarely bothered about carrying their knives in a pouch. Sometimes, they would carry it in their vest though.

Now, a bit of clarification :)

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The knife above is not a Sardinian resolza; it is, as A pointed out, a sort of hybrid, and a beautiful one for sure. The handle and blade shape fits the pattern, but our knives have bolsters, and have no extended tang.

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As for this knife, it's wonderful. I would not call it a classic arburesa; to my eyes, it looks like something between an arburesa (which would have more curve on both blade and handles - the arburesa being basically a skinning knife) and a foggia antica (which would have a slightly different tip but almost the same blade profile). Anyway, no matter how you call it, it's awesome and I will get one soon ;)

Fausto
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ns are very cool, and these examples are gorgeous.
Here is mine. Thanks again to Fausto, for helping me through the process of having the knife made and shipped to the US. The blade is 11cm of 12C27 Sandvik steel.

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This is one of my favorite knives. It's so pretty that I was loath to carry & use it, initially, for fear of damaging it. But, it did not take long to overcome the hesitation, and I have realized that it is really quite a robust cutting tool that can handle just as much "real work" as any of my other knives.
 
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