Salvatore Puduu Folder from Solvang Knife Show

[Ellis]

Dave Harvey put on a great show and I was fortunate enough to get this beauty from Salvatore Puddu and engraving by Simone Fezzardi.
Here is Salvatore's description of the engraving and how he envisioned it, I found it to be fascinating coming from Italy.
Enjoy
Dave

"the history of engraving, is born because I wanted in the first side of the handle of the knife, there was the engraving of a gangster woman who, in the thirties in New York, was at the head of a criminal gang, and the other side of the handle, always the same woman some sexi, you can enjoy the money after the robbery ... also see the car being riddled with bullets ... I must say that Simone Fezzardi, he played very well, what I had asked him."

 

[mete]

Fascinating coming from Italy ? In the thirties there were lots of Italians in NYC .Even in the 70s the biggest ethnic group in NY state was Italian ! Lots of gangsters in NYC also . From " Murder INC " to Mafia etc.
Anyway they did a fine job on that knife with incredible detail in the engraving !

 

[HSC ///]

I'm jealous, trap door auto
this was one of my favorite's of the show

congrats

 

[Murray White]

something rather special for sure Dave.

 

[SharpByCoop]

Salvatore Puddu's work are the finest examples of clean gentleman's folders.

Simone Fezzardi has brought more to the table than the lovely lady gangster in bulino: His scroll is the elusive 'trompe l'oeil' style which is illusory. It's 3-D, but it's not.

See more HERE.

Good seeing you Dave!

Coop

 

[Knifeologist]

A beautiful knife with great engraving, they don't get much better than that.

 

[Kevin Jones]

Very nice Dave.