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In some areas of central and southern Italy, it was customary to give knives as engagement or wedding gifts, assigning the knife the task of sanctioning the love bond.

There was a strong identification between man and knife: the lover who gave such a gift to the woman symbolically offered himself, while the gift given to the man could be interpreted as an exhortation to virile valor.

Some specimens of this historical knife also served as protection against the evil eye, featuring the characteristic “dice eyes” on the handle, while the blades were traditionally engraved with decorative and symbolic elements.

The love knives were also indicative of the social class of the family: less wealthy couples, unable to afford very elaborate knives, sanctioned their love with simpler, less worked, and less expensive objects, but identical in values and meanings.

Type of production: artisanal
Blade production: Italy
Blade: Stainless steel C70
Blade treatment: -
Handle: Deer horn with buffalo horn inserts and silver plaque
Blade length: 82mm.
Blade thickness: 2mm.
Closed length: 100mm.
Total length: 183mm.
Weight: 54g.
Closure: without blade lock
Packaging: cardboard packaging with certificates

The brand Artigiano Scarperia was established in 2007 by two expert knife makers, Fabio Gasparrini and Alessandro Conti. Drawing inspiration from ancient art, they create refined cutlery for the kitchen and table, assortments of personal care items and office supplies, as well as various objects in horn and wood. All products are handcrafted, using traditional techniques without the use of machinery.

For this reason, any variations in material and workmanship are not considered flaws, but distinctive features of a unique product, handcrafted and of high quality.

With a blade just over 3mm thick and a titanium handle that is 11mm thick overall, this turns out to be one of our most pocket-friendly EDC knives, opening up a whole new market segment for us: the business class. These are customers who want to carry a Medford in their dress pants, lingerie, holster or purse, but when opened have the same familiarity as the sturdier Medfords. These are true EDC knives, highly portable and reliable!

Intended Use: Sporting / EDC

Type of production: Mid-Tech
Country of manufacture: USA
Blade: CPM-S45VN steel
Blade finish: Tumbled & Satin
Handle: Anodized titanium with flamed hardware
Blade length: 90mm.
Blade thickness: 3mm.
Length closed: 110mm.
Total length: 195mm.
Thickness when closed: 11mm.
Weight: 106g.
Locking system: frame lock
Clip: titanium, removable
Packaging: cardboard box with Medford logos, plastic box with Medford logos, stickers and morale patch
Notes: "Loyalty" discounts are not active on this item.

These high quality knives, are handcrafted in the tradition of French Thiers cutlery.

This large, perfectly balanced Laguiole hunting knife was made entirely by hand in Laguiole, by a master blacksmith, according to the strict LOG (Laguiole Origine Garantie) quality criteria. Depending on the version, it requires from 109 to 216 working steps.

The blade has a very balanced geometry proven over many decades: it is 11 cm long, 3 cm high and 4 mm thick. Both the bee and the area above the ricasso can be used as a thumb rest.

The blade is ground on both sides to about 22 degrees to the cutting edge (flat grind), so that optimal breaking and scoring is guaranteed and, at the same time, the edge does not round off too quickly. 

The handle scales are polished to a high shine with seven different oils and high quality wax pastes on large felt discs. 

The left handle bears the traditional shepherd's cross (French: croix du berger) as decoration.

Intended Use: Regional/Collection/Outdoor/Hunting

Type of production: handcrafted
Blade: Swedish 12C27 stainless steel at 54HRC satin finish.
Blade Production: France
Handle: Ebony
Blade length: 110mm.
Blade thickness: 4mm.
Length closed: 138mm.
Total length: 240mm.
Balance: -
Weight: 180g.
Closure: rear retention spring
Clip: -
Scabbard: -
Notes: -

Intended use: collection / sport

Type of production: semi-handmade
Country of production: South Africa
Blade: in steel N690Co
Blade treatment: Satin
Handle: in steel, with abalone inserts
Blade length: 52mm.
Blade thickness: 2.2mm.
Length closed: 72mm.
Total length: 124mm.
Thick when closed: 8.5mm.
Balancing: set back
Weight: 44g.
Opening: Nail Nick
Closure: Slipjoint
Clip: Absent
Packaging: cordura case with ADV Tactical logos
Notes: designed and built by Andre De Villiers

Intended use: collection / sport

Type of production: artisan seeds
Country of production: South Africa
Blade: in D2 steel
Blade treatment: satin finish
Handle: steel with Jaracanda briar inserts
Blade length: 75mm.
Blade thickness: 4 mm.
Length closed: 100mm.
Total length: 175mm.
Thick when closed: 14mm.
Balance: 2 cm set back from the guard branch
Weight: 120 g.
Opening: Nail Nick
Closure: Slip Joint (without blade lock)
Clip: -
Packaging: cordura case with ADV tactical logos
Notes: Designed and manufactured by Andre De Villiers

The first certain information on this knife dates back to 1848. A specimen, dated 1871, is kept in the State Archives of Florence, attached to the documents of a trial against a convicted person. The mark of a Scarperia manufacturer, Gustavo Buffi, is clearly visible on it, the shape of the blade is that with an angled back, also maintained in the twentieth century and present in the catalogs of various firms in Scarperia. The Maremmano is a horn tip model.

Type of production: artisan
Lama production: Italy
Blade: X50CrMoV15 stainless steel
Blade treatment: -
Handle: Ox horn
Blade length: 100mm.
Blade thickness: 3mm.
Length closed: 140mm.
Total length: 240mm.
Weight: 120g.
Closing: without blade lock
Packaging: elegant box with Recommendations logos
Sheath: fabric case

Craftsmanship is beautiful because it is varied

The colors of the materials with which the handmade products are made may vary from those shown in the images.

Horn, wood and cornotech are raw materials that by their nature have a marked variability from one supply to another: it is the beauty of quality materials. Add craftsmanship, where the craftsman's hand never makes the same gesture: it's the beauty of craftsmanship. Combine all this and you will always have a different and unique product. It is always different from the one and unrepeatable product that we must necessarily photograph if we want you to understand what we are talking about and what we are offering you.

The "Neapolitan" old drives is a knife in horn tip elongated, suitable to cut the use of tip. It is not clear which of the knives of the traditional Neapolitan is inspired model of Scarperia. The general line is somewhat related to the "Maremma" in the form assumed in the Mugello, but with more slender proportions and read.

Stainless steel blade 440.
Blade length 8 cm.
Blade thickness 3 mm.
Overall length 20 cm.
Weight 62 gr.
Handle in horn tip

Typical Sardinian handmade folding knife produced by the Conaz company from Scarperia

Type of production: artisan
Lama production: Italy
Blade: X50CrMoV15 stainless steel
Blade treatment: -
Handle: Raw ram horn
Blade length: 80mm.
Blade thickness: 3mm.
Length closed: 110mm.
Total length: 195mm.
Weight: 50g.
Closing: without blade lock
Packaging: elegant box with Recommendations logos
Sheath: fabric case

Craftsmanship is beautiful because it is varied

The colors of the materials with which the handmade products are made may vary from those shown in the images.

Horn, wood and cornotech are raw materials that by their nature have a marked variability from one supply to another: it is the beauty of quality materials. Add craftsmanship, where the craftsman's hand never makes the same gesture: it's the beauty of craftsmanship. Combine all this and you will always have a different and unique product. It is always different from the one and unrepeatable product that we must necessarily photograph if we want you to understand what we are talking about and what we are offering you

Typical Sardinian handmade folding knife produced by the Conaz company from Scarperia

Type of production: artisan
Lama production: Italy
Blade: X50CrMoV15 stainless steel
Blade treatment: -
Handle: Ox horn
Blade length: 100mm.
Blade thickness: 3mm.
Length closed: 135mm.
Total length: 243mm.
Weight: 83g.
Closing: without blade lock
Packaging: elegant box with Recommendations logos
Sheath: fabric case

Craftsmanship is beautiful because it is varied

The colors of the materials with which the handmade products are made may vary from those shown in the images.

Horn, wood and cornotech are raw materials that by their nature have a marked variability from one supply to another: it is the beauty of quality materials. Add craftsmanship, where the craftsman's hand never makes the same gesture: it's the beauty of craftsmanship. Combine all this and you will always have a different and unique product. It is always different from the one and unrepeatable product that we must necessarily photograph if we want you to understand what we are talking about and what we are offering you.

Intended Use: Regional / Collection

Type of production: craft
Blade: Black Damascus Handforged
Production Lama: France
Handle material: cow horn tip with central inserts in Black Damascus, double liners in steel and 24k gold.
Blade length: 100mm.
Blade Thickness: 3mm.
Closed Length: 120mm.
Overall length: 220mm.
Balancing: -
Weight: 116g.
Closure: rear spring retention
Clip: -
Sheath: -
Note: gift box in leather with logos Laguile en Aubrac - Specimen in limited and numbered edition, serial number # 01

Traditional Scarperia knife and used throughout Tuscany until the early 1800s. It had an element of novelty, for the time: the metallic structure inside the handle as well as in the traditional bovine.

440 stainless steel blade.
Blade length 8 cm.
Blade thickness 3 mm.
Open length 19 cm.
Weight 100 gr.

Intended use: collection

Type of production: handmade
Country of Production: Scarperia - Italy
Blade: stainless steel X50CrMoV15
Blade finish: satin-finished
Handle: ox horn and brass
Blade length: 100mm.
Blade thickness: 3mm.
Length closed: 135mm.
Total length: 240mm.
Weight: 193g.
Closure: blade lock
Packaging: cardboard box with Consigli logos
Sheath: fabric pouch

Handicrafts are beautiful because they are varied!
The colors of the materials from which crafts are made may vary from those shown in the pictures.

Horn, deer, and wood are raw materials that by their nature have distinct variability from one supply to the next-that's the beauty of fine materials. Add craftsmanship, where the artisan's hand never makes the same gesture: that's the beauty of craftsmanship. Combine all this and you have a product that is always different and unique. Always different from that unique and unrepeatable product that, necessarily, we have to photograph if we want you to understand what we are talking about and what we are offering you.

Made according to the ancient art of knives, the Piedmontese knife, typical of the Piedmont Region, retains its original sober line.
Solid and functional, the blade is in stainless steel and the handle is a monobloc made of bovine horn.

Type of production: artisan
Lama production: Italy
Blade: X50CrMoV15 stainless steel
Blade treatment: -
Handle: ox horn
Blade length: 80mm.
Blade thickness: 2.5mm.
Length closed: 90mm.
Total length: 180mm.
Weight: 50g.
Closing: without blade lock
Packaging: elegant box with Recommendations logos
Sheath: fabric case

Craftsmanship is beautiful because it is varied

The colors of the materials with which the handmade products are made may vary from those shown in the images.

Horn, wood and cornotech are raw materials that by their nature have a marked variability from one supply to another: it is the beauty of quality materials. Add craftsmanship, where the craftsman's hand never makes the same gesture: it's the beauty of craftsmanship. Combine all this and you will always have a different and unique product. It is always different from the one and unrepeatable product that we must necessarily photograph if we want you to understand what we are talking about and what we are offering you.

The silver Fiorentino version has the same construction characteristics as the classic Fiorentino, but it is made with silver finishes, in the lily, in the band and in the rings worked by hand by skilled engravers. Horn tip model.

Intended use: sports / collection

Type of production: artisan
Lama production: Italy
Blade: X50CrMoV15 stainless steel
Blade treatment: -
Handle: Ox horn and Silver with handcrafted engravings
Blade length: 90mm.
Blade thickness: 2.5mm.
Length closed: 110mm.
Total length: 195mm.
Weight: 76g.
Closing: without blade lock
Packaging: elegant box with Recommendations logos
Sheath: fabric case

Craftsmanship is beautiful because it is varied

The colors of the materials with which our handcrafted products are made may vary from those shown in the images.

Horn, wood and cornotech are raw materials that by their nature have a marked variability from one supply to another: it is the beauty of quality materials. Add craftsmanship, where the craftsman's hand never makes the same gesture: it's the beauty of craftsmanship. Combine all this and you will always have a different and unique product. It is always different from the one and unrepeatable product that we must necessarily photograph if we want you to understand what we are talking about and what we are offering you.

This Pattada constitutes the now historical interpretation of the Sardinian knife made by Consiglio. The handle formed by two halves fixed with a row of rivets and the absence of a real spring are typical of the original model, but the line, the shape of the surfaces, the use of ram's horn are affected by the Scarperian tradition. Consigli has long linked its business to supplies for Sardinia, so much so that their Pattada have now become "Sardinian by adoption".

Lama production: Italy
Blade: X50CrMoV15 stainless steel
Blade treatment: -
Handle: ox wood
Blade length: 70mm.
Blade thickness: 2mm.
Length closed: 95mm.
Total length: 170mm.
Weight: 35g.
Closing: without lock
Packaging: cardboard box
Sheath: fabric case

Craftsmanship is beautiful because it is varied

The colors of the materials with which the handmade products are made may vary from those shown in the images.

Horn, wood and cornotech are raw materials that by their nature have a marked variability from one supply to another: it is the beauty of quality materials. Add craftsmanship, where the craftsman's hand never makes the same gesture: it's the beauty of craftsmanship. Combine all this and you will always have a different and unique product. It is always different from the one and unrepeatable product that we must necessarily photograph if we want you to understand what we are talking about and what we are offering you

Characteristic Sardinian knife, typical of the Arbus area; with blade with a characteristic bellied shape, very suitable for leather. Traditional shapes and fine finishes.

The shape reached today derives from ancient styles used in past times.

Lama production: Italy
Blade: X50CrMoV15 stainless steel
Blade treatment: -
Handle: ox wood
Blade length: 85mm.
Blade thickness: 2mm.
Length closed: 115mm.
Total length: 205mm.
Weight: 50g.
Closing: without lock
Packaging: cardboard box
Sheath: fabric case

Craftsmanship is beautiful because it is varied

The colors of the materials with which the handmade products are made may vary from those shown in the images.

Horn, wood and cornotech are raw materials that by their nature have a marked variability from one supply to another: it is the beauty of quality materials. Add craftsmanship, where the craftsman's hand never makes the same gesture: it's the beauty of craftsmanship. Combine all this and you will always have a different and unique product. It is always different from the one and unrepeatable product that we must necessarily photograph if we want you to understand what we are talking about and what we are offering you.

The name clearly indicates the area of ​​origin, but this knife became part of Scarperia's production perhaps as early as the nineteenth century, taking over from an older model called "scimitar" due to the hollow shape of the back of the blade towards the tip.
The handle has no metal seals, apart from the tiny raperelle on which the three pins are pressed, is thinned at the end, making it particularly light, and is made of solid horn.

Intended use: sports / collection

Type of production: artisan
Lama production: Italy
Blade: X50CrMoV15 stainless steel
Blade treatment: -
Handle: Ox horn
Blade length: 80mm.
Blade thickness: 3mm.
Length closed: 110mm.
Total length: 197mm.
Weight: 73g.
Closing: without blade lock
Packaging: elegant box with Recommendations logos
Sheath: fabric case

Craftsmanship is beautiful because it is varied

The colors of the materials with which the handmade products are made may vary from those shown in the images.

Horn, wood and cornotech are raw materials that by their nature have a marked variability from one supply to another: it is the beauty of quality materials. Add craftsmanship, where the craftsman's hand never makes the same gesture: it's the beauty of craftsmanship. Combine all this and you will always have a different and unique product. It is always different from the one and unrepeatable product that we must necessarily photograph if we want you to understand what we are talking about and what we are offering you

Traditional knife produced by master cutlers in Scarperia, place where, since 1300, the craftsmanship of Italian knives continues.
Typical Piedmont knife, in use since the early 19th century also in Liguria. Originally from the village of Vernante (Cuneo).

The 420 stainless steel blade can be scimitar or straight.
On the upper part of the heel there is always the characteristic appendix with the head of a nail which, by housing a socket in the handle, allows the blade to be held steady with the knifted thumb.
Used for all agricultural and domestic work and, for the particular sharpening, also for carving wood.
The cattlemen also used it as a surgical tool to carve the belly of cattle grazing, when too much wet grass was ingested causing excessive accumulation of gas.

Total length: 200 mm
Blade length: 90mm
Handle: in full polished horn
Sharpened by hand

Traditional Scarperia knife and used throughout Tuscany until the early 1800s.
It had an element of novelty, for the time: the metal structure inside the handle. As well as in the traditional bovine, Consiglio proposes it today also in buffalo and exotic woods.

Intended use: sports / collection

Type of production: artisan
Lama production: Italy
Blade: X50CrMoV15 stainless steel
Blade treatment: -
Handle: Buffalo horn
Blade length: 75mm.
Blade thickness: 2.5mm.
Length closed: 110mm.
Total length: 19mm.
Weight: 93g.
Closing: without blade lock
Packaging: elegant box with Recommendations logos
Sheath: fabric case

Craftsmanship is beautiful because it is varied

The colors of the materials with which the handmade products are made may vary from those shown in the images.

Horn, wood and cornotech are raw materials that by their nature have a marked variability from one supply to another: it is the beauty of quality materials. Add craftsmanship, where the craftsman's hand never makes the same gesture: it's the beauty of craftsmanship. Combine all this and you will always have a different and unique product. It is always different from the one and unrepeatable product that we must necessarily photograph if we want you to understand what we are talking about and what we are offering you.

The version of the Zuava with sundial, very particular, carries on the blade the engraving of an ancient drawing of sundial, functioning. The hard is in brass.

Type of production: artisan
Lama production: Italy
Blade: X50CrMoV15 stainless steel
Blade treatment: -
Handle: ox horn
Blade length: 105mm.
Blade thickness: 3mm.
Length closed: 130mm.
Total length: 240mm.
Weight: 190g.
Closing: retention spring
Packaging: elegant box with Recommendations logos
Sheath: fabric case

Craftsmanship is beautiful because it is varied

The colors of the materials with which the handmade products are made may vary from those shown in the images.

Horn, wood and cornotech are raw materials that by their nature have a marked variability from one supply to another: it is the beauty of quality materials. Add craftsmanship, where the craftsman's hand never makes the same gesture: it's the beauty of craftsmanship. Combine all this and you will always have a different and unique product. It is always different from the one and unrepeatable product that we must necessarily photograph if we want you to understand what we are talking about and what we are offering you.