No, I'm not talking so but a vertically challenged inhabitant of the island off the Italian coast. I'm talking about a little export from Sardinia that has proved to be a very good edc pocket knife. The Resolza.
As an aging and arthritic senior citizen, my cutlery choices have been modified in recent years, according to my abilities to deal with small springy objects. My love of the mighty legume will forever be there, but things change in life and we go through stages in our ever changing life.
In 2013, our man in Sardinia, AKA Fausto, very generously shipped me a resolza. Being the perceptive man Fausto is, he made sure it was a peanut class resolza. More and more, the little Sardinian has become a occupant in my pocket here in Texas, as well as before we made the move from Maryland. The smooth friction folder mechanism is easy to deal with, good for a edc pocket knife, and a blessing for those days when a certain person is not having a good day. Those Sardinians know how to make a good pocket knife. They figured out how to make the outer curve of the tang a decreasing radius, so that at the start it is a very, almost extremely easy pull to open, but as you transition to the open position it becomes more progressively stiffer. This make the final 1/3 of the opening arc a nice frictional, (is that a real word) pull, for lack of a better description. It's unlike an opinel, that has a consistent pull all the way through, and I've grown to love the way the Sardinian knife makers, or at least Senior Usai, has made the tang profile. It started easy, then grown progressively stiffer. Neat engineering.
After steady use, the little resolza has graduated from special events formal wear knife to everyday use in jeans watch pocket. When accompanied by a small multitool, it covers all the basis.
Here it is with a couple of Italian friends; A Savinelli bent and a Caminetto business pipe. Italians do seem to have a great sense of style!
So far, the little Sardinian has proven itself at Texas BBQ's and fishing the San Gabriel River. The small pliers of the Leatherman are good for hook removal. I'm also finding out how useful small pliers are for gripping things that older fingers may have a hard time with.
A shot of the decreasing radius tang that cams tighter with the amount of opening arc.]
Thank you again, Fausto!!!!!
As an aging and arthritic senior citizen, my cutlery choices have been modified in recent years, according to my abilities to deal with small springy objects. My love of the mighty legume will forever be there, but things change in life and we go through stages in our ever changing life.
In 2013, our man in Sardinia, AKA Fausto, very generously shipped me a resolza. Being the perceptive man Fausto is, he made sure it was a peanut class resolza. More and more, the little Sardinian has become a occupant in my pocket here in Texas, as well as before we made the move from Maryland. The smooth friction folder mechanism is easy to deal with, good for a edc pocket knife, and a blessing for those days when a certain person is not having a good day. Those Sardinians know how to make a good pocket knife. They figured out how to make the outer curve of the tang a decreasing radius, so that at the start it is a very, almost extremely easy pull to open, but as you transition to the open position it becomes more progressively stiffer. This make the final 1/3 of the opening arc a nice frictional, (is that a real word) pull, for lack of a better description. It's unlike an opinel, that has a consistent pull all the way through, and I've grown to love the way the Sardinian knife makers, or at least Senior Usai, has made the tang profile. It started easy, then grown progressively stiffer. Neat engineering.
After steady use, the little resolza has graduated from special events formal wear knife to everyday use in jeans watch pocket. When accompanied by a small multitool, it covers all the basis.
Here it is with a couple of Italian friends; A Savinelli bent and a Caminetto business pipe. Italians do seem to have a great sense of style!
So far, the little Sardinian has proven itself at Texas BBQ's and fishing the San Gabriel River. The small pliers of the Leatherman are good for hook removal. I'm also finding out how useful small pliers are for gripping things that older fingers may have a hard time with.
A shot of the decreasing radius tang that cams tighter with the amount of opening arc.]
Thank you again, Fausto!!!!!
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