Gigi Sechi , Italy

Âchillepattada

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I have just notices that there is no specific thread to show the creations of my great friend Gigi Sechi from Sardinia ( Italy ).
Gigi like traditional shapes but more he loves making damascus.


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That is some exceptional Damascus. I wish I could go to the Island knife show. I'd leave broke but rich in knives.
 
Those are some beautiful pieces! I definitely love whatever that copper bolster cleaver thing is? Living on that island must be fairly inspirational in and of itself. My maternal grandparents came from Roseto degli Abruzzi on the east coast of Italy. I always wondered what made them immigrate to rural Ohio of all places?
 
Those are some beautiful pieces! I definitely love whatever that copper bolster cleaver thing is? Living on that island must be fairly inspirational in and of itself. My maternal grandparents came from Roseto degli Abruzzi on the east coast of Italy. I always wondered what made them immigrate to rural Ohio of all places?

Hi Jupiter P,
This "clever" is a modern interpretation of a knife called "mozzetta".
It was used in Sardinia to harvest the cork on the oaks. To use a knife with a point would have been too dangerous . Then it has been used in the mine because carrying a knife with a point in the dark would also be dangerous .
Curiously this knife became famous with Mussolini's fascism. The Duce was not confident with the Sardinian people . When they were not satisfied they had the bad habit to use their knife . So Mussolini prohibited all the knives with a pointed blade bigger than 5cm.
As the knife was a necessary tool at that time the mozzetta became the only allowed knife .

About your maternal grand parents I think that poverty might have been their motivation. Between the 19th and the 20th century life was really hard in a lot of place in Italy and the region of Abruzzo was very poor .

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