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Knives
The blades presented in these pages were created with great respect for the practical uses to which they were originally put. There are two main types of knife: the “da scanno” (throat-cutting) blade, with its point particularly sharp for butchering, and the “da scuoio” (flaying) blade, with its typical bulging shape that facilitates the task of skinning an animal without damaging the hide.

Our knives are not mere reproductions of the historic models present in the region; apart from the classic “resolza” with its characteristic layered blade, all Salaris knives have been revised and updated in their form, while at the same time conserving the simple, spring-less structure of the classic Sardinian knife.

The scarcity -- or more accurately, the complete absence -- of historical documents that explain why the forms of the Sardinian knife vary according to region leaves room for a thousand hypotheses. Specific knife forms most likely evolved to meet diverse needs of an agro-pastoral or exclusively agricultural economy, and these forms were then further influenced by the Spanish and Arab dominions endured by the Sardinian population. It would be rash to claim that a particular knife-form belonged exclusively to a single village or a single zone of Sardinia; but with time, certain forms became associated with specific production centers, where they are still made today. The “resolza”, the Sardinian knife par excellence, is surely the result of such a course of evolution, and it is very difficult for anyone to attribute or claim its paternity.

The materials used in the making of our knife blades are carbon and stainless steels. The handles are made from either horn -- ram or wild moufflon -- or high-quality wood, with fittings in brass, nickel silver, and precious metals. To request the prices of the following items please contact us, making reference to the letters of the items in which you are interested. Thank you.

Il nostro catalogo
[articolo 001] Blade 11 cm Ram’s horn handle [enlarge picture]		[articolo 002] Blade 12 cm Handle of ram’s horn and silver nickel [enlarge picture]		[articolo 003] Blade 12 cm Handle of ebony, ivory, and silver nickel [enlarge picture]
[articolo 004] Blade 10.5 cm Ram’s horn handle [enlarge picture]		[articolo 005] Fixed blade, 13 cm Deer horn handle [enlarge picture]		[articolo 006] Resolza "Mezzo Scuoio" cm 11 Resolza cm 12 Manico bufalo e cervo [enlarge picture]
[articolo 007] Damascus steel blade, 11 cm Handle of briar wood and ivory with titanium fittings [enlarge picture]		[articolo 008] Fixed blade of MA5M steel Handle of briar wood and ram’s horn Fittings of nickel silver and brass [enlarge picture]		[articolo 009] Coltelli lama fissa grezzo di forgia Acciaio al carbonio Manico montone [enlarge picture]
[articolo 010] Shearing scissors [enlarge picture]		[articolo 011] Grafting knife Blade of C/70 Deer horn handle [enlarge picture]		[articolo 012] Coltelli uso cucina Lama in acciaio 440 inox Manico montone [enlarge picture]
[articolo 013] Fixed blade knife commemorating the 60th anniversary of the training ship “Palinuro” [enlarge picture]		[articolo 014] Blade 9 cm Ram’s horn handle [enlarge picture]		[articolo 015] Damascus steel blade Asiatic buffalo horn handle [enlarge picture]
[articolo 016] Leppa sarda lama acciao al Carbonio Manico montone [enlarge picture]		[articolo 017] Particolari di lavorazione dei manici [enlarge picture]		[articolo 018] Raw forged blade, 16 cm K720 Ram’s horn handle [enlarge picture]
[articolo 017] Fixed blade of Damascus steel Ivory handle [enlarge picture]		[articolo 018] Rezolza Damascus steel blade, 11 cm Deer horn handle [enlarge picture]		[articolo 018] Resolza Damascus steel blade, 11 cm Deer horn handle [enlarge picture]
[articolo 018] Rezolza Damascus steel blade, 11 cm Deer horn handle (detail of blade) [enlarge picture]		[articolo 021] Resolza Blade 12 cm Ram’s horn handle [enlarge picture]		[articolo 021] Detail Resolza Blade 12 cm Ram’s horn handle [enlarge picture]
[articolo 023] Grafting knife Blade of C/70 Ram’s horn handle [enlarge picture]		[articolo 024] Damascus steel blade, 11 cm Buffalo horn and bone handle [enlarge picture]		[articolo 025] Resolza Flaying blade, 12 cm Juniper wood handle [enlarge picture]
[articolo 026] Particolare lavorazione [enlarge picture]		[articolo 027] Descrizione a breve [enlarge picture]		[articolo 028] Particolare lavorazione sulla lama [enlarge picture]
[articolo 029] Descrizione a breve [enlarge picture]		[articolo 030] Descrizione a breve [enlarge picture]		[articolo 031] Descrizione a breve [enlarge picture]
[articolo 032] Descrizione a breve [enlarge picture]		[articolo 033] Set of table knives Stainless steel blades, 12 cm Ram’s horn handles [enlarge picture]		[articolo 034] Resolzas Blade 11 cm Handles (left to right) yew, thuja, ram’s horn [enlarge picture]
[articolo 035] Set of table knives [enlarge picture]		[articolo 036] Knife with cutting board [enlarge picture]