"Anna e Gianfranco Gasparini Collection" VEGLIA nutcracker by COLTELLERIE BERTI

The Berti family has been making knives for more than one hundred years, since 1895. It all began with David when he opened his first workshop in Via dell’Oche in Scarperia, and the family tradition has continued without interruption ever since: David was followed by Severino then Alvaro and now Andrea is keeping the wonderful tradition alive. Remember though, producing knives just for the sake of inheriting a tradition is not enough, it is important to have been doing it for quite some time, just about a century!

The work of a sole craftsman. Signed with his initials. Confirming his craft and its value.

Every Knife produced at Coltellerie Berti, is the product of one pair of artisan hands. Whoever begins it finishes it. This is the essence of hand crafting in the Berti family, which since 1895 has insisted on the joy of possessing a real hand-made knife in the most authentic of artisan traditions. And so to declare it convincingly every Berti knife has the artisan’s initials cut into its blade.

In over 100 years business, Coltellerie Berti have established a heritage of models which make up a whole small world and a great collection which fully represents the Italian knife-making tradition, with some hundred pocket and kitchen knives. However, they decided it was necessary to go on building up the heritage which was passed down to them. To do so, they set up new proposals born inside the company, within the context of tradition but also free from traditional styles, in order to satisfy contemporary tastes using the language of design. Nobody complains of the need to enrich the world with new kinds of knives, but the creating sign of designers and the craftsmanship have given birth to new items which represent their times in the world  of knife-making as well: a meeting of matter and thought, which generates cultural and historical value.

Pieces per box: 1 + 1.

Head: ox horn.

Handle: stainless steel AISI 304 wrapped in leather.

Additional description:

• laser cut: laser-cut handle with special steel plate, with a high carbon grade. Every handle has been tempered at 1055 degrees Celsius and sub-frozen at - 80 degrees Celsius;
• ox horn head: the horn used is always scrap from the slaughter of animals who have reached the end of their field working life. This allows full growth of the horns and allows to get the best horn quality without any direct or further sacrifice of animals. They only use the full tip which affords the best quality in terms of beauty and stability through time. However it should be remembered that horn is living matter, which undergoes changes through time;
• nutcracker hammer with anvil.