"Duemiladodici Collection" knife for tomato and citrus 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.

Blade: stainless steel.

Handle: plexiglass (black, white) or cornotech (brand name chosen by Coltellerie Berti for a special type orthophthalic polyester resin used since January 2013 to make a new line of knives).

Total length of the knife: 21.3 cm.

Total length of the blade: 10.3 cm.

Weight: 65 g (black, white) and 64 g (cornotech).

Additional description:

• laser cut: laser-cut blade with special steel plate, with a high carbon grade, offers great cutting power. Every blade has been tempered at 1055 degrees Celsius and sub-frozen at - 80 degrees Celsius;
• full tang: the blade runs through the full length of the handle and is fastened in place by three rivets. the blade has a bead blast surface and Teflon finish;
• polished: the blade is polished;
• plastic handle: the plastic handles are not molded - they are hand made from a sheet of cold cast plexiglass. The only way to achieve long lasting high quality. Each handle is stabilized to permit washing in a dish washing machine;
• cornotech handles: cornotech handles are made by hand from sticks of acetal resin which perfectly simulate ox horn colors. Each handle is stabilized to permit washing in a dish washing machine.

Handmade in Italy.