The knife: from a weapon to a jewel

T he knife (Italian coltello, from the Latin cultellus) was invented to arm man and make him less vulnerable in his hunt for survival.

In Sardinia the jack-knife is called resolza, from the Latin rasoria; this kind of knife need some form of protection from accidental hurting with its sharp steel blade.

In his knives, Antonio Deroma interprets the first need of creating manageable, safe, efficent tools, by selecting the best raw materials avaliable in nature, removing them and shaping them to create a harmonious whole that should also be spectacular at the same time.

This is how Antonio Deroma's knives, that were created as weapons, evolved into jewels.