About me
I was born in 1998 in Castelfranco Veneto, Italy and I live in the countryside of Badoere, a small village near Treviso and Venice. Together with a PhD candidation at the University of Padua, I am a part-time knifemaker and I personally carry out all the phases of the creation of my knives.
How I got started
My first approach to knives occurred in 2014, when I visited a knife show in Valdobbiadene (Italy) and I saw the work of the exhibitors. In the summer of that year, I tried to make a couple of blades using the basic tools I had at home (files, an angle grinder and sand paper). My interest in making knives stopped at that point until early 2021, when I tried to make knives again. After an initial period of self-taught in which I tried to collect as mush information as I could online, in the summer of that year I met Alfredo Faccipieri, an internationally renown kitchen knifemaker and Voting Member of the Knifemaker's Guild. Thanks to his teaching, I learned various construction techniques by visiting his workshop and, almost immediately, I began to create my own knives guided by his advices, aiming to constantly improve. In the same year, I met Denis Mura, Master knifemaker in many Guilds in the world, from whom I had the opportunity to learn specific processes. In June 2022 I had the admittance exams at the Italian Knifemakers Guild (CIC). The "Master on trial" evaluation allowed me to exhibit my knives at the 24th CIC Show in Milan, held in November of the same year. In November 2023 I exhibited at the 25th CIC show, officially receiving the title of "Master" of the Guild.
The aim
I make knives to propose functional and reliable tools that, at the same time, display refined aesthetics. I make fixed blade knives of different types: hidden tang and full tang, frame handles, take-down and retained tang for both outdoor and kitchen activities. I also personally take care of the creation of the leather sheaths, which are completely worked and stitched by hand. I try to design my knives with simple lines to which I always try to give personal characteristics that reflect my way of working. I am convinced that the precision in the fit and finish of the piece and the attention to details are a fundamental part of a well made knife. Furthermore, I believe that all these variables play an important role during the use of the knife in harsh environments, promote an easy and effective cleaning and contribute to the life of the tool. It appears clear to me how much effort and dedication must be given to work entirely by hand respecting certain quality levels. Unfortunately, I think that high quality craftmanship is going to be lost to make way to cheap industrial mass production, partly also due to the low generational turnover, especially in my country where the art of craftmanship was passed through generations for centuries and now it is slowly but steadily declining. For this reasons, in my opinion the manual and artisanal work still represents a reality in which the person is the primary protagonist in the creation of the product, able to give life to an object that represents a reflection of the artist being.