Inevitably ...
As a child in school , I remember that during the lessons I drew them ... I had the covers of notebooks and any free space on the sheets full of knives . Those were the times when I was reading Zagor and other comic book heroes who had a knife on his belt ... the object of desire in those years was just a dream , because the age and ability to pay.
A few years later I managed to secretly buy me a throwing knife , from simple ones with colored handle and fake leather pouch, hazel . I threw everywhere , my mother desperately wondered what were those cuts on the wooden floor and furniture ...
By the age of reason and a few coins available I started to buy , of course not particularly valuable because outside of my ability , but the pieces that I liked and that I have to this day. This great passion and a decent manual inevitably led me to want to personally achieve these objects and after a period of in-depth theoretical study and I started .
The handles I prefer to rich woods while not forgetting the necessary micarta or other synthetic materials. I also appreciate the mosaic pins , such as Micarta , realized mainly by me. Based on the needs decide the type of steel to be used if the carbon or stainless steel . Even the sheath, where required , in my opinion plays an important role, I think it is rather an integral part of and must be made and sewn , of course, by hand, in keeping with the knife which I consider as a work of art that needs to match the look Beauty and the quality of materials functionality to fulfill the purpose of the final product .
Riccardo Caregnato