The tradition of the cutlers in Scarperia is at least 5 centuries old and the origins of these craftsmen were actually the gunsmiths of a very large region. In 1538 the “Statute of the Cutlers” was drawn up, which organized the iron artisans in a sort of professional order. Until the eighteenth century in the village of Scarperia the presence of shops was numerous and vast was the production of sharp irons, both for war (daggers, spears and swords), for home and work (forks and awls, bill hooks, shears and sharpeners). Today in Scarperia are in business only 4 companies of cutlers, who still perform a rich production of knives of all kinds: from hunting to butchers, from cutlery kitchen complete with cutlery with a horn handle, as well as all kinds of scissors and nibbles of all sizes.

The “Coltelleria Fontani” is the youngest artisan workshop to have formed in Scarperia, medieval village of Mugello always famous for the production of sharp irons.. The last descendant of the historic family of Master cutlers, Alessandro is the youngest cutler in the country. It is precisely these qualities, youth combined with many years of experience, that make Fontani products objects of exceptional value, characterized by the perfect symbiosis between love for tradition and contemporary design.

A product of your choice made by “Coltelleria Fontani”, among:
• Roman knife 200 ox horn handle.
• Chef knife 26cm ox horn handle.
• Quasimodo steak set, a fork and a knife, with deer horn handle.
• San Barbana steak set, a fork and a knife, with ox horn handle.