A knife, an original.
Forty years at the forge. Seven patents. One family.
Request a commission Discover the maisonTradition kept,
tradition renewed.
Pattada, the Italian home of the knife: this is where Giagu knives are born. Each one bears our signature, is made entirely by hand to commission, guaranteed for ten years and sharpened for life.
Six collections,
one signature.
From the 1700s tradition to one-off bespoke pieces. Drag to explore — each collection has its own page.
Tradition
The Resolza, the Corrina. The classics of the 1700s.
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Patents 1991
Seven original models, registered in Rome.
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Culter
Three hundred pieces, never twice the same.
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Classics
Foggia Antica and Foggia Nuova.
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Kitchen & Chef
Trinciante, Santoku, Ulteddu — everything for the kitchen.
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Exclusives
Unique pieces, ceremonial pairs.
Explore the collectionONE FAMILY,
IRON AND FIRE
from one generation to the next.
In Pattada, Salvatore and Maria Rosaria founded the workshop in 1985 — the first to devote themselves to the knife alone, where until then it had been made alongside other tools in the blacksmiths' shops. Today the second generation carries the craft forward in the same spirit. Every piece bears the GIAGU mark and the mouflon stamp. An Italian story, a Sardinian signature.
Discover the familyMaria Rosaria Deroma
The Workshop
Come to Pattada.
We are waiting for you on Via Vittorio Emanuele.
The building at Via Vittorio Emanuele 52A has carried the Giagu Deroma name since 1901. Today it is home to our workshop, open every day. You can step into the laboratory, speak with a member of the Giagu family, and choose the materials for your commission. Under the same roof is the Museo Culter — the first and only international knife museum in Italy.
07016 Pattada (SS) · Sardinia
Sun · 10:30 — 18:30
The first international knife museum
in Italy.
Founded in Pattada in 2011 out of Salvatore and Maria Rosaria’s passion, the Museo Culter gathers contemporary knives from the five continents alongside historical pieces of the Sardinian and Mediterranean tradition. One museum, one atelier, a single story.
Discover the museumThree elements,
one knife.
Every Giagu knife comes from the meeting of three elements: the blade, the handle, the ornament. Endlessly combinable, each chosen one by one with the client.
Steel
From the AISI 420C of everyday use to the stainless Damascus of the collector pieces. The steel is brought to 1150°C and tempered at the forge.
- Stainless steel (various options)
- Forged carbon steel
- Stainless Damascus
Horn & Woods
Ram horn — from pale to dark, through countless veins — remains the historic choice across every model. We also work mouflon horn, fossil ivory and mother-of-pearl, and for fixed blades, prized Sardinian and exotic woods.
- Ram horn
- Mouflon horn
- Fossil ivory
- Mother-of-pearl · Olive wood · Juniper · Ebony
Precious metals
The metal sets the tone of the knife, and each client chooses their own. Brass, silver, gold and Sardinian filigree — every one tells a different story.
- Brass
- Nickel silver
- Silver
- Gold · Gold with Sardinian filigree
Giagu Design
The language of the workshop,
in jewellery.
Aurelia Giagu turns the materials of the knife into jewellery. Horn, silver, mother-of-pearl, coral and more — the very materials of the workshop — she shapes into rings, necklaces and pendants. A parallel language that carries the family signature beyond the blade.
The collaborations.
Five-star hotels, Michelin-starred restaurants, international museums, trade magazines. The people and places that chose a Giagu knife for their table, their stage, their story.
W HotelPoltu Quatu
A set of Corrina fixed-blade knives for the hotel’s restaurants. The pastoral classic of the 1700s, set on the table for the guests of the five-star.
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BelmondHotel Romazzino
Knives supplied for the hotel boutique and for temporary exhibitions.
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MarriottPalm Jumeirah
On show at the Marriott Hotel Palm Jumeirah. Pattada reaches the Palm, the GIAGU signature engraved on the blade.
The case →MUSEScience Museum
Six Giagu knives shown at MUSE as objects that speak for the tradition, history and culture of Sardinia. Fourteen months on display.
The exhibition →Gambero RossoItaly
A feature on the Giagu Pattada workshop and the second generation bringing Sardinian knife-making back onto the luxury agenda.
The article →SICAC& Messer
Since the late 1990s, Giagu has been a regular at the international custom-knife fairs. Exhibitions, awards, and friendships with the masters of five continents.
The fairs →"A Giagu knife is not bought. It is commissioned. And every commission is an encounter. The knife takes shape before it even exists."
A piece
made for you
Write. Call. Come and find us.
Every knife is made to order, never from stock. Choose the model, the materials, the blade — and we will be with you from the first sketch to the signature on the steel.
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