AISI 420C
Chromium stainless steel, balance between hardness and corrosion resistance. The maison's standard for everyday use.
Patent · 1991 · The Wind
Elica
The wind of the coasts and the heights.
The wind of Sardinia, caught in the knife.
The wind is another defining trait of our island: from the coasts to the high mountains, its movement is with us all year round. This trait inspired the Elica patent, shaped to recall, faithfully, the blades of a propeller turned by the wind itself.
A folder with a 12.5 cm blade, double-ground at the point. An ergonomic handle that ensures a fine grip.
Handle and blade meet here in a perfectly mirrored, sinuous line that lends the knife a sense of perpetual movement.
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Elica — the pieces
Each piece is unique. Below, some exemplars realized by the workshop — every combination of materials is a starting point for a new commission.
Choose your Elica
Write to us from this page with the model reference already filled in. We will guide you through materials, proportions and timing of your piece - by commission, never from a catalogue.
The most chosen combinations.
Every example of this model can be personalised with any material — steels, woods, horns, ivories, precious metals. The combinations below are the ones the maison's devotees choose most often, offered here as inspiration.
Damascus steel
Layered Damascus steel, worked with repeated temperings. The pattern is unique to each blade, like a fingerprint.
Mouflon horn
The horn of Sardinia's emblem animal. Hand-worked, keeps its natural curve.
Silver
L'argento delle tradizioni orafe.
Fossil ivory
Fossilised ivory. A legal material, rare and sought-after, accompanied by a certificate.
For any other material, write to us through the commission form below.
About this piece
How is a Giagu Elica commissioned?
Every Elica begins with a conversation. You write to the Giagu workshop describing the materials, the dimensions and the occasion, and the maison guides you through the configurations available. Lead time is six to twelve months from confirmation. Every finished piece comes with a paper certificate signed by the family.
Is the Elica a numbered piece?
Every Giagu Elica is engraved with the mouflon mark and the words GIAGU PATTADA. Each order carries its own number, identifying it in the maison's internal archive from 1985 onward. The mark, for its part, stays with the piece forever.
What is the warranty on the Elica?
Every Giagu Elica is guaranteed for ten years from the date of delivery. Sharpening is free for the lifetime of the knife, at the Pattada workshop or by post.