Carbon steel
Exceptional edge, requires maintenance. Preferred by purist collectors.
Classic · Sardinian working knife · Fixed & Folding
Foggia Antica
The wide blade of the past.
The historic form that precedes the Resolza.
Before the Resolza established itself as the dominant model of Pattadese knife-making, Sardinia saw wider-bladed knives of a different shape in circulation: useful for big-game hunting and for skinning.
The Foggia Antica is our interpretation of those models. A broad blade in AISI 420C or Damascus. The handle is mostly in ram or mouflon horn, as tradition has it, at times in wood and, for the more collectible pieces, in fossil ivory.
The model is available both as an 11 cm fixed blade and as a 9 cm folder, with or without a ring. The folder is also requested in a 5 cm “mignon” version.
Made for those who seek a sturdy tool, with harder lines.
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Foggia Antica — 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 Foggia Antica
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.
Materials and personalisation.
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.
AISI 420C
Chromium stainless steel, balance between hardness and corrosion resistance. The maison's standard for everyday use.
Mouflon horn
The horn of Sardinia's emblem animal. Hand-worked, keeps its natural curve.
For any other material, write to us through the commission form below.
About this piece
How is a Giagu Foggia Antica commissioned?
Every Foggia Antica 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 Foggia Antica a numbered piece?
Every Giagu Foggia Antica 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 Foggia Antica?
Every Giagu Foggia Antica 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.