AISI 420C
Chromium stainless steel, balance between hardness and corrosion resistance. The maison's standard for everyday use.
Tradition · Pattada · Since 1850
Resolza
The shepherd’s knife, since 1850.
The fulfilment of the Pattadese tradition.
The Resolza is the Sardinian knife par excellence. A steel myrtle leaf, a pointed blade, a ram-horn handle, an ornamental ring between handle and blade: the shape is that of the 1700s, perfected and adorned.
In Pattada — Italy’s capital of the artisan knife — this form and this way of working have been kept and handed down from one generation to the next. The Giagu workshop has made it since 1985, in different sizes for specific uses: the two most requested have 12 cm and 10 cm blades.
The blade is usually in AISI 420C and the handle in selected ram or mouflon horn, with many material variants: from Damascus for the blade to fossil ivory for the handle. The ring is the technical signature of the Resolza Pattadese — brass for the most traditional pieces, silver or nickel silver to set off dark handles, through to gold filigree for collector pieces. Different combinations chosen each time with the client.
The Resolza is the piece that cannot be missing from a collector’s cabinet.
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Resolza — 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 Resolza
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.
Mouflon horn
The horn of Sardinia's emblem animal. Hand-worked, keeps its natural curve.
Fossil ivory
Fossilised ivory. A legal material, rare and sought-after, accompanied by a certificate.
Silver
L'argento delle tradizioni orafe.
Gold filigree
Fine threads interwoven freehand, in the Sardinian goldsmith tradition.
For any other material, write to us through the commission form below.
About this piece
How is a Giagu Resolza commissioned?
Every Resolza 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 Resolza a numbered piece?
Every Giagu Resolza 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 Resolza?
Every Giagu Resolza 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.