AISI 420C
Chromium stainless steel, balance between hardness and corrosion resistance. The maison's standard for everyday use.
The Sardinian betrothal rite, in two blades.
In Sardinian tradition the betrothal sealed a promise. It was a rite that joined two families.
The groom was given a knife, the bride a ring.
Sa Promissa by Giagu is our contemporary reading of that rite: this time a pair of knives, one for each. The same blade shape, with handles in hand-engraved ivory.
It is one of the most ceremonial pieces of the maison. It is commissioned for weddings and meaningful anniversaries. Each pair is numbered and accompanied by a hand-signed certificate.
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Sa Promissa — 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 Sa Promissa
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.
Fossil ivory
Fossilised ivory. A legal material, rare and sought-after, accompanied by a certificate.
Mother of pearl
Natural iridescence, inlaid with the same care as the blade.
Gold filigree
Fine threads interwoven freehand, in the Sardinian goldsmith tradition.
Silver
L'argento delle tradizioni orafe.
For any other material, write to us through the commission form below.
About this piece
How is a Giagu Sa Promissa commissioned?
Every Sa Promissa 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 Sa Promissa a numbered piece?
Every Giagu Sa Promissa 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 Sa Promissa?
Every Giagu Sa Promissa 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.