AISI 420C
Chromium stainless steel, balance between hardness and corrosion resistance. The maison's standard for everyday use.
The Sardinian braid, carved in horn.
The Torciglione is the maison’s technically most complex patent. The handle, entirely hand-carved, takes up the motif of the traditional Sardinian weave.
The weave has deep roots in Sardinian culture: it appears in the fabrics of the traditional costume, in baskets, and again in the sweets and the bread. It is an ancient form Sardinia has handed down for centuries.
A folder with a 12 or 16 cm blade — a single Torciglione takes weeks of work for the handle alone. The blade is in AISI 420C or Damascus, the ring in silver or gold filigree, the handle in horn or ivory. Every example is a unique piece: the weave is never exactly the same between two knives.
The most exclusive among the exclusives.
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Torciglione — 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 Torciglione
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.
Mouflon horn
The horn of Sardinia's emblem animal. Hand-worked, keeps its natural curve.
Damascus steel
Layered Damascus steel, worked with repeated temperings. The pattern is unique to each blade, like a fingerprint.
Silver
L'argento delle tradizioni orafe.
Fossil ivory
Fossilised ivory. A legal material, rare and sought-after, accompanied by a certificate.
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 Torciglione commissioned?
Every Torciglione 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 Torciglione a numbered piece?
Every Giagu Torciglione 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 Torciglione?
Every Giagu Torciglione 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.