Coltelli di Guardiagrele

2 knives made by Spinogatti

Signor Spinogatti passed away in 2002 at the age of 90.

When I heard about the long history of knife making in Guardiagrele and the fact,

that with Spinogatti, the last artisan knifemaker from Guardiagrele had ceased to exist, I started searching for some of is knives.

Here are some of them pictured,

The Mozzetta di Guardiagrele

and the  Gobbo di Guardiagrele.

(Gobbo translates to hunchback)

The handle is a bitt different from the classic Gobbo Abruzzese.