Just wondering if anybody has used this knife before:
https://www.colliniatomi.it/it/trincetto-portalama.html
I don't know why but I find something mesmerising about tools that have completely shunned the idea of aesthetics.
In my mind, there is something so satisfying about pure function, to the point that it makes it rather beautiful. Do you know what I mean?
This Italian leather knife is literally just a piece of brass tube that has been crushed at one end, with some kind of screw locking mechanism. You know the scratch awl at the top is a damn nail too.
I like craft knives with parallel sides so that you can always orientate the blade quickly. Which is why I don't use craft knives with completely rounded handles.
If this knife looks familiar, there are many Italian workshops that use this in their pattern cutting stages.
You'll have to forgive this example, the film was done with a MkII potato camera and toaster lens:
And the great thing is, I just noticed that you can use snap off blades with it! 😁:
Check @ 0:59
Check this Maestro's cutting skills and how he walks his fingers with the pattern! He barely lifts up:
https://youtu.be/9NzlGffb8kk?t=20
What do you think?
Hi from the future , its 2021 here 😊 but i would like some information please
What about the blade Phil ? Are you still using the same ? Are you satisfied generally with the knife ?
Thank you in advance!
@gusjackson3 🤣🤣🤣
Sheer butchery indeed!!!
Ok, I can confirm the Tracetto is ugly ugly in person. Using the 9mm blade is okay but, Phil - the wider blade you seem to have adopted is appealing.
Would you consider a tabletop V.2 version of how you go about making the blade? You mentioned filing a hacksaw blade I think...?
Thanks,
Gus
Is there a place I can order this knife in America? I tried to order it from the link and they don’t ship to the USA.
Just a quick demo if you haven't seen this on Instagram/ YouTube.
Ignore the clickbaity title, it's used for lot's of things, but you gotta get them clicks!
I use this "trincetto", an ancient tool designed for shoes makers, now also used by those who create bags and small leather goods. My grandfather, a shoesmaker used this and used soft steel band blades, as you can see in the picture. Because working with shoes and all the roundness they present, the blade must bend without breaking. I assure you it is a great thing to have a blade that curves and cuts you perfectly roundness ..... It is another world and the cut becomes easy and pleasant, and you do not sweat blood when you work in net after the gross.
https://shoetechnik.com/soft-steel-blade-281-8016.html?tag=blades
I’d use it. But I have enough knives. Awls however, never enough awls.
Hm.... I dont know... I think I would stitch me everytime with that 'nail' at the back. But its handy to have the scratch awl and knive in one tool. but still I would not buy it unless its very cheap I think:)