The month of June 2017 has been a month of important events for Olimpio Lorenzi’s Family and his cutlery workshops (called “botteghe”) in Milan.
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On 4th April at 19.00, on the occasion of the famous furniture yearly event in Milan named “Salone del Mobile”, Fratelli Lorenzi hosts a solo-show of the photographer Maurizio Montagna.
"You might as well build a throne with bayonets, but you will not sit on it for long” - Boris Yeltsin.
Paraphrasing the book “Guns, Germs and Steel” by the Pulitzer winning author Jared Diamond on the three key factors that have moulded the world as we see it today, on 16th March 2017 at 17.30 at F.lli Lorenzi’s you will be introduced to the fascinating world of bayonets, as well as of combat and sports knives.
In co-operation with the Cultural Centre Italy-Asia, the Art and Science Museum and Roberto Jelmini’s Family, F.lli Lorenzi are pleased to invite you in the shop of C.so di Porta Romana 1, on 29th November at 18.00, for the presentation of the various manufacturing stages needed to create a Samurai sword (“at the end of the manufacture, after fifteen folds, you can count as many as 32.768 layers”). They will also explain how the old techniques are applied today for the production of the best kitchen and sports knives.
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Pocket knives and, in general, short blades were historically born for specific working requirements and, since the very beginning, were conceived to be used in battle or for social acknowledgement. Today old traditions are often re-interpreted by very skilled craftsmen who are able to create high-quality precious objects using new materials and finishing.
