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Western Style 'La Mezzaluna' Current price for a Mezzaluna is $249.00 Below: Yew wood, spacers are stabilized Amboyna. 7.5" wide, 2.5" deep. Bolts that hold handles onto the body are 7/32" button head stainless Allen screws with locks washers. Cost to have spacers if over and above the cost of the basic Mezzaluna.
Below: Mezzaluna with Extra Fancy handles, stainless bolsters and walnut wood.
This is a traditional chopping knife from Italy and Switzerland, and is the most interesting for me to make and use. It is used with two hands and the food is in between you and the 'Luna' on the cutting board . Rock the edge over the food towards you, dicing as you go. Then push the food to the back of the cutting board again and repeat. It took me a few days to get used to using it, but then it was hard to put down. I have adapted it for use in the modern day kitchen. What I mean is that I felt it needed to be very easy to clean and sharpen in the kitchen. Hence the tiny bolts holding the handles to the body. Many of my customers hang theirs on the wall. A big seller to Europeans, as no on else on the European Union makes these anymore out of carbon steel.
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