{"id":5654,"date":"2023-09-05T13:45:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/17-the-knife-grinder\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T09:31:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T09:31:31","slug":"the-knife-grinder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/en\/the-knife-grinder\/","title":{"rendered":"17. The knife grinder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1414.4px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:2%;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-selfhosted-video\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-wrapper\"><video playsinline=\"true\" width=\"100%\" style=\"object-fit: cover;\" autoplay=\"true\" preload=\"auto\" controls=\"1\"><source src=\"https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/17-LARROTINO-EN.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\">Sorry, your browser doesn&#039;t support embedded videos.<\/video><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1414.4px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:75%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.56%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.56%;--awb-width-medium:75%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.56%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.56%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:25px;--awb-margin-bottom:70px;--awb-margin-top-small:30px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:60px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;\">17. The knife grinder<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-font-size:20px;--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color8);--awb-margin-bottom:80px;\"><p>\u00abMul\u00e8ta, gh\u2019\u00e8 ch\u00ed \u2018l mul\u00e8ta!\u00bb (literally \u201cthe grinder, here comes the grinder\u201d) With this call, the knife grinder announced his arrival in the village.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:100px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1414.4px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:25px;--awb-margin-bottom:70px;--awb-margin-top-small:30px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:60px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;\">The history<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:25px;--awb-margin-bottom:70px;--awb-margin-top-small:30px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:60px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">The history<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>Most of the time he arrived with the help of some cart driver who offered to carry his heavy wheelbarrow. That wheelbarrow contained all the ingenuity of the craftsmen of the time. Held by its two projecting handles, the wheelbarrow was pushed along the streets until someone brought scissors and knives to be sharpened. Then, the wheelbarrow was turned upside down, as if by magic, become a workshop.<\/p>\n<p>On the top was a stone wheel, the m\u00f6la, which was connected by a belt to the wheel of the cart, which in turn was driven by a pedal.<\/p>\n<p>Above it, the knife grinder fixed a tin or a bucket equipped with a tap that would let only a trickle of water fall on the grindstone. Then, pressing on the pedal, he set the large wheel a in continuous, regular motion, while his hands moved the tool to be sharpened from right to left, diagonally to the grindstone, until a silvery finish would form on the blade.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"573\" height=\"379\" title=\"Questa scultura in bronzo, eseguita nel 2020, \u00e8 opera dell\u2019artista di origini campionesi Dario Verda.\" src=\"https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Questa-scultura-in-bronzo-eseguita-nel-2020-e-opera-dellartista-di-origini-campionesi-Dario-Verda.-.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Questa-scultura-in-bronzo-eseguita-nel-2020-e-opera-dellartista-di-origini-campionesi-Dario-Verda.-.jpg\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-4814\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27573%27%20height%3D%27379%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20573%20379%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27573%27%20height%3D%27379%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Questa-scultura-in-bronzo-eseguita-nel-2020-e-opera-dellartista-di-origini-campionesi-Dario-Verda.--200x132.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Questa-scultura-in-bronzo-eseguita-nel-2020-e-opera-dellartista-di-origini-campionesi-Dario-Verda.--400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Questa-scultura-in-bronzo-eseguita-nel-2020-e-opera-dellartista-di-origini-campionesi-Dario-Verda.-.jpg 573w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">This bronze sculpture, made in 2020, is the work of Campione-born artist Dario Verda.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5654","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>17. 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