In Arbus,in via Roma 15, in the heart of the town one can visit the first Sardinian knife Museum.
The artisan Paolo Pusceddu, through an attentive restauration work recovered the rooms of an oldouse next to his workk shop "Coltelleria Arburesa", setting up the museum that, divided into halls, presents the various objects collected by him troughout various years of research and trading.
In the first hall we find the ancient knives including a few from the XVI century, while in the second there are the products of the most represented contemporary Knife Makers.
The third hall presents the best products of the house, while the last room is a reconstruction of an ancien laboratory ... "de su ferreri" (the blacksmith), where tools from the last century in harmony with the aged work room grabes ones attention: a pair of bellows, a fly wheel drill, a pedal operated grinding wheel but primarily an ancient anvil!
There are also two sculptures made by the artist E.Pisano form Villacidro and a "Mural" by the painter A. Scarpa from Selargius.
Registered in the guinness book of records in 1986 one can admire last but not least "The larges pocket knife in the world"
(weighing 176 lbs or Kg. 80 and 11 feet or 3,35 mt. long).
Under the guidance of their father Mario, a blacksmith and cutler, Paolo Pusceddu learning the art of making jackknives.
Thus it was that in Arbus, at the end the 1970s, the "Coltelleria Arburesa" cutlery Works came into being.
At the beginning, the most popular products was the typical knife of that area, the so-called "coltello a pancia", the form of which goes far back in time, with the handle made of horn and the blade in the form of a laurel leaf, the only innovation being the of stainless steel (martensitic). These knives were hghly successpul in many trade fairs and expoxition.
Today the Arburesa Cutlery works produces a wide range of knives: from simple and pratical kitchen knives to artistic knives for collectors.
Some of the latter can truly be considered works of art, almost precious object, knives with hornhandles in every form and color, inlaid and sculpted in the form of deer, wild boar, mouflon and eagle, representing Sardinia's fauna, and further enhanced by the combination of steel and brass in the blades and collars.
They are often bought as souvenirs.