With pouch and knife in Scarperia.

It was the Republic of Florence that decided in the Grand Council of 1306 to build the fortified village, in defense of possible enemy invasions from the Apennines, after the fall of the Municipality of Bologna. After the Ubaldini were driven out, the 'Scarpa' of Florence was built around the Keep which, with two walls, connected to a central tower, seat of the Vicar. Subsequent extensions have made the temporary headquarters more elegant and prestigious with the strengthening of the Florentine borders. The village became a transit station in the paths of traders who crossed the Apennines to go on business in the plain. Thus the first artisan shops were born, where the multipurpose knife was forged. Simple and light to hold on the belt next to the purse, the purse with the money, it was very useful in every daily use. Today it still represents the pride of the village, known and appreciated all over the world, as the knife of love, born in the romantic eighteenth century when it was given to the beloved as a pledge. Engraved and decorated with white bone inlays, it was considered superstitious against jealousy. The weapon of love must not hurt.