Scarperia can be fully defined as a land of knives, and the Museum of Cutting Tools, inaugurated in 1999, documents the centuries-old activity of its cutlers.
There is no precise information on the origin of this activity: there is talk of an initial production of weapons necessary for the defense of the castle, a thesis that fits well with the nature of a fortified garrison that Scarperia had since its foundation.
Another possibility is that the production of irons was born to meet the need for agricultural work in the nearby countryside.
Already in the fifteenth century Scarperia had gained prestige in the field of the production of knives and other cutting tools, thanks to its position along an important communication route to the north.
