PREMANA Altitude 1000 mt. above sea level - Valvarrone - Province of Lecco - Lombardia - Italy.
Premana, located on the slopes of Mount Legnone (altitude 2610 m) in the Orobie Alps, is a small village of 2300 inhabitants renowned all over the world for the production of scissors and cutting tools. The secular tradition goes back to the Middle Ages when the iron mines situated in the high Valley of the River Varrone were already exploited.
The ovens used for the fusion of the extracted material were active up to the middle of the 19 th century and, along the river Varrone, the water wheels set in action the hammers to forge the metal.
Since 1600, skilled sword-makers and blacksmiths worked in Premana forging scissors, knives as well as grilles, keys, locks and "combs" for the gondolas in Venice.
The experience and the passion dedicated to the craft survive to our day and constitute the best high quality guarantee for each product "made in Premana".