Though slightly more sleek and industrial looking than your classical Berkel style machine, the Anniversario LX 350 meat slicer melds the classical with the modern. What do you get? Elegant functionality.

All of its cast parts are hand-finished to give it long-lasting luster. The whole technology is based in the machine having historical value, as well as utilitarian. It’s got a custom made German Solingen blade. It’s unique for Italian manufacturers in that it concentrates in high quality, not for mass production but for the number of units that will eventually be made. It’s also designed to be motorized for the second series, which will have manual as well as electric models.

Above all else, the Anniversario is supremely pragmatic, constructed with solid cast iron, an anodized aluminum alloy carriage that’s removable, and a stainless steel removable pushern. It’s a marvel of metal contours and light, that’ll turn out paper thin slices of meat almost like an old Berkel.