French regional knives...

Âchillepattada said:
Hi everybody,

Very happy to see that my parcel is arrived .
Laurence is right the mokume game is a damascus of free iron metals . It has been created by the Japanese for their swords' bolsters .
The sardinian knife-makers like it a lot for their knives . The bead has been made by Roberto Serra who is a specialist .

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Here is the bolster of a Davide Steri pattada ( mokume home made )

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The other bead is in damascus made by Davide Steri.

I'm very happy to see that you like the 2 Laguioles :):thumbsup:

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I love the knives, J-M!! Thanks for the opportunity to trade for them, and for those very special Beads!!;)
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Another package from France!! Inspired by @cigarrodog - thanks Harvey!!
Called an "Ancestral" by Laguiole en Aubrac, it has some of the features of a Sauveterre, and also resembles a Laguiole Droit, which I believe is a pre-Laguiole from the early 1800s!
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It also shares features of an Yssingeaux (pictured below!)!:rolleyes:

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I humbly await the corrections of our knife brethren from France!!:p:D

@Âchillepattada ?? @Jolipapa ??
 
Âchillepattada said:
Very good choice Charlie , the Laguiole droit is a very elegant knife .

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Jolipapa said:
+1 :)
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Thanks for the comments, mes amies!!
I am still learning the terminology, and the forms of the knives!
It is fascinating to see and read about the evolution of the cutlery!!
These later knives capture at least some of it!!:cool:
 
La Mouche!!
Originally plain, and used to lift the spring to unlock the blade, these "discs" developed fancy filework over the years. They developed Fleur di Lis, Clover shapes, and Flies and Bees, and decorative shapes!! And the locking function changed to a helpful, but non-locking notch under the "Mouche"! The first six are shadow patterns, and the second six (third pic and ff) have bolsters!! Some are very detailed!!La Mouche 1.jpg La Mouche 2.jpg La Mouche 3.jpg La Mouche 4.jpg La Mouche 5.jpg La Mouche 6.jpg
 
Those "flies" can get pretty gaudy!!:rolleyes: I like the more plain ones, because they look older, maybe more primitive, to me! But there are some that are finely carved and detailed!!
 
waynorth said:
Another package from France!! Inspired by @cigarrodog - thanks Harvey!!
Called an "Ancestral" by Laguiole en Aubrac, it has some of the features of a Sauveterre, and also resembles a Laguiole Droit, which I believe is a pre-Laguiole from the early 1800s!
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It also shares features of an Yssingeaux (pictured below!)!:rolleyes:

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I humbly await the corrections of our knife brethren from France!!:p:D

@Âchillepattada ?? @Jolipapa ??
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That Yssingeaux en cerf (Stag) is super! I like the flies decorative and bloated, like the real thing:eek::D

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Thanks, Will
 
Hi,

to my opinion here the closer system to the one you are talking about . But it's an italian knife and I don't think yo will find an industrial knife with it now .

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I think this one by Robert Beillonnet has the system but you have to order it and it's price will be ...



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It is interesting that a "Locking Mouche" (dare I call it that?) is somewhat rare. I can appreciate a locking knife, but in this day I rarely carry one, and find one a bit inconvenient for everyday useful chores. Has that been a universal event over the last decades?? French knives are available with different locks of course, perhaps locks too convenient to allow a "Locking Mouche" to continue??
 
waynorth said:
It is interesting that a "Locking Mouche" (dare I call it that?) is somewhat rare. I can appreciate a locking knife, but in this day I rarely carry one, and find one a bit inconvenient for everyday useful chores. Has that been a universal event over the last decades?? French knives are available with different locks of course, perhaps locks too convenient to allow a "Locking Mouche" to continue??
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JM will say if I'm right, but the main problem with the locking mouche is that it needs a very supple spring (to be raised with one or two fingers) but stiff enough to lock. You have to be a very good smith to achieve it and make it last.

In Rumilly (Savoie) they had a similar system that remained unique to that pattern, open the second blade half-way (or saw here) to unlock the main blade.
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I have noticed that many locking knives have supple or light springs.
Theoretically that might help to lift the "mouche", but cutlers have struggled with blade locks forever!! Back locks, center locks, liner locks, Paul (rotating) locks, on and on!!!
I like the "tail" locks (butt locks:rolleyes:) on some current French productions.
I just ordered one disguised as a rooster's comb (5 coqs)!:)
One of the most difficult locks I have is a press-button knife, which requires you to twist/push the "cross guard" to unlock it! It lifts an Italian version of a "mouche"!:confused:
 
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