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M.Mouche??No, in fact it was a certain Mr Mouche who alledgedly invented the system.
I can only suppose it was abandoned because it stressed the forged spring.
In Nogent the system was different with the spring sitting outside ("palme") better suited for a ring opener.
Nice one, never heard of it
I'll have to trust you.The story of Mireille la mouche who meets Raymond in jail. They become friends and while waiting to be freed he teaches her some tricks.
First day he's out, he goes to the next bar, to have a drink and make some money with Mireille's show. But the waiter with his thumb...
Poor man Laguiole! That's for me!
Jolipapa
sent me a queue de poisson by Massoptier pere some time ago. Great little knife.
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: right, the son still makes a few Lags and he is a purveyor of parts for the Salers he invented. I think these date of the father who dealed a lot with cottage workers in the mountain.
Who needs "mouche"??Hello, I've just received these two Aveyronnais (laguioles without "mouche" ) from a friend.
They have bene fully dismantled, rebuilt with other scales (bone and exotic wood ).
The job is perfect because my friend has kept the imperfect style of these poor-man-Laguiole .
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Great tributes to this "poor" man's style!!
Perhaps Massoptier was a school-mate of Lacroix??Superb! I am fond of Massoptier, no-frills but sturdy, well made tools.
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I'm not sure, Lacroix came long time before, but these little knives sold well in western France and there was place enough for two (or more) though the Lacroix is the only one with painted slabs (and gator snapPerhaps Massoptier was a school-mate of Lacroix??
A gift (of several) from JP while I visited Paris!!
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It is a Charlois or Charolais, from the beef country in Burgundy, where it was used mostly by stockmen and farmers.
Not so rustic, this is ivory, but ancient for sure. Dates of the XIXth century, marked Vigier (shop still exists, sold after WWI to Destannes), in Aurillac (coldest place in France), who created it and was brought from that town to the Paris suburb by my great grandfather. This is the old Aurillac pattern, which I much prefer to the less elegant rounded recent one.
Thanks, Will
+1Cool - I like it - the Charlois - even more, seeing it open.
I like the Aurillac too! I agree it is more compelling than its current cousin though the pattern hasn't evolved too badly - just differently
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Should I have to choose one, PYJ's would be the first and only! 
And a very nice present from Â
