The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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Yes it is a tribute to the horizon blue coat of the WW1 French soldiers and now to all invalid soldiers.JP, Is the cornflower a tribute to those fallen who protected France??
Corto_Malt
your answer crossed mine! 
Exquisite.Just a few quick pictures of my new arrival today: Fontenille Pataud ‚Le Chamois‘ 10cm with Juniper
Fits my hands like it was made for them. A new favorite -at least for the next days
Gerd
Exquisite.
Jolipapa
knows probably more about that.
I have seen it on their website. So many beautiful designs. I am awaiting a Thiers Nature knife from them, but I think I may have to get several of their patterns. Maybe a new one every birthday!It‘s a variation of the Capuchadou knife from FP. Same handle but different bade. Compared to most of my other knives a strong spring when closed but the pull is ok considering that there is no nail nick. Someone said that their Capuchadou needs to be closed carefully because the blade has contact with the spring. From my perspective that might be the case for the early productions -FP took over the design from Richard Sossler when he retired. Both of mine have a blade stop on the spring.
FP points that out the blade stop on their website as well. They provide a different blade stop for their Laguiole series (stop pin). This is making the old French saying somewhat obsolete that points out that a knife can be heard when it’s opened but it has to be closed silently to keep the blade sharp.
Gerd
The patriarch closing his knife when the meal was over signaled "everybody back to work!"It‘s a variation of the Capuchadou knife from FP. Same handle but different bade. Compared to most of my other knives a strong spring when closed but the pull is ok considering that there is no nail nick. Someone said that their Capuchadou needs to be closed carefully because the blade has contact with the spring. From my perspective that might be the case for the early productions -FP took over the design from Richard Sossler when he retired. Both of mine have a blade stop on the spring.
FP points that out the blade stop on their website as well. They provide a different blade stop for their Laguiole series (stop pin). This is making the old French saying somewhat obsolete that points out that a knife can be heard when it’s opened but it has to be closed silently to keep the blade sharp.
Gerd
Lovely indeed !!Just a few quick pictures of my new arrival today: Fontenille Pataud ‚Le Chamois‘ 10cm with Juniper
Fits my hands like it was made for them. A new favorite -at least for the next days
Gerd
Another aspect of French knives I admire is that you can still get stamped blades ( the Chamois head is ace) from many different manufacturers . Used to see that on German knives too but it's become very rare on American brands, a touch of class in my book.
Super horn on that knife!
Not sure you could get such a brilliant horn these days. There's a shortage of blond tips.Super horn on that knife!
Very nice, Ed. Beautiful wood.This 12cm Laguiole Honoré Durand with Pistacio Wood covers, half stop, stainless steel bolsters, and Sandvik 14C28N blade came in yesterday. A nice leather slip was included.
Nice Ed!! Wild streak in the pistachio!!
What's the other side like?
Very nice, Ed. Beautiful wood.
