French regional knives...

Yes, I can confirm that "coujou" is usually a term used to make fun of the inhabitants of Brive La Gaillarde :D
Effectively, it looks like the knife's shape is a bit reminiscent of a squash. Well played!
 
This is the one I've been waiting on for a few weeks. Far exceeded my expectations.
When I ordered I wasn't sure how to ask for the type of stag I prefered, didn't know how well terms like gnarly or popcorn would be translated in regards to the stag. So I asked that the stag have as much character and texture as possible and apparently that translated well, first impressions left me near speachless. Also specified the RWL34 blade. Hoping to have time to put my edge on it soon.

Anyway here are the pictures.



 
This is much more rough and crude than most of the knives we see posted here, but this knife appeals to me. I want one.

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This is much more rough and crude than most of the knives we see posted here, but this knife appeals to me. I want one.

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image by knives-of-france-blog
Good luck finding one! 😉
I hear you Christian!! There is something very attractive about an elemental knife like that one!!
JP, are you reminding are you telling us these are no longer available??

On a related subject, I thought I was done buying Opinels; then this one showed up!! Its handle is from a Plane tree, which apparently is ubiquitous in Provence!!Plane Opinel 1.jpg
Has anyone noted that the official colors of America and France are Red, White and Blue??
 
I hear you Christian!! There is something very attractive about an elemental knife like that one!!
JP, are you reminding are you telling us these are no longer available??

On a related subject, I thought I was done buying Opinels; then this one showed up!! Its handle is from a Plane tree, which apparently is ubiquitous in Provence!!View attachment 1680213
Has anyone noted that the official colors of America and France are Red, White and Blue??
Charlie, the colonial knife fabrication stopped after WW2. Original design by pradel but many manufacturers built it also.
They are very hard to find in good condition with matching handle and blade. This is a fairly large knife.
Even reproductions are hard to get. Maybe JM has a clue.

The French flag's was inspired by US colors in 1794, it combines red for Paris, white for the king and blue for the National Guard. (France flag was red cross on white, until the 100 years war when England took it, then replaced by the white cross on blue).

There's a twin row of plane trees down my street, they have replaced the lindens of my youth. (no more helicopters!) 😃
They were planted on sides of country roads by Napoleon for the soldiers to walk under their shadow.
There are popular all along the southern canal but got a disease killing them slowly that came during the landing in Provence with an ammunition box.

Here a once famous one in Narbonne (where my big bro' resides) defying the gendarme on the promenade called the Barques, the canal on the right!
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Charlie, the colonial knife fabrication stopped after WW2. Original design by pradel but many manufacturers built it also.
They are very hard to find in good condition with matching handle and blade. This is a fairly large knife.
Even reproductions are hard to get. Maybe JM has a clue.

The French flag's was inspired by US colors in 1794, it combines red for Paris, white for the king and blue for the National Guard. (France flag was red cross on white, until the 100 years war when England took it, then replaced by the white cross on blue).

There's a twin row of plane trees down my street, they have replaced the lindens of my youth. (no more helicopters!) 😃
They were planted on sides of country roads by Napoleon for the soldiers to walk under their shadow.
There are popular all along the southern canal but got a disease killing them slowly that came during the landing in Provence with an ammunition box.

Here a once famous one in Narbonne (where my big bro' resides) defying the gendarme on the promenade called the Barques, the canal on the right!
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This old photo showed up when I replied!!
Thanks, my historian friend!! (My worst subject in school!!)
 
Charlie, the colonial knife fabrication stopped after WW2. Original design by pradel but many manufacturers built it also.
They are very hard to find in good condition with matching handle and blade. This is a fairly large knife.
Even reproductions are hard to get. Maybe JM has a clue.

The French flag's was inspired by US colors in 1794, it combines red for Paris, white for the king and blue for the National Guard. (France flag was red cross on white, until the 100 years war when England took it, then replaced by the white cross on blue).

There's a twin row of plane trees down my street, they have replaced the lindens of my youth. (no more helicopters!) 😃
They were planted on sides of country roads by Napoleon for the soldiers to walk under their shadow.
There are popular all along the southern canal but got a disease killing them slowly that came during the landing in Provence with an ammunition box.

Here a once famous one in Narbonne (where my big bro' resides) defying the gendarme on the promenade called the Barques, the canal on the right!
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It took me about a minute to find this on Google Earth. I think it is the road I remember from years back:
 
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To me this yells : HOLIDAYS! 👍 😍 (looks like mid Burgundy )
Not Burgundy. The French political map has always remained a profound mystery to me, despite having spent a fair amount of time there, but it is in what was Languedoc-Roussillon, which I understand is now part of Occitanie.
 
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