French regional knives...

GreggWannabe said:
Hello- Just want to introduce myself and let you know I am enjoying this thread very much and learning a great deal. So much knowledge on this thread, thank you for sharing. I have always liked knives although I do not know much about them. In advance of our recent trip to France I started reading up on French knives and went down a French regional rabbit hole (willingly) which took me to Thiers, the Thiers Museum of Cutlery, the Fontenille-Pataud factory and every Coutellerie I could find in Provence and Languedoc. I am completely caught up in the tradition, the craftsmanship and the romance of French regional knives. I did manage to sneak some lovely knives into my bags for the trip home with only minimal interference from my wife. I now know much more now about knives than when I was there so I must get back there ASAP!

Anyway, thanks again for sharing, I have to get back to reading all 88 pages of this thread.

Cheers,

Gregg from California
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We need more details. Pictures of the knives and where you bought them. Maps. Stories and anecdotes. Do it in the middle of the night if you have to, to avoid disapproving eye-rolls from “ta chère épouse” 🤣
 
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Opinel #8 in Padauk wood handle. Now mine is a touch modified by me, I ground down the roly-poly sides down flat so now the knife doesn't twist in your hand while using it, also sloped down the back rise to make it a little more comfortable and ground down the end peak a little also to make it more comfortable while in pocket. I used wax wood polish paste to seal up the ground flat sides so it is still a handsome knife and still grips well, it just doesn't roll during use, mucho bettero ;)

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This arrived during the week and I'm very pleased indeed with it. Fragrant Juniper handles, so smooth in the hand with beautifully finished flush pins. 10cm 4" closed so just what I'd pocket, thick blade stock ground very thin, these Sabot knives are remarkable value, inexpensive yet a high finish: smooth radius of scales, flush liners backspring, wood flush with bolster, no blade play at all, spring cut off cleanly, all stainless construction so an ideal outdoors serious work-knife. Great blade shape. My thanks to Jolipapa Jolipapa for the gift of a wonderful keyring some years back, it has a floating Citroen DS/ID 19 (a legend car) that goes to the TOTAL pumps, remarkable 60s gem :cool:

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A chance that you 're not interested into trucks ! 😉
A pair of Issards.
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- Off topic - these keyrings were made by a Michelin's subsidiary, Bourbon, and were promo gifts highly sought after in the middle 60s, when keyrings were all the craze (there was even an illustrated weekly), these sophisticated uns were hard to get.
Most were not moving, some aimed at liquors or liquids had a bubble inside.
Btw, they are practical, I use some for decades, never had one opening by accident, the spring-lock is strong.
 
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Will Power said:
This arrived during the week and I'm very pleased indeed with it. Fragrant Juniper handles, so smooth in the hand with beautifully finished flush pins. 10cm 4" closed so just what I'd pocket, thick blade stock ground very thin, these Sabot knives are remarkable value, inexpensive yet a high finish: smooth radius of scales, flush liners backspring, wood flush with bolster, no blade play at all, spring cut off cleanly, all stainless construction so an ideal outdoors serious work-knife. Great blade shape. My thanks to Jolipapa Jolipapa for the gift of a wonderful keyring some years back, it has a floating Citroen DS/ID 19 (a legend car) that goes to the TOTAL pumps, remarkable 60s gem :cool:

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Great blade shape. The fragrant juniper is a bonus. :thumbsup:

Brings to mind my Sauveterre, which I think I may have to carry more frequently. I'm starting a new job and will no longer be working from home, so the 12cm laguioles I've come to prefer are no longer a viable option. I think a 9cm knife will be much less likely to cause fuss around the office.

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kamagong said:
Great blade shape. The fragrant juniper is a bonus. :thumbsup:

Brings to mind my Sauveterre, which I think I may have to carry more frequently. I'm starting a new job and will no longer be working from home, so the 12cm laguioles I've come to prefer are no longer a viable option. I think a 9cm knife will be much less likely to cause fuss around the office.

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You ought to move to Texas, Christian. I've used my 12cm Laguiole in public many times--no one bats an eye.
 
Prester John said:
You ought to move to Texas, Christian. I've used my 12cm Laguiole in public many times--no one bats an eye.
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If I was younger and just starting out I'd give it some serious thought. Texas is on the short list of states that line up with my values.

Alas, I don't think it could ever work. No way I could stomach being a Cowboys fan. ;)
 
Jolipapa said:
A chance that you 're not interested into trucks ! 😉
A pair of Issards.
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- Off topic - these keyrings were made by a Michelin's subsidiary, Bourbon, and were promo gifts highly sought after in the middle 60s, when keyrings were all the craze (there was even an illustrated weekly), these sophisticated uns were hard to get.
Most were not moving, some aimed at liquors or liquids had a bubble inside.
Btw, they are practical, I use some for decades, never had one opening by accident, the spring-lock is strong.
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Is that first Issard real tortoise? Looks like it.

kamagong said:
If I was younger and just starting out I'd give it some serious thought. Texas is on the short list of states that line up with my values.

Alas, I don't think it could ever work. No way I could stomach being a Cowboys fan. ;)
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I have a son who lives in Texas who is always trying to get me to leave Kommiefornia and move to Texas, where I would definitely feel more at home politically. If I ever do, there is zero chance that I would become a Cowboys fan.
 
kamagong said:
Alas, I don't think it could ever work. No way I could stomach being a Cowboys fan. ;)
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lambertiana said:
I have a son who lives in Texas who is always trying to get me to leave Kommiefornia and move to Texas, where I would definitely feel more at home politically. If I ever do, there is zero chance that I would become a Cowboys fan.
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I was visiting New York in 2012, and a German tourist in Central Park asked me if it was true that all Americans love the Dallas Cowboys. I had to tell him no, of course! They're kind of like the Yankees--most loved AND most hated!
 
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Will Power said:
This arrived during the week and I'm very pleased indeed with it. Fragrant Juniper handles, so smooth in the hand with beautifully finished flush pins. 10cm 4" closed so just what I'd pocket, thick blade stock ground very thin, these Sabot knives are remarkable value, inexpensive yet a high finish: smooth radius of scales, flush liners backspring, wood flush with bolster, no blade play at all, spring cut off cleanly, all stainless construction so an ideal outdoors serious work-knife. Great blade shape. My thanks to Jolipapa Jolipapa for the gift of a wonderful keyring some years back, it has a floating Citroen DS/ID 19 (a legend car) that goes to the TOTAL pumps, remarkable 60s gem :cool:

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finally got that Aurillac in juniper, way to go!! Now i wondering if I could get a Camenbert in juniper. others I have in juniper is a Thiers by Chambriard, and a Douk blade style Thiers by Cognet.
 
Found a place to get a Camembert in juniper, hope it legitimate, find out in a few days.
 
Nice fresh video (sorry audio only in french) about a nice regional knife, the Liadou.

The Liadou (a vineyard worker's knife of that particular area) was forgotten for ~50 years, and a knifemaker decided to revive it in 2017

 
AgentSteel said:
The Liadou (a vineyard worker's knife of that particular area) was forgotten for ~50 years, and a knifemaker decided to revive it in 2017
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What is the initial remaker's name, AgentSteel??
 
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