French regional knives...

[screened porch]

a drop of oil on the horn , never on the axis.

This is news to me. Would oil soften the horn at the stress point?

 

[Jolipapa]

This is news to me. Would oil soften the horn at the stress point?

I don't think, but olive oil gets sticky if used on the joint.

 

[screened porch]

I don't think, but olive oil gets sticky if used on the joint.

Aha. Thanks.

 

[Âchillepattada]

Wow I think I was not clear in my explanation

Why horn handle needs oil : only because with the time and our dry and warm houses the material dries, the horn looses its homogeneity, and you can see the different layers stand out from each other.

Why you have not to put oil on the axis, never "oil de joints" ON A FRICTION FOLDER : because on a simple friction knife the only security you have is the hard friction. If you put some oil on the axis the friction we'll be very soft and your knife we'll not stay open or closed .

Please feel free to say me if something is not clear

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[Jolipapa]

...
Why you have not to put oil on the axis, never "oil de joints" ON A FRICTION FOLDER : because on a simple friction knife the only security you have is the hard friction. If you put some oil on the axis the friction we'll be very soft and your knife we'll not stay open or closed .



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I was thinking of slipjoints, not friction.

 

[screened porch]

Wow I think I was not clear in my explanation

Why horn handle needs oil : only because with the time and our dry and warm houses the material dries, the horn looses its homogeneity, and you can see the different layers stand out from each other.

Why you have not to put oil on the axis, never "oil de joints" ON A FRICTION FOLDER : because on a simple friction knife the only security you have is the hard friction. If you put some oil on the axis the friction we'll be very soft and your knife we'll not stay open or closed .

Please feel free to say me if something is not clear

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I was thinking of slipjoints, not friction.

I see that you're both right, and I get it now. Thank you.

 

[Prester John]

Wow I think I was not clear in my explanation

Why horn handle needs oil : only because with the time and our dry and warm houses the material dries, the horn looses its homogeneity, and you can see the different layers stand out from each other.

Why you have not to put oil on the axis, never "oil de joints" ON A FRICTION FOLDER : because on a simple friction knife the only security you have is the hard friction. If you put some oil on the axis the friction we'll be very soft and your knife we'll not stay open or closed .

Please feel free to say me if something is not clear

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Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Âchillepattada]

I was thinking of slipjoints, not friction.

Ahaha yes because I was talking about Wurrwulf's capucin which I think is a friction folder

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[screened porch]

Well, I went and ordered one. I can return it if it isn't right.
It has "Made in France" on a sticker instead of in a stamp, and it has a Parapluie umbrella stamped in front of "Le Thiers".

 

[Jolipapa]

Well, I went and ordered one. I can return it if it isn't right.
It has "Made in France" on a sticker instead of in a stamp, and it has a Parapluie umbrella stamped in front of "Le Thiers".

If it looks like this it is ok, The umbrella is the symbol of parapluie à l'épreuve a subsidiary of Thérias, who produce no more folders.

edit It has been bought by Degrenne group who closed the Thiers premises last may.
See the 1984 catalogue

 

[screened porch]

If it looks like this it is ok, The umbrella is the symbol of parapluie à l'épreuve a subsidiary of Thérias, who produce no more folders.

edit It has been bought by Degrenne group who closed the Thiers premises last may.
See the 1984 catalogue

Great! It looks like the top one. (Except in bois d'amourette) Wood of a small lover. I had to look it up, it's snakewood, in this context.
Thank you, Jolipapa.

 

[Jolipapa]

Great! It looks like the top one. (Except in bois d'amourette) Wood of a small lover. I had to look it up, it's snakewood, in this context.
Thank you, Jolipapa.

You're welcome! These are good no frills knives . BTW, an amourette is a summer love.
(in the kitchen it is also beef, lamb or veal spinal cord )

 

[waynorth]

This one has a few frills!! Not an amazing knife like some of Jerome Latrielle's, but has some interesting features, like the carefully selected Ram's Horn handles!!

 

[Gevonovich]

This one has a few frills!! Not an amazing knife like some of Jerome Latrielle's, but has some interesting features, like the carefully selected Ram's Horn handles!!
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To many scratches for you Charlie; better send it to me for disposal

 

[waynorth]

To many scratches for you Charlie; better send it to me for disposal

It's like an old shirt that my wife keeps threatening to throw away, Gev!! Decrepit-looking, but sooo comfortable!! Of course I am talking about my scanner!!
I wish I could drive it into an auto-glass place and get a new windshield!!!
Gevonovich

 

[Gevonovich]

It's like an old shirt that my wife keeps threatening to throw away, Gev!! Decrepit-looking, but sooo comfortable!! Of course I am talking about my scanner!!
I wish I could drive it into an auto-glass place and get a new windshield!!!
Gevonovich

Somebody once said they envied my Stump...my stump has nothing on your scanner...lol !!! And can it talk...oh mama

Those scratches were earned

 

[Jolipapa]

Great! It looks like the top one. (Except in bois d'amourette) Wood of a small lover. I had to look it up, it's snakewood, in this context.
Thank you, Jolipapa.

Talkin' 'bout amourette, this one was once famous.

 

[screened porch]

Talkin' 'bout amourette, this one was once famous.

My French is so good, he could be singing about snakewood, for all I know.
My Parapluie le Thiers should get here tomorrow.
If I've gleaned my history correctly, this pattern goes back only to 1994, when the modern Thiers Cutlery Guild first laid down the law?

 

[Jolipapa]

Yes, this is quite recent.

 

[Prester John]