French regional knives...

Âchillepattada said:
May be not the more expensive but absolutely one of a kind 🤣

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Interesting handle texture!!
 
AgentSteel said:
guillochage

And no, as Achille said, en France there's not much of a fixed blade tradition (infortunately), except for kitchen/chef knives of course.

Recently, I can only name three french industrial knife makers who produce modern fixed blades : TB outdoors, Wildsteer, and Avanona.

Apart from that, if you want a french-made fixed blade, you have to ask a custom knife maker.
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... and lots of makers of hunting knives !
https://www.theoutdoorway.fr/gallerie
https://www.couteaux-tisseyre.com/couteau-de-chasse-artisanal.php
https://pascalhemonnot.fr/46/francais/la-chasse
https://www.couteaux-de-francois.com/couteaux-droits/
https://www.coutellerie-mongin.com/37-dague
 
Âchillepattada said:
Ahahah Charlie, my dear friend, People of Thiers are as good cutlers as they are dishonest salesmen 🤣
The name of a knife is almost never linked to an history. It's only a marketing name.
They work like this till the beginning. The proof, as soon as the Thiers production of the Laguiole began in Thiers the majority of the knives with this name was made in Thiers and not any more in Laguiole .
No Alsa has ever been produced in Alsace, nor no Garonnais in Garonne, no Aurillac in Aurillac etc etc......

And the new Capujadou is a recent production. I don't remember its creator but it's a guy from Thiers who saw that the fixed knife was not produced any more, was not a registered trademark, so .... he registered it 🤣🤣🤣

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PS : the fact remains that it's a good knife, and that's the main thing. 🤷‍♂️
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I would not be as severe as JM toward Thiers.
They did like many other places, produce a lot and less expensive. That was a matter of life and death because their other industries were ailing. In a way they managed to survive.
The Aurillac, (like many patterns bearing a local name, was first made locally) originated in Aurillac, most famous being Vigier, later Destannes until today in the same shop.
This is an excellent showcase. Mr Vigier's forged knives were undoubtly far more sophisticated than todays products.
When Thiers makers started making Aurillacs, they choosed the rounded pattern, easier to produce in quantity. Today Destannes sells Aurillacs, assembled in the Aurillac shop. Guess from where parts do come?

More recently they noticed that "buy local "was the trend. So they produce Elsass and other so-called local knives. But Laguioles, Aurillacs, St Amands, Agenais, were first made in Laguiole, Aurillac, St Amand, Agen, etc; btw Camenbert and "new regionals" are not necessarily Thiers 's idea... but Thiers has the tools and the know-how.
When Laguioles ceased to be made in Laguiole, they took the pattern and kept it alive. They had already done the same when Chatellerault workers stopped working for cutlers and went massively to the Arsenal where conditions were far more better (social insurance in the mid-XIXth!). Thiers kept the pattern. OK, not the standard.

One may not like that, but they proved to be wise entrepreneurs.
 
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Jolipapa said:
One may not like that, but they proved to be wise entrepreneurs.
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Wise entrepreneurs who have an incomparable talent for telling fairy tales. Much less talent for heat treating their blades, unless it is a concern to reduce production costs. From disappointment to disappointment, I gave up buying French cutlery products more than twenty years ago. Things may have improved but if I'm not touchy I'm resentful. Scalded cat fears cold water.

Dan.
 
Corto_Malt said:


Laguiole from the Passion Laguiole 2023 forum, assembled by Pierre-Yves Joyeux from a 13 cm forged fly kit from Roddier Roddier, full Gabon ebony handle, 14c28n and XC75 blade.





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Such beautiful lines on that knife. I need it. 😁

Did you get one of each in XC75 and 14c28n?
 
Âchillepattada said:
May be not the more expensive but absolutely one of a kind 🤣

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On The Hoof :cool: Like it a lot, didn't you once show another knife with Horse Hoof scales, wasn't it Italian? I'd imagine it's very durable, has to support a lot of weight and yet flexible. Pretty unpleasant task preparing it though, must stink ...but no worse than Horn I suppose . I have a good friend who's a keen Horsewoman, she's prepping a Horsehead these past months to get the skull....I'll ask her if she can access hooves;)
 
kamagong kamagong , Hi Christian , the design comes from the texture of the hoof. It's not superficial .

Will Power said:
On The Hoof :cool: Like it a lot, didn't you once show another knife with Horse Hoof scales, wasn't it Italian? I'd imagine it's very durable, has to support a lot of weight and yet flexible. Pretty unpleasant task preparing it though, must stink ...but no worse than Horn I suppose . I have a good friend who's a keen Horsewoman, she's prepping a Horsehead these past months to get the skull....I'll ask her if she can access hooves;)
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Hello Will , I brought back this piece of hoof from Sardinia .
It's much more resistant than the horn because it grows up under great stress, the weight of the animal.
But it's hard to work because even more than the horn because it tends to return to its original curves and sometimes the pressure it creates is higher than the rivets' resistance. And yes it stinks when heated 😁.

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Corto_Malt said:


Laguiole from the Passion Laguiole 2023 forum, assembled by Pierre-Yves Joyeux from a 13 cm forged fly kit from Roddier Roddier, full Gabon ebony handle, 14c28n and XC75 blade.





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That is a great knife!! :thumbsup: I just received one today from the series!! (No. 11)!!
13cm is a big knife - about 5 1/8" for our American friends!! Lots of steel blade; I am going to put this one in my pocket!!! For carrying, I like the fact that it has a stop to keep the edge from rapping!! (something about old Dogs and new tricks)!!;)
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Even though the blade is quite large, the knife feels quite compact and handy!!
Thank you Jean-Marc!!!!!
Âchillepattada Âchillepattada
 
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