Hands Across the Water

[AShearer]

So, this morning I had an email from Jolipapa just telling me I should be watching for a package. Nothing more. I thought, AHA! I know what that means!

You may remember a while back, I posted an overly cute post about my two peanuts? My granddaughter who is my little peanut and my Case peanut. (I took the photo down because my daughter freaks out about posting pictures of her kids on line. Anyway, a lot of you commented on how cute she is. And, she is.

So, today I got a package from Jolipapa

At first, I was VERY confused. Why would Alain send me a toy giraffe with a toy giraffe keychain and a little bag? A beautiful postcard explained. Sophie la girafe was not for me. She was a gift for my precious little peanut. By the way also in the package a nice little France/USA flag pin. (As you all know Paris is my favorite city) and I love France. And a neat little Au Sabot folder

This was such a nice, thoughtful thing to do I so much appreciate it and you guys on the porch will appreciate how much this means to me. Thank You Jolipapa What a special place. I know my little peanut will love Sophie and I will always have the little French knife.

 

[Jolipapa]

I'm red as a tomato and glad it went fast, in fact less than a week! The knife pattern name is Langres, once a top end cutlery town, now an industrial wasteland.
A common point between the knife and the giraffe, both are made by mountaineers, Massif Central for the folder, Jura (near Switzerland) for the toy.
I have no answer if the cats on the roof are waiting for Ratatouille...
And yes this is a very special place, this is what I think each time I use my 13 whittler...

 

[AShearer]

Thank you again my friend. I see on the box the knife was in it says Rhodoid as well. But I did not know about the term Langres, Thanks for the little history on the region. I now have something to add to the story about the knife and Sophie! Hope you are enjoying the 13 and the feeling of making someone's day a little brighter as I did.

 

[JJ_Colt45]

Nice to see a story like this. Hope they start replacing alot of the negative posts lately.

Its this that brought me to finally jump in and join the forums. Good on you Jolipapa

 

[Vaporstang]

Wow! A great gesture and a great gift! Very nice of you.

 

[Jack Black]

Great stuff That's a lovely package Alan, and a cool knife too Well done JP

And you got something good back Alain Against titanic odds, you just won my thank you draw in the Lambsfoot thread

Hope to see more of you over there my friend, and please PM me your address

 

[AShearer]

I see on the box the knife was in it says Rhodoid as well.

Well, stupid gringo that I am. That, of course stands for something like acetate or ivoroid. It's funny, the box is labeled Au Sabot but many of the knives I see on google say Le Sabot . The blade stamp is Le Sabot / France. Langres turns up lots of images of this pattern. It's a very cool little sheep foot.

 

[Jolipapa]

Rhodoïd is the contraction of Rhône-Poulenc and celluloïd and was invented in 1917, one main use being for dolls.
Diderot famous for the Encyclopedie was born in Langres and his father was a cutler.
Some examples of the Langres / Nogent craftmanship (from the Nogent museum of cutlery) :

 

[Jolipapa]

Nice to see a story like this. Hope they start replacing alot of the negative posts lately.

Its this that brought me to finally jump in and join the forums. Good on you Jolipapa

The 2 teethed Bunny is responsible of all that happened!

 

[AShearer]

Rhodoïd is the contraction of Rhône-Poulenc and celluloïd and was invented in 1917, one main use being for dolls.
Diderot famous for the Encyclopedie was born in Langres and his father was a cutler.
Some examples of the Langres / Nogent craftmanship (from the Nogent museum of cutlery) :

Very nice my friend. It's always good to keep learning new things. Great photos.

 

[Will Power]

JP is a very thoughtful gent, fine gesture

 

[Jolipapa]

Thank you Will...