I had to make a substitution- hope it's close enough.

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I have never known my cousin to react to a knife, but she picked this out of a handful of new acquisitions, fingered the bail, and said she might have to get one.
I couldn't give it to her at the time, because I hadn't worked on it. Now that I've worked on it, it's twirling on a single pin with the pin ends stuck in the bolsters. It may get worse before it gets better.

A case tiny toothpick would have been good, but I can't find one with a lanyard bail. The bay was a possibility for a similar Colonial, but then I remembered this little Laguiole. Same length, similar shape, provision for a lanyard- everything but the white handles, and I think it's safe to say a better-built knife. Plenty of blade to be useful in the garden.

It should arrive today.

 

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New pins?

 

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New pins is the plan. The pivot pin was steel and is hanging on like grim death. Pretty tiny to drive out, and I knocked a bolster off its liner in the attempt. Getting back to it is way down my list of chores.

 

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That French Laguiole is really nice. One of those has been on my want list for a long time.