Laguiole from david dauvillaire

fatcorgi

fatcorgi

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this arrived yesterday, I have toyed with the idea of buying a Laguiole for a long time, the prices held me back, and no one knife really spoke to me (well, there was one Laguiole en Aubrac in carbon steel..anyway). However, the craftsmanship of this maker was such, that I had to find away to get something of his somehow. This one is in Cocobolo wood, the scales are really beautiful, with a lot of depth, and flame like colours. The Filework is incredibly intricate, on the liners and backspring, continued out onto the blade. The signature of the craftsman is on the inside of knife, and the trademark leaf is engraved on the blade. So much detail, yet this is his basic traditional model - I've seen others with triple fileworked liners and mammoth ivory scales, and apparently hand beaten bolsters).
The knife is big, 12 cm closed, and the spring is very strong, it feels like a locking blade, blade centred perfectly. The shape of the blade and its heft has got me curious about getting more texas toothpick style patterns. The blade is the usual sandvik steel for french knives, ironically the only sloppy thing on this knife was the primary edge grind, it really couldn't cut anything, and was horribly rough when I got it. Fortunately easy to fix with the diamond stone, had to drop the blade a bit too, to stop the point sticking out. I prepared lunch today using it, and it works perfectly well. The blade does not slam against the backspring, as traditional Laguioles do


trademark:

backspring filework

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That is a beautiful knife. I too have long tinkered with the thought of a Laguiole (Juniper or olive), and this one just may have pushed me over the edge. Enjoy it! User or not?

Peter
 
Wunderbar! The cocobolo scales and file work are superb. One of the best examples of a Laguiole I have seen. :thumbup:
 
Congratulations! That looks like exceptional work on that knife! That'll be a pleasure to own and use I'm sure.
 
Laguioles have never been on my radar but your pics have certainly made me aware of how beautiful they can be.
Linus
 
That is the best guillochage that I have seen on a Laguiole. Beautiful :)
 
Wow, that is quite nice!
 
That's an imposing Lag. For me, a big draw of these knives is the high level of artisan work, makes it a truly 'individual' work.
Here's my small (9cm) Fontenille-Pataud lockback Laguiole in Walnut to keep your excellent knife company, congratulations fatcorgi. This arrived amazingly sharp I'm happy to say. Regards, W.

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that's a very pretty little knife, some nice wood scales. if I get another, I'll aim for a smaller size like that. I'll be using my knife, I'm curious to see how it performs, it has already performed the essential french tasks of cutting up cheese and bread.
 
New guy here. I believe you when you say the blade does not slam into the spring but looking at the photos, for the life of me, I can't figure out why it doesn't. Is there a projection on the blade end of the spring?

Ed
 
5-Shot said:
New guy here. I believe you when you say the blade does not slam into the spring but looking at the photos, for the life of me, I can't figure out why it doesn't. Is there a projection on the blade end of the spring?

Ed
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welcome. Exactly, the more expensive Laguioles have a raise on the inside of the spring to compensate for the lack of one on the tang. The usual procedure for dealing with a raised blade - filing down the tang, was more awkward here than for the usual slipjoint, especially considering that there is a bee on the backspring that stops the spring from sinking. Fortunately the tolerances allowed this.
 
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