Laguiole

[Thomason]

My new Laguiole from Fontenille Pataud. Walnut handle with some nice figure, 12C27 blade, 11 cm or 4.3 inches to us Yanks. Crocodile inlay purse/pouch. I'm pretty impressed with this knife. All the things you look for in a well made knife are there.

One of the complaints one often hears about Laguioles is that the lack of a kick on the blade would sometimes allow the blade edge to hit the back spring and you would get a ding on the edge. Gilles at Fontenille Pataud remedied this by having a "A solid bladestop is provided on all of our springs". It amounts to a high spot on the inside of the backspring which hits the tang where the kick would be on the knives we are familiar with. It's like the kick is on the spring instead of the blade. Those wacky Frenchmen. It works like a charm.

 

[Invoice]

Rob,
Real nice! Love the file work.

 

[Gus Kalanzis]

Really nice looking knife and Gilles is one of the many good guys.

 

[texasflyfisher]

Nice frenchy! Cool pouch, too! :thumbup:

 

[jacktrades_nbk]

very good looking knife, always liked this design, a lot of blade in that handle..

 

[wagglebee]

That's a beauty!

 

[trey999]

I have the same thing in juniper burl. Haven't carried it yet. Are you going to use yours?

 

[Will Power]

File work which is typically French and the arrangement of the pins too make it a very nice individual.
I like the grain and colour on the wood on your knife, good to look at thanks!

 

[1066vik]

very nice!

 

[kamagong]

That's a gorgeous piece. I've always thought that the Laguiole was one of the most elegant slipjoint designs. The craftsmanship on that one looks first rate too. My wife has my old Laguiole Del' Artisan. That knife is a great cutter, but fit and finish is just so-so. Yours looks much better, about as good as you can expect on a production knife.

Did you order yours directly from FP? I've considered doing that as well, but I don't know anyone who has done so. How was the experience?

- Christian

 

[LKJW]

Not always a fan of those, but that is stunning!

 

[Thomason]

Did you order yours directly from FP? I've considered doing that as well, but I don't know anyone who has done so. How was the experience?

- Christian

Yep, ordered directly from the Fontenille Pataud website on Apr 7. Sent them an email on the 11th asking when they expected it to be shipped. Gilles responded right away and said it would be shipped the week of the 11th. Receive it today. No problems. Visa later charged me an extra $7 overseas transaction charge.

As Oliver Twist said, "Please, sir, I want some more."

 

[trey999]

I ordered mine from FP and everything was fine. I got the knife a lot quicker than I expected.

 

[reader1]

Rob,

Delightful and beautiful knife. Attractive and creative pouch. Excellent File work. Great looking figured wood. Looks like the 4.3" blade will be a fine slicer.

Charming.

Great Pics.

Enjoy your great French knife.

Mike H.

 

[mitch13]

Rob
That is smooth! Your pics show it off well:thumbup::thumbup:
mitch

 

[trey999]

Yeah, yeah, I get it, my pictures stunk.

 

[Paul M]

Those are both nice knives Rob and Trey999 (would like to see bigger pics though)
Here is my Laguiole in natural Cow bone with a corkscrew. The file work is a little more extensive back springs, liners and full length of spine on blade.
Fully polished stainless makes it a hard knife to photograph.

 

[trey999]

Pretty cool. For some reason my pictures from photobucket are always that small.

 

[FLymon]

My new Laguiole from Fontenille Pataud.

That's just way cool

Did you get a say in the filework, or do you just get what they decide to do that day? looking through the website the number of variations is amazing.

 

[Noddy]

Nice knives Thomason, Paul M

FP's are the business. I just dropped Gilles a line asking if he could drop the blade of the XS model into the frame of the Aurillac.

If it works, I won't require other knives :lol: