Le Thiers Knife

Yawn! This steel from Sweden is easy. I decided to put a 16 degree bevel edge per side on this already sharp blade with my Wicked Edge Precision Sharpener.
Raising a burr was a cinch with the 100 grit paddle, took maybe three easy minutes to do both sides of the blade. After that the whole sharpening was a lark! I breezed through the rest of the diamond paddles (200, 400, 600, 800, 1000 and 1200 grits) in another 20 minutes and then stropped up with my big wooden paddle with a fresh coat of Green Compound on leather.
Yikes! It was very sharp before, but now it literally sizzled its way through the various tests: printing paper, thin credit card receipt paper, even thinner telephone book paper...all these were push cuts. Para-cord nothing, chopping carrots great and peels potatoes easily. I am wondering can it get even better when I put it through all the WEPS strops with the various diamond pastes et al!
When they say this Chambriard Le Trappeur is easy to keep sharp, that is no exaggeration, plus it keeps its edge well. So if you ever buy a knife made with Sandvik 12C27 SS, relax, it is a fine blade steel that retains its edge well and sharpens up easily.

Cheers
Leo
 
This is what has become of me since I subscribed to Stefan Schmalhaus' video reviews on You Tube! I am even starting to eat Brie and Camembert now! LOL! Many thanks to Stefan for his civilizing influence on this old Canadian. Also many thanks to Philippe Chambriard for his prompt, polite, trustworthy service and for producing such beautiful cutlery of the highest order. My package came today!

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I was so impressed with Le Trappeur that I decided to get the other two knives in the set: Le Compagnon with Norwegian Birch scales and the smaller Le Compact with Olive wood scales...I had to resist getting both in Juniper again, love that wood! Here are the three knives closed

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Again I am so pleased with the gorgeous hand-crafted file-work on the back-strap of the knife. Regardez!

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They are elegant pieces as you can see here, all three open

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Each of the knives came in fine quality leather pocket sheaths. No stinting here.

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Once again the blades are of the very tough and reliable Swedish Sandvik 12C27 steel and came with worthy edges, but as is my usual practice I will change the edge geometry as I did with Le Trappeur. I will do that soon and also take my own measurements of each knife which I will post here.
I am very pleased with these three knives. Unusual and almost unheard of, my wife likes them too. Gasp!!!:eek:

Cheers
Leo

P.S. Some of my pictures are poor, with apologies, I will replace them later
 
Beautiful knives! I don't know how I'm going to resist Le Compact, that will be just perfect...
 
Resistance is futile! Cave and do yourself a favor. It is a beautiful little knife, as are all three of them, but as a pocket knife it is superb. Glad you liked the knife mate!

All the best
Leo
 
Le Compact is an excellent pocket-carry, mine's in stag and it's darkening nicely. Le Compagnon is a first rate pic-nic food prep knife. Slice up a thick salami with ease etc.

Very good wood on your Compact Leo. I might need to get another.
 
Hi Will
I have a Tidioute Jack Weaver folder coming in bone.I have not had a bone handle before, so I am anxious to get my hands on it. Both woods are very nice...I am an old pipe smoker from back a bit and I like to run the wood of my knife handles along my nose as I used to do with my briar pipes...the oil from my skin has/had a lovely darkening effect on the wood and gives it a subtle glow too.
Don't you just love French knives?

Cheers mate
Leo
 
I really like the larger one with the mid-lock, I guess I'll have to track one down.
 
You can get these knives from (removed vendor name)...Google will light your way there. Go to their folder section and you will find a whole raft of European knives...have your wife lock up your credit cards before you look.
Or you can order direct from Philippe Chambriard in Thiers by e-mail mail to: coutellerie-chambriard@wanadoo.fr
He is very trustworthy, polite and prompt, but he is a man of few words (not much English) so don't be upset if he doesn't write/say much.
Best of luck!

Cheers :)
Leo
 
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leomitch said:
You can get these knives from (removed vendor name)......Google will light your way there. Go to their folder section and you will find a whole raft of European knives...have your wife lock up your credit cards before you look.
Or you can order direct from Philippe Chambriard in Thiers by e-mail mail to: coutellerie-chambriard@wanadoo.fr
He is very trustworthy, polite and prompt, but he is a man of few words (not much English) so don't be upset if he doesn't write/say much.
Best of luck!

Cheers :)
Leo
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Those are some handsome looking knives, Leo. Thanks for showing them off. Now I've got another knife to add to my list of must haves! Thanks for that!:rolleyes:;)
 
:D Hmmm! Sorry Gary! As the Borg say on Star Trek, 'Resistance is futile! You will be absorbed into the hive.'

Cheers
Leo
 
On the verge of getting the Le Trappeur, a few more pennies to save up and I'll be there, maybe a Christmas present for moi ;)

Figured to raise this thread up from the depths, some beautiful images you guys have posted, here's my stag Compact, nice knife as well, and from what Philippe has told me the steel is actually a step up from the usual, it's Sandvik 13c26 blade and boy does it get sharp!!! That plus the distal taper, you can really enjoy using these folders...

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G2
 
leomitch said:
It was very sharp before, but now it literally sizzled its way through the various tests: printing paper, thin credit card receipt paper, even thinner telephone book paper...
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Maybe I'm showing my age here, but do you have a stockpile of phone books just for this test? I haven't seen a phone book in literally years! :D

G.W.G. Thanks for bumping this thread up again so I could poke fun.
 
Hi Gary
You couldn't spend your money much better than to buy Le Trappeur....a gentleman's knife with muscle. You will love this knife mate. Collect those shekels quickly! LOL! I have all three knives Le Compact and Le Compagnon....I have never had buyer's remorse.
Best wishes my friend
Leo

Gary W. Graley said:
On the verge of getting the Le Trappeur, a few more pennies to save up and I'll be there, maybe a Christmas present for moi ;)

Figured to raise this thread up from the depths, some beautiful images you guys have posted, here's my stag Compact, nice knife as well, and from what Philippe has told me the steel is actually a step up from the usual, it's Sandvik 13c26 blade and boy does it get sharp!!! That plus the distal taper, you can really enjoy using these folders...

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You're most welcome MrVandercar, as long as you are not poking with a Chambriard, I guess we're all safe ;)

My wife sometimes hates my hobbies, but I try to tell her the phone book, we live in the country and they are not nearly as large as a big city, the book will fit in the drawer easier with the corner off :)

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just a quick shot and a push cut down through the phone book, need good blade geometry in order to do so, a lot of knives have too thick an edge to make as clean a cut, especially when it's such a small folder too.

G2

and yep the pennies aka shekels are almost there! now to decide what scales !
 
Up here in the far North, we still have telephone books and the paper keeps on getting thinner and thinner, but nonetheless my Wicked Edge Precision Sharpener hones those great Sandvik steel blades so sharp I need band-aids for my eyes now! ;-) BTW we also live in igloos in the Winter time and chew big pieces of blubber to keep us nice and fat to insulate us from the cold that cuts like a knife! ROTFLMAO!:very_drunk:

Cheers
Leo from up Canada way!

MrVandercar said:
Maybe I'm showing my age here, but do you have a stockpile of phone books just for this test? I haven't seen a phone book in literally years! :D

G.W.G. Thanks for bumping this thread up again so I could poke fun.
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I'm not usually an advocate of raising old threads but this has some beautiful knives and was well worth the time it took to read through the thread.

Thanks G2
 
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