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I have heard good things about Yann Nomine's work, so I recently ordered a 12cm Laguiole knife from Yann Nomine and Renaud Dumarcay at Les Couteliers de Fountainebleu.

I dont usually get packages from France, so even the post lady was curious when it arrived............

The juniper covers smell very nice, peppery, a little sharper stronger scent compared to lignum vitae.

i need to head out for a bottle of cabernet, bread, cheese and sausage, so gotta run......

please be encouraged to post any work by these gentlemen!

Edit: this is a very sturdy strong knife, much closer to a Buck 110 than a GEC slip joint. The sheath also has a very nice detail of a leather backing on the male snap stud, so the knife cannot be scratched by the sheath.

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Very, very nice - and pretty cool bonus that it come with a bit of parfum français :D
Did the sheath come with it? All good :thumbsup:

Ray
 
I was not expecting a sheath, but it is a nice bonus, and im not sure I could carry this pretty knife jangling around with my susan b anthonys and tactical skull beads
 
Yann Nominé and Renaud Dumarçay of Fontainebleau were wonderful to do business with. They were kind, courteous and patient with me as I took quite a bit of time deciding on the knife I wanted. After a few weeks Renaud wrote that they had made three different knives that I could choose from.
This beauty was my choice and I could not be more pleased. They call it the climber.
Closed length - 4 5/16”
Cutting portion of blade - 3”
Overall length - just shy of 7 5/8”
Blade width - 13/16”
Blade steel is 12c27
fullsizeoutput_beb.jpeg The handles are heated stabilized oak quite thick. The overall thickness 5/8”. Fit and finish is superb with a pull of 5 to 6, no half stop, and a rock solid snap and lock into the open position. The knife came razor sharp. It has a wonderful feel in hand, thick across the spine but narrow the other way. I love everything about it.fullsizeoutput_bec.jpegfullsizeoutput_bed.jpeg fullsizeoutput_bee.jpegfullsizeoutput_bf0.jpeg
 
That is SWEET!!! Very cool that they gave you options - you chose a beauty - really special. :thumbsup:
Congrats!!!

Ray
 
That's an excellent piece of work, you must be delighted Dwight:cool:

Wonder if they do smaller sizes? Bit too big for my pocket but otherwise it's 'ravi' :thumbsup:

Regards, Will
 
Thanks for posting. Nominé's Le Grimpeur is one the nicest gent's folder I've seen.
 
RayseM said:
That is SWEET!!! Very cool that they gave you options - you chose a beauty - really special. :thumbsup:
Congrats!!!
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Thank you.

Will Power said:
That's an excellent piece of work, you must be delighted Dwight:cool:

Wonder if they do smaller sizes? Bit too big for my pocket but otherwise it's 'ravi' :thumbsup:

Regards, Will
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Thank you Will. There was only one size of the climber that I'm aware of.

marchone said:
Thanks for posting. Nominé's Le Grimpeur is one the nicest gent's folder I've seen.
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Thank you.

Gevonovich said:
I agree with Will....'ravi' !! The oak is amazing !
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Thanks Gev. :)
 
Will Power said:
That's an excellent piece of work, you must be delighted Dwight:cool:

Wonder if they do smaller sizes? Bit too big for my pocket but otherwise it's 'ravi' :thumbsup:

Regards, Will
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No, only one size. The one-offs can have damas or different steels with a bare blade.
 
I found a couple Le Grimpeurs on other sites with decorated backspacers. They are stunning. Below is one.

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That's a nice looking knife. I had to pull up their website to see all that they offer. From the pictures it looks like it has thin edges (like an Opinel). Is that correct?
 
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