My last knife for a while - Laguiole

[alfk]

Philippe Starck Laguiole

 

[jwren]

That's pretty nice, alfk!
Is the handle aluminum?

 

[jackknife]

Interesting!

It's like a smooth blend of the old and modern. Like a Laguiole that a crew member on the Enterprise would carry.


Carl.

 

[alfk]

Thanks, it is aluminium and a stainless blade.

 

[jwren]

That is really unique looking!
Thanks for the additional pics :thumbup:

 

[KuRUpTD]

That looks sharp ... thanks for posting.

 

[Bigdaddyrooster]

That is nice... I want one

 

[pmew]

That's a bit bling for a Laguiole, I've never seen one like that before. Have you a large collection of them?

 

[herisson]

Very slick and elegant ! "Forge de Laguiole" makes nice and sturdy Laguioles, like they should be. Awesome spring lock ! Gotta love it.

 

[alfk]

I meant to take an in hand picture as I always look for them myself but forgot, I'll try and get one.

 

[NoNameNomad]

While I like the look of Laguioles, that particular one, having aluminum scales, I would not have liked the sounds of if described to me, but seeing pics of it is another matter, it turns out that's quite a lovely looking knife. It looks very elegant, yet looks sturdy enough to be capable of any task it's put up to. But, that describes French knives in general, I think. It's always amazing to see how the culture that makes a knife tends to show itself in the knives themselves. Lovely knife.

 

[machine26]

I like those, really neat knives.

 

[pmew]

I've been toying with the idea of getting one for years. I don't speak French though and it's hard to find a small one (sub 3 inch blades in UK) on the English speaking websites. Ah for the ignorance of us Brits!

 

[knarfeng]

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[Jack Black]

Interesting!

It's like a smooth blend of the old and modern. Like a Laguiole that a crew member on the Enterprise would carry.


Carl.

Good observation Carl! :thumbup:

Or like a Laguiole designed by Philippe Starck!

For those unfamiliar with Mr Starck, here's his famous lemon squeezer

Not really to my own taste, but anything designed by Mr Starck is something of an investment.

Here's a design by his US cousin!

 

[herisson]

At PMEW : speaking French, I could help you out as far as language is implied. My pleasure...