Peasant Chef's Knife?

[Tonie Nichols]

Hey Guys, got another interesting blade here.

A friend of mine says it could be a Peasant Chef's Knife as referenced by Lee Valley as something they had purchased and then copied and produced.

http://www.leevalley.com/US/garden/page.aspx?p=52770&cat=2,40733,40738,52770

Mine has a cheap varnished (maybe) beechwood handle with three little pins.

The blade is marked BASOL YADIGARI.

According to a translation program I ran, YADIGARI is Azerbaijanian or "Heirloom"

Anybody got any idea as to what the heck this is?

Thanx

 

[Sidehill Gouger]

Classic French kitchen utility/butcher knife style but the current Lee Valley models are made in China. Lee Valley once had a large quantity of old French knives but when they ran out they switched to selling these Chinese copies.

 

[Tonie Nichols]

Thank you SG

 

[Bhamster]

The old french knives they had back when were okay for the price but nothing particularly special about them. I had a couple.