Share your French traditional/regional pocket knives

Certainly do my friend:D

Really nice to see the old cracked bone replaced, looks excellent. Who recovered it for you? That gas spike is looking lethal:eek::D

Regards, Will
 
I gave it to my friends the Vieilles Lames of La Monnerie. They are retired but can't stop making knives. The special polish was made by Bernard, he does wonders!:)
 
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Jolipapa said:
Several makers still make a Pradel : le Sabot, Chevalerias, Parapluie, Le Fidèle, Issard, Genès David (made to order).More in your PM.
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I'm interested in getting a knife in this pattern. Would you say any current makers of this pattern do much better quality work than any of the others? Aside from fit and finish, are any of them likely to be running their blades significantly harder than the others? Unfortunately I know almost nothing of the lay of the land in French cutlery and don't speak the language to effectively do my own research on the subject.
 
Steel_Drake said:
I'm interested in getting a knife in this pattern. Would you say any current makers of this pattern do much better quality work than any of the others? Aside from fit and finish, are any of them likely to be running their blades significantly harder than the others? Unfortunately I know almost nothing of the lay of the land in French cutlery and don't speak the language to effectively do my own research on the subject.
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If you try a French knife you'll find the blade usually really sharp and easy to sharpen when needed. Be it carbon or stainless (except some 70's stainless, sometime harder to sharpen).
Then it depends of the maker, and the steel he uses. It goes from XC75 carbon to 14C28 stainless or higher for customs, standard being 12C27.
Le Sabot is unexpensive but less sophisticated than Le Fidèle or Parapluie. As most patterns, the price rises with finish.
 
Jolipapa said:
If you try a French knife you'll find the blade usually really sharp and easy to sharpen when needed. Be it carbon or stainless (except some 70's stainless, sometime harder to sharpen).
Then it depends of the maker, and the steel he uses. It goes from XC75 carbon to 14C28 stainless or higher for customs, standard being 12C27.
Le Sabot is unexpensive but less sophisticated than Le Fidèle or Parapluie. As most patterns, the price rises with finish.
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Thanks for the assistance. It looks like the Le Fidele version is the one I'm likely to go with. I'll post some pictures when I order it and finally receive it.
 
colubrid said:
I like that.

Any way to get that ordered here in the US?
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Thanks! I'm afraid not unless you speak French. The shop doesn't have a website and since I don't speak French, I needed help from a generous Porch dweller who purchased a similar model while visiting the shop.
 
I returned from Paris with these 5 French knives, through the generosity and assistance of our good friend, JP. More than the knives, I most appreciated making a new friend, and getting a little taste of Paris not possible for an unassisted tourist!
Thanks again, Alain!!
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Read through this thread when it popped onto the first page yesterday for the first time .... I’ve been on the Fontenille Pataud site reading ever since.... this east Texas hillbilly has the French knife bug.... now, to lock or slip, that is the question.
 
jwb01 said:
Read through this thread when it popped onto the first page yesterday for the first time .... I’ve been on the Fontenille Pataud site reading ever since.... this east Texas hillbilly has the French knife bug.... now, to lock or slip, that is the question.
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Their locking Lags are superb, wonderful lock-bar that is the spring, unobtrusive.
The XS 9cm small Lag is a big favourite of mine but their bigger Lags have lock option too, I find conventional 10-12 cm Lags just too big for my pocket but others don't :)
 
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