Got this one in a trade recently, showed it off to the folks at work today, some thought it was stag scales, I said...uh no, it's wood...
This steel took an exceptional edge, the former owner didn't appear to use it a lot but it needed a sharpening, in less than 3 minutes on a couple stones, free hand sharpening, she's razor sharp again, very very keen, even to slicing toilet paper, while that seems like a strange test, you end up with narrow strips of toilet paper that you'll not be able to use, unless you sew it back together again? but, I'll probably not go that far
but this sharpened up quickly to even accomplish this arduous task, well maybe not arduous but it takes a very sharp edge to cleanly slice that soft material, suffice to say, it got to the G2 approved sharpness and I like how well they ground down the blade, plus their embossed name is a nice touch too.
info from the site
This is an excellent little knife made in Thiers by Coutellerie Chambriard. It is the perfect size and shape to fit in your pocket.
It measures 6 1/2" open, 3 3/4" closed and has a blade length of 2 3/4". The handle is solid birch.
The blade is Swedish Sandvik 13c26 and is deeply stamped with the Chambriard name.
The backspring has beautiful guilloche (hand file work) pattern, logo stamp at the bolster and date stamp on the handle butt.
Curly Birch wood scales
I just ordered the larger version, but in horn, that has some pin decorations in the scales, certainly looks nice in the photos, hope to have that here by next week, a larger handle and blade but same shape and flow that this one has, should be nice, a little retro.
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