Traditional French Fry day

Tim Bernard, Le Névé

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S schmalhaus It's good to see you here. Your YouTube channel has cost me quite a bit of $, but also brought a lot of enjoyment! You have exceptional taste in pocket knives!

Here are some you have shared before, forgive me if I have re-used the same photos previously.

The Capuchin is one of my favorites, particularly Le Grat by Savignac.... L'Ariegeois is no slouch either! These are available in stainless and carbon steel and the way you can tell the difference, other than the staining, is that the carbon versions are pinned and the stainless have the hex screw.

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I was looking for a laguiole with a Rossignol stamp, but stumbled onto a L'Alpin instead. I think it's close to being 50 years old, and looks like the twin of another forumite's knife.

fewpop said:
Here's one that I bought in the mid 1970's in a little cutlery shop in Hot Springs, Arkansas. A friend and I used to camp and hike in the Ouachita Mountains back then, and the cutlery shop was always a stop we had to make to appease our lust for steel. :)

This is a French made slipjoint with a blade logo that says "Parapluie" and Al'Epreuve. Parapluie means umbrella, and there is a small umbrella etched alongside the logo. This knife has simple lines, warm wood scales, and a high carbon blade that gets scary sharp. :eek: OAL is about 7.5". It's developed a fine patina over the years. I "lost" this knife for over a decade, and then it turned up in the game pocket of an old hunting jacket. A little oil, a little TLC, and it was good to go again.

I don't know if Al'Epreuve is the name of where the knife was made or what? Maybe some of you can help with that small mystery.

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