Traditional French Fry day

Skyline Drive said:
The part about the horses has me confused?!?
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I had it for feeding horses in the morning, for cutting open bales of hay. Jolipapa Jolipapa is right. A better phrase would have been, "J'avais ce couteau quand je nourrissais les chevaux." I was typing on the fly and it came out a bit stilted. Je suis Francophile, mais je ne suis encore un vrai Francophone.

Zieg
 
The Zieg said:
I had it for feeding horses in the morning, for cutting open bales of hay. Jolipapa Jolipapa is right. A better phrase would have been, "J'avais ce couteau quand je nourrissais les chevaux." I was typing on the fly and it came out a bit stilted. Je suis Francophile, mais je ne suis encore un vrai Francophone.

Zieg
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Ok, my mistake. Don’t worry, I‘m not a native French either and I also make many mistakes when I write French.😆
 
waynorth said:
Very nice Laguiole!! Obviously not Brazilian Rosewood, I wonder what species that beautiful wood actually is??
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Sorry, but I haven’t got the slightest idea! All tough I‘m quite knowledgeable when it comes to European hardwood, I don‘t know much about tropical and American hardwoods.
 
The following two knives are very special to me. My absolutely favorite tree is the Service Tree Sorbus Domestica, "Speierling" in German and "Cormier" in French and I'm also very interested in all the other trees of the Sorbus family. So last year I took small pieces of wood of the Service Tree and of the Wild Service Tree Sorbus Torminalis "Elsbeere"in German and "Alisier" in French to Coutellia. I gave half of it to Virgilio Munoz and half to Jérôme Latreille. Munoz finished the knives about a month ago, Jérôme will have them done for this years Coutellia. You have to know that the timber from both species is literally identical, the only way to differentiate in-between the two is by analysing the cell structure under an electron microscope. Carpenters in German speaking countries don't work with Speierling or Elsbeere, they call both woods the same name "Schweizer Birnbaum", Swiss Pear.

First the one with the Service Tree scales. Virgilio Munoz sculpted the fruit of the tree into the "mouche".

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My wife's laguiole, a 10 cm Honore Durand.

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Originally a present from the ever generous Âchillepattada Âchillepattada , my wife took it to replace a black horn LAGUIOLE de l'Artisan that she lost years ago when her purse was stolen. Incidentally that Ldl was my introduction to the pattern. I gave it to my wife because she wanted a good knife that she could use for lunch at work.

The ebony covers and the stamp on this knife stirred old memories, which is the reason she claimed it. Though the circumstances regarding its loss still sting, my wife actually likes this one better. She told me that most of the time she thought the old 11 cm too long.
 
Skyline Drive said:
The following two knives are very special to me. My absolutely favorite tree is the Service Tree Sorbus Domestica, "Speierling" in German and "Cormier" in French and I'm also very interested in all the other trees of the Sorbus family. So last year I took small pieces of wood of the Service Tree and of the Wild Service Tree Sorbus Torminalis "Elsbeere"in German and "Alisier" in French to Coutellia. I gave half of it to Virgilio Munoz and half to Jérôme Latreille. Munoz finished the knives about a month ago, Jérôme will have them done for this years Coutellia. You have to know that the timber from both species is literally identical, the only way to differentiate in-between the two is by analysing the cell structure under an electron microscope. Carpenters in German speaking countries don't work with Speierling or Elsbeere, they call both woods the same name "Schweizer Birnbaum", Swiss Pear.

First the one with the Service Tree scales. Virgilio Munoz sculpted the fruit of the tree into the "mouche".

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Outstanding work and a very beautiful and apt rendering of the mouche. The wood looks like a candidate for long term mellowing, very attractive. Years since I've seen a Wild Service Tree, very beautiful in flower and I believe the fruits can be eaten or used. Looking forward to JL's version too :thumbsup:

Regards, Will
 
I'm in Charlotte for a few more days helping out with sick family (I visit for one to two weeks every month) and looking forward to getting a couteau Français back in ma poche. Until then, I wanted to show my old pa that video of the Opinel factory with the upbeat music playing over it (the music was Ehma's Pizzicato, I remember). Someone posted it a while back, but I'm not finding it.

Shoot me a message if you know where to find it.

Zieg
 
The Zieg said:
I'm in Charlotte for a few more days helping out with sick family (I visit for one to two weeks every month) and looking forward to getting a couteau Français back in ma poche. Until then, I wanted to show my old pa that video of the Opinel factory with the upbeat music playing over it (the music was Ehma's Pizzicato, I remember). Someone posted it a while back, but I'm not finding it.

Shoot me a message if you know where to find it.

Zieg
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I did a search on you tube. I don’t know which video in particular you mean (there are several). I going to take a guess at this one.
 
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