Traditional French Fry day

A day late, but this was in my pocket yesterday. I have had this for a long time but never got around to getting pictures until now.
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Âchillepattada said:
Hello Charlie,

In the case of Pierre Yves Joyeux the french gov. is only partly guilty.
Of course the export procedure needs an extra-work .
But Pierre Yves is also one of the last self employed knife maker of Thiers . That means that he has to do everything alone. And he has a lot of orders because of the quality of his knives. At the end the administrative tasks becomes really heavy . :(

@kamagong May be there is a solution. Mr Bruno Coupat is a knife dealer of Saint Flour and he orders all his Laguioles to Pierre Yves Joyeux who makes them with the brand of his client.
So the knives are exactly the same but with a different brand .
You could write him and ask if he would be ok to send you a knife .

BRUNO COUPAT, coutellerie, Saint-Flour - Voir les modèles

sanflorain, bruno coupat, laguiole et couteaux de france, coutellerie coupat à saint-flour cantal, auvergne
www.couteaux-de-france.com

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I hope it will work

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Thanks! I'll take a look.
 
This appeared during the past week. I believe it's called a Tonneau knife, carbon blade stainless liners/bolsters faux Ivory. It's an inexpensive knife and I'm much drawn to the pattern and the smaller 9.5 cm size. However, there are some unpleasant cosmetic and built faults that initially annoyed me. The engine turning/lines on the 4 bolsters are crudely stamped or cut, on one bolster they were almost machined right off, ugly! The blade, and this is a total anomaly with French knives, was completely blunt! Not having an edge on one side....

Contacted the seller in France, he responded by telling me all the stock was like this as the machinery making these knives was so old...could be true but Au Sabot has a quite modern factory I understand, he offered a refund once the knife was returned but wouldn't pay return postage. So I decided to keep it, got out fine paper and sharpeners and now I'm pleased with it as it's solid, no blade play (is now sharp) Don't know how I can re-cut some of the lines on the bolster, hacksaw perhaps, but it's now functional and sturdy.

The other Au Sabot, an Yssingeaux I bought at the beginning of January, seemed very good, BUT it's Horn and in less than 3 weeks the cheap Horn is curling and layers are flaking horribly, must be cheap pressed Horn but even so it's failed very fast-you can't really hold the knife now. That's going back and I'm asking them to substitute it for a wooden handled or an Aurillac model, should keep away from bargain Horn...I understand Au Sabot are tough inexpensive knives but this experience has made me wonder, should really look at a better manufacturer- my Garronais has been wonderful but these 2 not really!

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Will Power said:
This appeared during the past week. I believe it's called a Tonneau knife, carbon blade stainless liners/bolsters faux Ivory. It's an inexpensive knife and I'm much drawn to the pattern and the smaller 9.5 cm size. However, there are some unpleasant cosmetic and built faults that initially annoyed me. The engine turning/lines on the 4 bolsters are crudely stamped or cut, on one bolster they were almost machined right off, ugly! The blade, and this is a total anomaly with French knives, was completely blunt! Not having an edge on one side....

Contacted the seller in France, he responded by telling me all the stock was like this as the machinery making these knives was so old...could be true but Au Sabot has a quite modern factory I understand, he offered a refund once the knife was returned but wouldn't pay return postage. So I decided to keep it, got out fine paper and sharpeners and now I'm pleased with it as it's solid, no blade play (is now sharp) Don't know how I can re-cut some of the lines on the bolster, hacksaw perhaps, but it's now functional and sturdy.

The other Au Sabot, an Yssingeaux I bought at the beginning of January, seemed very good, BUT it's Horn and in less than 3 weeks the cheap Horn is curling and layers are flaking horribly, must be cheap pressed Horn but even so it's failed very fast-you can't really hold the knife now. That's going back and I'm asking them to substitute it for a wooden handled or an Aurillac model, should keep away from bargain Horn...I understand Au Sabot are tough inexpensive knives but this experience has made me wonder, should really look at a better manufacturer- my Garronais has been wonderful but these 2 not really!

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I am glad you talked about some of the flaws, and I glad you mentioned how the horn had Issues, j almost got one in it. Member G2 had a nice Laguiole in the exchange section, I liked the juniper, his had more colors than I would have expected. The pepper smell is cool. I like my Aurillac in junper.
 
Will Power Will Power , that sounds like a headache! Still, that is an attractive knife! I wish more French knives were offered in carbon.

The only terrible horn I've experienced so far is from A. Wright. In caring for horn, I occasionally coat them with lanolin, which I'm not sure does much, but it doesn't seem to cause them any harm.

Here is a couple favorites of mine. The black horn almost looks like plastic, but has a different, richer feel.... Could be my imagination. One carbon, one stainless.

 
Will Power said:
This appeared during the past week. I believe it's called a Tonneau knife, carbon blade stainless liners/bolsters faux Ivory. It's an inexpensive knife and I'm much drawn to the pattern and the smaller 9.5 cm size. However, there are some unpleasant cosmetic and built faults that initially annoyed me. The engine turning/lines on the 4 bolsters are crudely stamped or cut, on one bolster they were almost machined right off, ugly! The blade, and this is a total anomaly with French knives, was completely blunt! Not having an edge on one side....

Contacted the seller in France, he responded by telling me all the stock was like this as the machinery making these knives was so old...could be true but Au Sabot has a quite modern factory I understand, he offered a refund once the knife was returned but wouldn't pay return postage. So I decided to keep it, got out fine paper and sharpeners and now I'm pleased with it as it's solid, no blade play (is now sharp) Don't know how I can re-cut some of the lines on the bolster, hacksaw perhaps, but it's now functional and sturdy.

The other Au Sabot, an Yssingeaux I bought at the beginning of January, seemed very good, BUT it's Horn and in less than 3 weeks the cheap Horn is curling and layers are flaking horribly, must be cheap pressed Horn but even so it's failed very fast-you can't really hold the knife now. That's going back and I'm asking them to substitute it for a wooden handled or an Aurillac model, should keep away from bargain Horn...I understand Au Sabot are tough inexpensive knives but this experience has made me wonder, should really look at a better manufacturer- my Garronais has been wonderful but these 2 not really!

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There is no excuse sending such a poor quality item! I'm curious to know where you got them.
I remember screened porch who had ordered some Parapluies and received Sabots instead, just not he same price tag, a very incorrect behavior. Unfortunately some dealers are disrespectful. This should never happen! 😡😡😡
 
I got this one last year because I wanted to see something in boxwood. I've always been pleased with the knives I've ordered from Maison Berthier, but not this one. The boxwood is unfinished and ordinary, but the worst part is the blade just flops open and closed with no grip in the handle. I have a similar type from Cognet which is tightly held so I know it's possible. It just irritates me every time I look at it. So, if any of you would like to have it, I'll send it off to you free of charge. That's okay to do here, right?
The blade is 3-1/4 inches, and it's 7-1/4 inches overall.

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