What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

JW225 said:
Well, I'm certainly drooling! Please pass the brandy -- STAT!!! :D
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HA !!! Thanks Jim :D
Doesn't drool ... and perfectly pocket trained LOL
This pattern is a perfect fit for me ... glad I adopted it ;)

... talking about this Fontenille Pataud, Saint-Bernard. End grain (perpendicular cut to show growth rings) Burled Beech

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and different lighting

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EDIT: Taken just now ... pile side and pocket lint at sunset

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Getting ready for French / Black Friday and up pops this Laguiole 10.5 cm Fontenille Pataud "Le Pocket" lockback ... and it may be the leading contender for Friday's carry.

I have several French made knives. Some might say a bunch. I like France too, although I found France to be expensive on several visits there while in the military. Think maybe I even have a few French Francs stashed in a jar somewhere along with coins and notes from many, many places I visited. Most all those monies are obsolete now though, what with the Euro and everything since about 2002. The thing is too, I don't speak a word of French.

So please don't ask me how to pronounce "Laguiole". EVERYONE you ask how to pronounce "Laguiole" will tell you something different ... even in Laguiole.

France is a great beauty. As such it possesses all the qualities that one finds in any other great beauty: chic, sexiness, grandeur, arrogance, and the absolute inability and refusal to listen to reason. So if you're going to France, you would do well to remember this: No matter how politely or distinctly you ask a Frenchman a question, he will persist in answering you in French.

Maybe I never learned French because France isn't a border neighbor to the U.S.A. ... but Canada is a border neighbor and I don't speak Canadian either. Well, I do know one Canadian word ... "EH". Canadians use that word a lot and sometimes it can mean about ten different things. It's complicated, and when I try to say "EH" ... it comes out more like, "HUH"

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bigfish64 said:
Today is a very special day for me. Yesterday I received a package in the mail from @JohnDF. We were in a hurry to meet our son for dinner so I grabbed the package and jumped in the car, had my wife drive so I could open the package. 😉
I knew it was coming but couldn’t wait to see it with my own eyes! Every time I think John out does himself, he out does himself again! My first Northwoods and an instant treasure in my collection, thank you so much buddy! 😊View attachment 1728363
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Todd, looks like a good knife to carry during Chiefs games
 
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