where to find douk-douks

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thantos1858

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Hey guys I was just wondering why not many places sell douk-douk knives. I mean ebay doesn't even sell them, only places I've seen were surprisingly amazon.com and szabo knives website who also make an all black douk
 
I will send you the details of a French webshop with good reputation, and they do deliver internationally.

update: link posted on the visitor messages section of your profile.
 
try lee valley tools or garrett wade tools.
neither will win awards for low prices, but they often have stuff like this.
 
thanks for your help guys and to dagon for the link. But does anyone have any idea as to why most knife places and ebay don't have them? thanks
 
I tried emailing the manufacturer about getting them wholesale and received no reply. Maybe they don't want more business stateside.

I also just got 2 from GW, sitting next to me & covered in oil. Neat things, small one is dead dull.
 
CS pocket Bushman is based on the Douk-Douk, but not the same thing.
(I kinda like mine, though - good pasture knife)
 
1066vik said:
CS pocket Bushman is based on the Douk-Douk, but not the same thing.
(I kinda like mine, though - good pasture knife)
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+2 on the CS version of the douk. It is locking douk, with a sharp pointy blade. The lolck is super strong too. I can't stop playing with mine!
 
Here in Canuckistan, Lee Valley seems to be the only place to carry any, and even then it's only the medium La Sorciere. Had to go through Garrett Wade to get the small Sorcieres. I was hoping also that the M.C. Cognet's "Le Thiers" would become available in North America too... sort of like a curved douk-type slipjoint. My French is quite rusty though, it's possible that the Thiers are only custom models and would cost a fair amount more than the humble Douk.

If I do another Douk run, I might go through Laci Szabo's site, and grab a few El Barakas as well.
 
Cognet is indeed the original brand.
Le Thiers are French knives that were originally designed in the frenchcity of the same name in the eary 1990s. This design is protected and can only be build legally by cutlers working in Thiers, and who deliver a certain quality level. In fact, the creation of the Le Thiers was a reaction to what happened to the classic laguiole (usually also made in or near Thiers) which was not trademarked, and hence there are cheap chinese and pakistani versions flooding the market.
 
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