Review of 4 different knives: 1) Laguiole de l'Artisan 9 cm olive wood handle. 2) Generic 9 cm knife bought in Sarlat, France. 3) Custom 11 cm walnut burl knife by Artisan Coutelier. 4) Vent d'Aubrac 12 cm briar wood handle.
Yes , you are right , that little bump on the hinge part of the blade ( the tang ) , is called the KICK , and when you close the blade , the kick , rests on the back spring , thus keeping the blade edge from hitting the back spring or bottom bolster . It's described as a free floating blade and of course the pupose is , so the blade edge does not get damaged when you close the knife .
Laguiole is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. The knaves are by a group of artisans in that region. Laguiole knives are often faked so collecting them always has some risk potential.
Bonita colección. Echo en falta en tu colección la típica Laguiole con sacacorchos con el mango de la pierna de una dama. Felicidades y muchas gracias y un saludo desde Spain!!!!
I have the same knife as your first one. I bought it in 2002 in Pontivy. Mine is the same steel & has an olive handle. Funnily enough it was made by Oliver. The knife came with a little silver oval sticker bearing his name. I love mine, first class.
I recently purchased three laguiole knives from what are said to be three of the big names in laguiole style french knives.. One from forge de laguiole, one from Fontenille Pataud and one from Laguiole en aubrac. after inspecting and using each one i can say that the fontenille patud is leaps and bounds higher quality than the other two. Both forge de laguiole and laguiole en aubroc are inferior workmanship in both fit and finish. If you are interested in a laguiole style knife Fontenille Patud is the way to go
I've looked at these knifes and decided ide like one , ime quite practical so I bought a knife kit and built it with dear antler not as easy as I thought it would be , it's a nice knife but I think I can do better!!
The green red and gold is a tourist souvenir! The others are lagiuole that farmers would carry.... simple. Wood. Horn. Bone. Antler. Carbon blades etc... I.e 33 euros... they saw you coming...... sorry but you can get these at the shop next to my house for 4 euros... I’ll send you one
Need to adjust your mic volume. I had to turn my computer volume up to max to hear your commentary. The 'Shepherd's Cross' is an embellishment added in the 19th Century. And is just that, an embellishment.
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Your cross story is bull , the original knives made by anf four sheep and cow hearders were straight blades made of carbon steel , these shapes date from the 1930 and became a collectors item in the sixtys , Get the best and high quality Fontenil Pateaud the best made Laguiole in France
I believe that Pierre Calmels pere is the real deal, followed by his son, also Pierre, from Laguiole. Lucky me, I have a carbon steel ivory handled, bought in their shop in 1970
The "cross" thing is a misconception, it's not a religious decoration. And there's no evidence for the Napoleon story. As for the bee, "fly" is merely the technical word which refers to the forge-flattened part of the spring, decorated or not. Historically, the most popular decoration for the flies of early laguiole knives were flowers. The decoration was never engraved to show an insect fly though. Since the 1930s a bee pattern gained popularity and eventually became iconic among Laguiole enthusiasts, which is why most current production Laguioles have a bee logo on their fly. www.couteau-laguiole.com/en/content/43-fly-or-bee
