French regional knives...

[AgentSteel]

My regular Douk-Douk with his cousin, l'Ecureuil (The Squirrel), also from Cognet.

I personally prefer l'Ecureuil's blade shape.

 

[jstrange]

I love the Douk Douk. Sharpest knife I own.

 

[Prester John]

I love the Douk Douk. Sharpest knife I own.

I should carry mine more often. The handle is not the most comfortable, compared to a large wooden handle, for example. But mine is sharp too, and I love the looks.

 

[jstrange]

I should carry mine more often. The handle is not the most comfortable, compared to a large wooden handle, for example. But mine is sharp too, and I love the looks.

I agree the handle is not the most comfortable, but for the light cutting chores I do it works just fine. I don’t think I’d like to do a lot of wood cutting that’s for sure.

 

[thefrenchconnection]

A douk douk has been my everyday work knife for 10 years as a carpenter-joiner. Slim enough to forget you carry it but big and solid enough to do some serious work!
I found a way to open it one handed which comes in handy sometimes, I attached a lanyard to the bail and by holding it in my teeth I can pinch the blade with one hand and voilà! one hand opening haha!

 

[RayseM]

^ One hand with a 32 assist

 

[jstrange]

A douk douk has been my everyday work knife for 10 years as a carpenter-joiner. Slim enough to forget you carry it but big and solid enough to do some serious work!
I found a way to open it one handed which comes in handy sometimes, I attached a lanyard to the bail and by holding it in my teeth I can pinch the blade with one hand and voilà! one hand opening haha!

I do the same thing with mine!

 

[brownshoe]

I do the same thing with mine!

Me too

 

[Âchillepattada]

I have a co-worker who grew up in southern France (I forget the town, but I think it was somewhere near Pau; he could see the Pyrenees clearly from his home town). I asked him how he would pronounce Laguiole, and, to an American ear, it came out as log-e-ole. Log as in from a tree, long e as in the word tree, and ole as in the word hole.

It seems that France can cause many other problems for English-speaking people :

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[Fodderwing]

Yann Nominé's Le Grimpeur

 

[RayseM]

Hey Dwight - has been a while - glad to see you posting and an especially nice one too

 

[Prester John]

Yann Nominé's Le GrimpeurView attachment 1320455

Not only a gorgeous knife, but that pic is outtasight!

 

[Fodderwing]

Hey Dwight - has been a while - glad to see you posting and an especially nice one too

Thanks Ray.

Not only a gorgeous knife, but that pic is outtasight

Gracias Vince.

 

[waynorth]

Nice knife, Dwight!! The climber, by Yann Nomine, I think??

 

[Jolipapa]

Nice knife, Dwight!! The climber, by Yann Nomine, I think??

Yes, he created the pattern.

(as picture does not show he has hairs over his head like everybody -or quite...- )

 

[Fodderwing]

Nice knife, Dwight!! The climber, by Yann Nomine, I think??

Thanks Charlie. Yann indeed. And thanks for the photo Alain Jolipapa .

 

[Jolipapa]

Thanks Charlie. Yann indeed. And thanks for the photo Alain Jolipapa .

Hmmm... 3/4 of a picture!

 

[waynorth]

I got to looking for this thread for a little reading and reviewing, and found it back on Page 8!!! I guess we have a lot of knife subjects to discuss!!
Our world-wide virtual knife-club meeting!!

 

[Prester John]

I posted my Laguiole in the totin' thread this morning, but here it is again:

Pile side.

 

[waynorth]

Looks to be on Legal sized paper!!