Traditional French Fry day

Skyline Drive said:
My Latreillle's.


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Really impressive and tasteful curation. Particularly admire the bottom one, Navette?
 
Will Power said:
That's a very fine knife, any more info on it please, size, maker?

Thanks, Will
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Hi Will, thanks!

It's the Galeam from Theirs-Issard. Stephane from Knives of France had the friction folder last year and i picked one up. Recently he got these slip joints in made with the same blades and I had to have one!

The blades are old stock discovered from a defunct manufacturer called Sauvagnat-Grimaud. The handles were produced new for the blades. According to the site, the handle is 11.5cm and the blade is 9.5 cm. It is a sizable knife but surprisingly disappears when you drop it in a pocket.

The horn is beautiful and there is some nice filework on the back spring. The spring is flush at half and open but protrudes a bit when closed. It seems like this is because of the design of the old stock blades. It doesn't bother me and seems to be settling a bit as it's used.

The knife cut up all kinda of veggies, cheese and meats today and it's a dream to handle.
 
mitch13 mitch13 I have one of those Garonnais-it's a pattern originating in the SW France, the Garonne river in Bordeaux. The scales are Ebony and it's a sturdy knife, all steel construction and mine is tough to close (as it should be) Good work knife for outdoors I'd say!

Thanks, Will
 
Will Power said:
mitch13 mitch13 I have one of those Garonnais-it's a pattern originating in the SW France, the Garonne river in Bordeaux. The scales are Ebony and it's a sturdy knife, all steel construction and mine is tough to close (as it should be) Good work knife for outdoors I'd say!

Thanks, Will
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Thanks for the info it's appreciated.
Not often I find a good gem here, I was happy 🙂
 
Will Power said:
mitch13 mitch13 I have one of those Garonnais-it's a pattern originating in the SW France, the Garonne river in Bordeaux. The scales are Ebony and it's a sturdy knife, all steel construction and mine is tough to close (as it should be) Good work knife for outdoors I'd say!

Thanks, Will
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A sign of a well regulated folding knife!!
 
joeradza joeradza and waynorth waynorth Yes it's a very good feature as French knives are usually smooth to open as well. All those people who start moaning about not being able to let (most) French knives snap shut cos no kick, ought to bear in mind that because they're difficult to close you would not want fingers getting in the way :eek: Hence 'guided return only' quality and safety:)
 
The aluminum opens nice and smooth with a resounding ‘click.’ It takes two hands to break it down and close it. Will, ‘guided return only’ describes it perfectly.
 
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