Traditional French Fry day

I have a similar "deux pièces", also with "stinger". This one was made by Robert Cécon and the scales are made of wood from a service tree.

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I am going to have to buy another Douk² (I gifted it to an admirer on Bastille Day this year), but in the meantime this amazing Donjon is so incredibly sharp, tough, and easy to handle that it is taking over for a while (again, thanks to Âchillepattada Âchillepattada !).

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And after bagel, cream cheese, and lox this morning . . .

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Will Power said:
And I can even smell it from here :D Beautiful example, with fragrance 😻
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I see a lot of these knives with juniper scales, and I wonder how durable the scent is. For example, here in California there are a lot of incense cedar (for generations the preferred wood for pencils, at least in the US, but recently largely supplanted by other species), which are quite fragrant when freshly cut, but it isn't long before the volatiles are gone and you can't smell much any more. How long is the juniper scent from these handles still noticeable?
 
Based on my own limited experience, the fragrance on an inexpensive G.David Laguiole in Juniper has remained noticeable in three year's of use. Sometimes the handle gets wet, then I might apply some furniture polish to it. It remains distinctly 'peppery'

Last winter was long and cold here down to -37c followed by a windy drought like spring which killed a lot of cypress and other types of trees. A fairly large Juniper perished in my garden in the countryside, not having a chain-saw or felling skills I'm waiting for somebody to cut it down and up for me. Going to keep some and see if handles are viable, if not then fragrant fire-wood ....:cool: I have heard that some very wealthy types have had their sauna clad in Juniper for the fragrance, so I suppose it can endure hot&steam? Costly though.
 
Will Power said:
Based on my own limited experience, the fragrance on an inexpensive G.David Laguiole in Juniper has remained noticeable in three year's of use. Sometimes the handle gets wet, then I might apply some furniture polish to it. It remains distinctly 'peppery'

Last winter was long and cold here down to -37c followed by a windy drought like spring which killed a lot of cypress and other types of trees. A fairly large Juniper perished in my garden in the countryside, not having a chain-saw or felling skills I'm waiting for somebody to cut it down and up for me. Going to keep some and see if handles are viable, if not then fragrant fire-wood ....:cool: I have heard that some very wealthy types have had their sauna clad in Juniper for the fragrance, so I suppose it can endure hot&steam? Costly though.
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That is rather cold! -40° is where Fahrenheit and Celsius cross paths.
 
lambertiana said:
I see a lot of these knives with juniper scales, and I wonder how durable the scent is. For example, here in California there are a lot of incense cedar (for generations the preferred wood for pencils, at least in the US, but recently largely supplanted by other species), which are quite fragrant when freshly cut, but it isn't long before the volatiles are gone and you can't smell much any more. How long is the juniper scent from these handles still noticeable?
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Juniper's scent can linger for a long time. Pete said he had a knife that still retained its scent after twenty years.

Stich2442 said:
I picked up this Juniper Laguiole En Aubrac in France 20 years ago this summer, it is still fragrant

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This one is only a couple of years old, but it still smells good.

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