12 cm FORGE DE LAGUIOLE Serie LUXE Pocket Knife Corkscrew Spike Carbon Damascus Horn black 3-piece Article No. XC3212FINDCB
total length 22,0 cm
blade length 10,0 cm
blade material carbon damascus steel in 300 layers, stainless steel
handle length 12,0 cm
Handle material horn in black color
Mitres 2 x stainless steel satin finish, rustproof
Opening aid nail cut
Corkscrew 4-fold helix
Special feature bee and spring forged in one piece, hand chiseled and guilloched to the back of the blade, shepherd's cross
Weight 95 gram
Manufacturer FORGE DE LAGUIOLE, handmade in France
Delivery includes 1 x pocket knife in original manufacturer's packaging with certificate
Search words Laguiole knife, knife, pocket knife, folding knife, carbon damask pocket knife 3 pieces
Functions
1. blade big
2. corkscrew
3. spike
Black cow horn from the tip combined with matte steel.
FORGE DE LAGUIOLE in fact always takes from the tip of a horn the material for their handle scales. This is more robust and valuable than the rest of the hollow tube.
When FORGE offers a model of the LUXE series, or meanwhile COLLECTION, such a model is always made by one of the best knifemakers with a master title. This proves his craftsmanship in the details of workmanship. The bee as well as the engravings on the handle, which lead up to the back of the blade, are evidence of great craftsmanship.
The handle is inlaid with a shepherd's cross made of seven pins. Rumor has it that in the evening, after the work was done, the shepherds would gather in front of the knife stuck in the ground to pay homage to their god in the face of the cross. This is how the name of the "smallest chapel in the world" came about. Which was originally only the place where St. Martin's cloak was kept. The term "cappa" means coat in the Latin language.
Damascus steel is fused from different metal blocks to combine several capabilities. Hardness is for sharpness, soft steel for elasticity to yield and not break. The more layers are folded, the more expensive the result. This model is provided with non-stainless carbon damascene. Highest luck in knife heaven, so to speak.
The pattern is made visible only at the end by etching. So the making remains exciting until the end. The spindle, one turn shorter than the sommelier cutlery, is turned from special stainless steel.
The third function of the spindle came in the 19th century as a necessary working tool for shepherds and cattle breeders. To rid ruminants of painful flatulent bellies, a spike was inserted into the hide near the stomach to vent the tieiric belly.
Natural materials vary in appearance. Color and grain, as well as the bee and the feather are different.
© Erda Spitz from Findig
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