Have you ever bought a laguiole knife? Do you even know what a LAGUIOLE Folding knife? This is a high quality traditional pocket knife. The origin of its name is found in the region it was first produced. The name laguiole is generic and does mean the name of one particular knife manufacturer. Thiers is one of the largest manufacturer of this type of Knife.
The Pocket knife Laguiole was first designed in the middle of 19th century by a Man named Jean-Pierre Calmels and the concept he had of the knife became the pattern of the all the work he would do hereafter. The Knife features a slim, lithe outline which is usually 10cm long, the blade is tapered and contains a steel slipjoint.The knife are usually made of very high quality. The first type of handles were made of cattle horn, today this has changed they are now made it using different type of exotic wood choosen from around the world.
The material used in making the blade can be high carbon steel or staainless steel. A Laguiole Knife uses a single blade. There are some laguiole that uses cockscrew and other implement. The production takes about 109 steps just to produce one single knife piece. Laguiole Knives are pocket Knife So they are basically used for those function we use pocket knives for. An example of Laguiole knives is :
Baladéo Laguiole Folding Pocket Knife
This one is the Best laguiole Knife in the market. The knife is 11-centimetre long and it is hand-crated, it has a beautiful black true horn handle and exceptionally durable and sharp. The blade is made of stainless steel for a lifetime use. The handle is forged with two bolstes made of stainless steel. It has a ornament which was incrustated with a Cross. The 440 steel (also known as surgery steel) has a high percentage of carbon, which make it have a very high cutting edge. The blade is awesome. It feautures a 3-spiral corkscrew and true horn, two forged steel bolster. It weighs about ninety grams.
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