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The Nontron 10.5 cm with turning ferrule
The Nontron 10.5 cm with turning ferrule
This is one of the oldest regional French knives. Originally there was a ball at the end of the handle, but this was replaced in the 19th C by a fishtail, and then by a clog.
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This knife and its components are guaranteed for 2 years.
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We will provide you with a return label within 30 days if this product does not suit you.
This knife can be re-sharpened by us at any time during its service life.
This knife comes with a certificate of origin attesting to its provenance.
About this item
- Closed size : 10.5 cm
- Carbon steel blade
- Blade length : 8,5 cm
- Blade width : 1.5 cm
- The boxwood handle is decorated with patterns in pyrography
- The handle is in turned boxwood.
- The inverted V decoration surrounded by 3 points is somewhat controversial.
- Delivered with certificate of origin and guarantee
- This knife is still made in Nontron, by hand, with the same tools, the same hand movements as centuries ago.
- The ferrule in brass was adapted in the 19th C to replace the closing system which used a nail.
- Is it of Moorish inspiration or Masonic?
More about Nontron
The identity of the Nontron knife was built during the 19th Century. A document dated 1827 (Jomelières foundry) mentions boxwood knives and the crafting of miniature knives fitting in a hazelnut shell (up to 72). Cutlers collect their boxwood in the forests surrounding Nontron, the Charente and the Causse of Quercy.
This folding knife has very specific characteristics:
• a pyro-engraved arc shaped motif surrounded by three dots;
• a blade in the shape of a lance;
• a boxwood handle available in a variety of shapes: clog (asymmetrical), ball or carp's tail shaped, or with a double ferrule;
• a brass locking ferrule.
This is one of the oldest regional French knives.
Originally there was a ball at the end of the handle, but this was replaced in the 19th C by a fishtail, and then by a clog.
This knife is still made in Nontron, by hand, with the same tools, the same hand movements as centuries ago.
The ferrule in brass was adapted in the 19th C to replace the closing system which used a nail.
Is it of Moorish inspiration or Masonic?