Vintage Laguiole Folding Knife with 440 Steel Blade and Woodgrain Grips.
In good vintage condition (please see images). Stamped "Laguiole" and "440". Displays the famous 'bee' or 'fly' on the backspring.
The laguiole knife is a traditional Occitan pocketknife, originally produced in the "knife city" of Thiers, source of 70% of France's cutting tool production, as well as the small village of Laguiole, both located in the Massif central region of France. Classic laguoile knives feature a slim, sinuous outline. They are about 12 cm long when closed, with a narrow, tapered blade of a semi-yataghan form, steel backspring (slipjoint) and a high quality of construction. The traditional laguiole utilizes a single blade, but sometimes a corkscrew or other implement is added. This necessitates an even slimmer cutaway handle, the shape of which is fancifully known as the "lady's leg", the bolster at the base resembling a foot.
Length (fully open) : 22cm
Length : (blade) : 10cm
Length (closed) : 12cm
