French Chatellerault 'pocket' knife

laEspadaAncha · 24th February 2012, 12:56 AM

Just a stunning knife, Tim... Absolutely beautiful.

Not only does it appeal to me as an early European folder, but the workmanship is very fine, and the size!

Fires for me on all cylinders.

ETA: The knife looked vaguely familiar, and sure sure enough I found a near-exact match in an old auction catalog from 2005. The only differences are a) your example has three sets of parallel lines engraved on the bolster while the example in my auction catalog has two, and b) your example is in better condition.

Other than that, the length, design, grip scale (only the reverse is shown in my catalog), and tortoiseshell inserts are a dead ringer.

Multumesc · 24th February 2012, 12:37 PM

It is very interesting knife. It's very nice.

24th February 2012, 12:56 AM	#1
laEspadaAncha Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 608	Just a stunning knife, Tim... Absolutely beautiful. Not only does it appeal to me as an early European folder, but the workmanship is very fine, and the size! Fires for me on all cylinders. ETA: The knife looked vaguely familiar, and sure sure enough I found a near-exact match in an old auction catalog from 2005. The only differences are a) your example has three sets of parallel lines engraved on the bolster while the example in my auction catalog has two, and b) your example is in better condition. Other than that, the length, design, grip scale (only the reverse is shown in my catalog), and tortoiseshell inserts are a dead ringer. Last edited by laEspadaAncha; 24th February 2012 at 02:54 AM.

24th February 2012, 12:37 PM	#2
Multumesc Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Romania Posts: 208	It is very interesting knife. It's very nice.