D1520 Vintage 10” blade French TIGHET NOGENT Carbon Steel CHEFS KNIFE

 ITEM DESCRIPTION

Vintage tools -  knife D1520

Up for sale is a vintage CARBON STEEL CHEFS KNIFE by venerable French cutlers NOGENT.

Size - 245mm long blade x 47mm (tapering) wide x 372mm overall.

These knives were hand-forged with what's known as a Nogent style handle, a French design named for the city whose cutlery guilds pioneered using a rat tail tang below the blade to pierce the ebonised handle, anchored with a clinched tang at the bottom, with their signiture white metal ferrule at the bolster.

Weight -   180gm

CONDITION

This KNIFE is in authentic vintage condition, wear & tear consistent with age & use, freshly sharpened & sharp enough to use. The handle is slightly inclined to the left from a right handed person using it. An etch on the blade, a professional grade French chefs knife.

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