Le Thiers® Pocket Oak "from the valley"

Le Thiers® Pocket Oak "from the valley" - T8CHV

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Le Thiers® Pocket is a pure and smart knife, as well as the Thiers® Nature, it is one of the few Le Thiers® models with easy opening and locking blade system, so it is suitable for use in perfect safety.

Customize your knife

Customize your knife

Our specialty: Personalize your knife (first name, initials, date...) with a beautiful engraving of the spring produced by a professional engraver. The engraving is performed before the file work (guillochage) and the heat treatment.

Lock-back sytem

Lock-back sytem

Its solid blade is safely locked while using, thanks to its precision mechanism, in addition this mechanism provides smoothness while using.

Good handle/blade balance

Good handle/blade balance

To obtain a good handle/blade balance, a groove is milled in the back of the spring allowing the blade to fold in.

Hand chiseled spring

Hand chiseled spring

The spring is hand-chased with a file : This denotes artisan quality, unlike inexpensive mass market products that have welded springs and are machine decorated.

14C28N Stainless steel blade

14C28N Stainless steel blade

The beauty of your blade is guarenteed for lifetime. We also offer a 60Hrc hardenned special RWL34 swedish powder stainless steel for those who love knives with a longer sharp edge.

Display box

Display box

Each knife is delivered in an elegant presentation box, designed to highlight its beauty and provide optimal protection. Give or receive our exceptional knives in a refined case that enhances every detail.

A paradox gave birth to this knife: Thiers, the Capital of French Cutlery, has a six-century knife experience gained in knife manufacturing. The city manufactured various type of regional knives and products for exports. Among them, le Normand, L'Aurillac, le Laguiole, l'Issoire... still being manaufactured there in Thiers area, their name referring to regions. 

Strangely enough, the craftsmen of the Thiers area had never claimed a common identity through an emblematic knife. Out of that common remark, came the idea of creating Le Thiers®, an emblematic knife, fruit of a collective brainstorming.

Le Thiers ® knife is a deposited model at the French National Institute of Industrial Property by the "Couteau de Thiers" brotherhood. This one round up knives lovers, professional and amateur, who want high quality in knives production like say the guild. Each manufacturer must validate is creation and maintain an very high quality level. 

This knife is the symbol of several centuries of know-how in the city of Thiers.

In the Fontenille Pataud workshop, our craftsmen traditionally handmade outstanding knives for several generations, as usual in the city of Thiers. Each one of our knifemakers hopes to create especially for you a sustainable product that will become your every day to carry.

We are proud to say that our knives are handed down and offered from generation to generation, such as Le Thiers® with lock-back system, which allows a safe use. Much more than knives, our Le Thiers made in France are true life partners.

Technical details

This knife features precision mechanism with a secure back-lock.

Le Thiers® Pocket by Fontenille Pataud bears the name of the city of Thiers, the French capital of cutlery. Coming from the reflection of an whole profession, it is subject to the respect of a charter (juranda) which implies the respect of a strict specifications. Le Thiers® Pocket is a pure and smart knife, as well as the Thiers® Nature, it is one of the few Le Thiers® models with easy opening and locking blade system, so it is suitable for use in perfect safety. This knife will look discreet in your pocket and elegant all the way to the restaurant! To obtain a good handle/blade balance, a groove is milled in the back of the spring allowing the blade to fold in. The flexibility of the Thiers® Pocket's precision mechanism by Fontenille Pataud makes it easy to open and to close the knife. The cutting edge of the Thiers® Pocket is protected by a solid fixed blade stop. 

Handle: Oak handle from the bicentennial frame of the CPACC - La Croix de Fer. If this former paper factory has passed through many hands (Bizet Pradel cutlery, Wichard forge), it now stands out as a center for contemporary artistic and cultural practices in close connection with the Contemporary Art Center of the Creux de l'enfer in the valley of the Thiers factories.

Blade: Stainless swedish 14C28N steel, 2 mm thick. Hardness: 58-59 Hrc. We also offer a 60Hrc hardenned special RWL34 swedish powder stainless steel for those who love knives with a longer sharp edge. In order to provide a comfortable balance and a nicer knife, the blade tip folds into a groove which is milled into the spring.

Size and weight: 10 cm folded, 17.5 cm open, approx. 80 grams.

Technical tips: The spring with its lock-back system is made from 2 mm thick stainless steel 100C6. A solid hardenned bladestop is provided: that helps maintain the edge of the blade.  The bee is solid and forged into the spring. The spring and bee are then hand-chased with a file:  this denotes artisan quality, unlike inexpensive mass market products that have welded springs and are machine decorated.  These details create a unique Le Thiers knife, making each knife one of a kind.

Included: Numbered Guarantee certificate, leather pouch. The pouch is an artisan product too, handmade in France.

Customers testimonials

My Laguiole arrived today and it is a real work of art, which I will treasure and eventually pass down to my son (not too soon I hope) One day I hope I will be in a position to buy a Damascus version.

Phil K. (UK)

Hello,Merci, Knife arrived yesterday, excellent finish to knife, very pleased with lettering.

Tjalling V. (Netherlands)

The Chamois that I ordered for my son came last week and it is beautiful. He is thrilled with it and I know will treasure it for the rest of his life.

Alex D. (USA)

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Lifetime Guarentee

The quality of our manufacturing enables us to give you a lifetime manufacturer's guarantee.

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We shipped our knives worldwide since 1999.

100% Handmade in France

Fontenille Pataud was founded in 1929 and quickly became recognized as a manufacturer of high-end knives.