Testimonials
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09/01/2023
Good morning Jann,I’m just letting you know that my order has arrived and that I am DELIGHTED with the spoons.
Thank you for a great job!
Regards,
Mike L. (UK)
08/26/2023
Hello, I just wanted to let you know the knife got here and is beautiful!Also thank you for the generous gift of the sheath and honing rod, I really appreciate it!
Grant D. (USA)
08/19/2023
Bonjour Yann,No apologies necessary. I arrived home today from a business trip to open the mail and my wonderful, beautiful knife was here!!! I love it. Truly a piece of craftsmanship, art, and tonight it will be slicing my snacks over a glass of Bordeaux! Thank you. I love it, as much as my others from you. And, will be ordering another soon.
Have a nice weekend and again well done!
David P. (USA)
08/04/2023
Hello Yann,my knife arrived in the mail yesterday. It is very well done and exactly how I imagined it, thank you very much.
Greetings
Marcus (Germany)
08/04/2023
Bonjour Yann,My Capuchadou arrived safely today and I wanted to let you know how delighted I am with it. It is an absolutely exquisite piece of craftsmanship and please pass my thanks and compliments on to Aymeric, who I understand was responsible for making it. Fantastic work, and I look forward to many, many years of use with my new knife. I already know that I will want to add another knife, perhaps a Laguoile XS, and I will be in touch once I have selected the right scales; although I know that L’ete will mean the manufactory will be closed for the rest of August so this in will take a little longer. Once again my thanks to you and you team for creating a practical tool that is also a work of art.
Warm regards
Barry M. (England)
07/26/2023
Good morning Yann,We arrived home on Monday and finally I could touch and feel the new knives. They are of superb quality and extremely well made, besides of being very beautiful. Please let Pierre know, that he made a fantastic job. I might be tempted to present Caroline’s gift earlier to our wedding anniversary before we fly back to Avalon. Then you will get the pictures already in September. In the meantime all the best to you and your gifted craftsmen/women.
Kind regards
Hermann W. (Switzerland)
07/21/2023
Dear Yann,Many thanks for your fast reaction. Very kind of you. My parcel was delivered today. I’ll give it to recipient tonight.
It was a pleasure to deal and communicate with you.
All the best,
Marina Kudriashova (Italia)
07/19/2023
A big thank you to Sylvain for making a very beautiful knife.F.C. van Lit (The Netherlands)
07/10/2023
Hi Cecile/AlexisMy order [...] arrived today.
We say in England 'A thing of beauty is a joy forever'.
Many many thanks,
John P. (England)
07/08/2023
Yann I have received my new knife.It is a beautifully made knife, I am very pleased with it. Thank you for everything. I hope you continue to be successful, and keep the traditions of French knife making alive :)
Kind regards
Tim S. (England)
07/05/2023
Hello Yann,The knive ist arrived and i am glad to say it ist Just perfekt. Blade ist perfect centered, Action ist great and Wood is beauifull...
Thank you so much.
Gruß Andreas W. (Germany)
07/04/2023
Hello Yann Hello Cecile,I received my new knife from you today after a 4-week wait and I am extremely surprised and pleased with the great work you are doing for the seventh time. Yes it takes a little longer and it costs a little more but it's 200 percent worth it. For the third time, thanks to Maxime for his fantastic work. Hardly any knife (and I own many) runs so smoothly and precisely and is processed so cleanly, just great. Today it's a 5Coqs, before that I was completely convinced by the Laguiole Nature and Gentleman, by L'Anto Corsican and all three greats of the Thiers. I'm already planning the next order.
A customer from Germany
07/03/2023
Hi FP team,I received my knife today and must say thank you, as it is truly a beautiful piece of art that was clearly given a great deal of care during production. The engraving, woodwork and precision of the entire piece is impeccable and just such an enjoyable product knowing it was handmade from start to finish by a profession I hope endures forever.
Thank you again and take care.
Curt H. (England)
06/25/2023
Lieber Yann mit Cecile, auch Pierre, Alexis und alle Mitarbeiter!Nun da unser beider "Laguiole" gut und problemlos hier in Bayern angekommen sind wollen wir, Vater und Sohn, Ihnen unsere Anerkennung zollen. Wir konnten nicht nur Gebrauchsgegenstände entgegennehmen...es waren "Kunstwerke"! Wir waren vorweg bereits hoher Erwartungen, diese wurden noch weit mehr als erfüllt. Sie haben und bilden gemeinsam ein kundenorientiertes, vertrauenswürdiges Unternehmen. Besonders erkennt man auch ihr Traditionsbewusstsein, gepaart mit Zukunftsorientierung. Großer Respekt vor Ihrer aller Leistung! Auch in unserem Haus wird mit seltenen, fremden Hölzern, Mammut etc. präzise, detailgenau gearbeitet...wie Sie.
Viele Grüße und vielen Dank
Otto u. Johannes R. (Germany)
06/15/2023
Just received my new knife.It's beautiful. Thank you very much.
Kind regards,
René F. (the Netherlands)
06/15/2023
Bonjour Yann,Thanks again and I love the work Maxime and Jason did on the knives shown here.
Both are beautiful, the parts are perfect, great sharpness, and the blade patterns also look great.
Best regards,
Paul G. (USA)
06/08/2023
Hello, knife arrived today in good condition.What a fine work. Absolutely beautiful and very sharp knife.
Thank you
Best Regards
Jan K. (Slovakia)
06/07/2023
Dear Yann, [...]My corkscrew is here...I am satisfied! It is very beautiful.
Many thanks Regards,
Gabina B. (Czechoslovakia)
05/23/2023
« Chere Yann, Andrew ici. Merci beaucoup pour le ou la coupe choses. Je volonte utilise avec amour. Avec merci, Andrew En l’anglaise: »Dear Yann,
Andrew here. Thank you very much for the knives. I will use them with love.
With thanks,
Ps - Je apprendre petit mots de en français. Pardon mon français. :)
Andrew J. (Australia)
05/04/2023
Thank you so much Yann and everyone for the absolutely stunning knife. I handed my friend the knife in the box and told him it was a new knife I bought for myself. He complimented it on how sturdy it was and that it was obviously of very good quality because the lock was so solid. He then continued to look it over and found the beautiful engraving of his name on it and was speechless. He gave me a big hug and said it was one of the best presents he had ever received and knew it would last him his whole life and beyond. He immediately removed his pocket knife and put his new Laguiole in his pocket and said he would keep it in the leather case to keep it safe.Needless to say he loves it.
Thank you again.
Matthew B. (USA)
04/24/2023
Yann, G’ day.Knives well received.
Thank you very much for your help, you kind gift and congratulation on you craftsmanship.
Regards,
Stefanos (Greece)
04/24/2023
Hi Yann,I just checked and found your replies were in another folder. Thanks for your reply again. I just received the knife with the box. Before receiving it, I don't have an idea about what does ART mean when this word applies to a knife, your Laguiole knife well explain it. I really like it and will share on the world great knife forum. I look forward to placing order to LE THIERS next time!
Have a safe & joyful day
Hao (China)
03/16/2023
Thank you for the quick reply, the package arrived today and, as always, we are very satisfied.Yasmina G. (Germany)
03/14/2023
Dear YannA very late thank you - the knives arrived safely. We were in the UK of all places on holiday but our house sitter sorted the delivery! The knives are wonderful and have been put to work! I’m seriously considering being another 2 knives - if I may say your build quality and design are excellent.
Regards
Julian W. (Austria)
03/13/2023
Dear Yann,I received today my new knife “Pradel”. This is as always from Fontenille-Pataud a masterpiece of fine craftmanship. Many thanks to Maxime for making me such a perfect folding knife!
I wonder when anyone of my friends as they did before,will ask me to give it to them, because for sure they are eager to have one as well. I will recommend them your online shop and not as before give my knives away, because I am proud, to have few more of your wonderful knifes.
Thank you and kindest regards,
Jochen C. (Germany)
03/06/2023
Hi Yann,Today I received my Knife.
Perfect craftsmanship.
Thank You and until next time.
Jan de G. (the Netherlands)
03/06/2023
I received the knife today.Very beautiful.
Brad M. (USA)
02/27/2023
Thank your for your quick response and for clarification.And again, many thanks for this beautiful knife!
Best regards,
Francis G. (Germany)
02/24/2023
Hi Yann.I received my nature knife with ram horn scales today. I love it. It's so beautiful. Please thank the cutler for me, as it is a masterpiece. I can do reviews if you send me links to do so.
Thank you,
Debbie P. (USA)
02/24/2023
I have no words for Fontenille Pataud but I'll give it a try.In a world where a $4.00 (or free!) corkscrew can open a bottle of wine, why would anyone buy one costing hundreds of dollars? Simply put, because the respect you're already giving (or should be giving) the world's best winemakers and wine glass makers is perfectly complimented by the world's best corkscrew maker. Holding one of their objet d'art in your hand, you can FEEL the energy. You touch it and you're transported to their workshop in France. I don't even want to refer to FP as a company, it's a family that welcomed me from the beginning. From placing my order, to keeping my updated, to responding once I had it, you could not be in better hands. I will enjoy this piece until my dying day and pass this on to the next in my lineage who appreciates hand-made, history-backed, artisanal craftsmanship.
Thank you for your warm invitation, you bet I’ll visit one day!
Julio M. (USA)
02/21/2023
Hi Yann,The knife arrived today. It’s in perfect condition and an absolute beauty. My wife does love it from the moment she saw it. Thanks to Alexis for building the knife with all his skilled craftsmanship and to Cecile for inspection and packaging. We do now have his and hers and black and white as my Nature (bought in 2010) is in Ebony.
Merci beaucoup
Claus R. (Germany)
02/17/2023
Yann!Thank you so much for my corkscrew.
I received it weeks ago but have been waiting for the right time to really appreciate it, take some photos and compose my gratitude toward you and everyone at the Workshop.
Having my initials engraved is amazing. It’s actually subtle, almost you wouldn’t know they are there unless you looked and I love it that way.
I just tagged the company on my Instagram — you have a customer for life!
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Julio M. (USA)
02/13/2023
Hello Clara,
the knife arrived today. I'm very excited!!!
It's great that there are still companies and people who master this craftsmanship.
This is art... Vielen Dank!
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Alexander S. (Germany)
02/04/2023
Hello Yann,It is an awesome corkscrew.
The olive wood is lovely. I really like the signed note by your colleague who made the corkscrew.
I am using it as a book layer dor the novel I am reading.
Thank you and until the next purchase.
All the best,
Marco D. (the Netherlands)
01/30/2023
Bonjour,Today I have received the knife, I have bought,and I am very very satisfied,it is so beautiful and I am happy.
I have one question. Is is possible to buy a knife without traditional Shepherds cross inlay?
My loving regards to the whole team.
Claus A. (Denmark)
01/29/2023
Thought you'd like to know: I had some friends staying over. This morning at breakfast I put my ebony L'Anto on the cheese board. My friend's wife who doesn't care for pocket knives saw it and went: "Oh honey look at this, isn't it beautiful? The color, the rivets..." She made her husband take a picture for reference so that she can order one.Klaus B. (Germany)
01/21/2023
Salut Yann,I just received my Laguiole.
Thank you so much for this stunning and beautiful piece of perfection and craftsmanship!
I am absolutely happy, having ordered one of YOUR Laguioles!!!
Good job! Love it!
Beste regards!
Heiko S. (Germany)
01/19/2023
Dear Yann!Thank you again for correcting the knife!!
Both knives are beautiful and in daily use.
We are very happy with these works of art!!
Greetings from Austria!!!
Peter W. (Austria)
01/18/2023
Dear Yann,I hope you, your family and your team are doing good and first of all I wanna wish you all the very best for 2023! Already three months back that I have received my next Fontenille Pataud from you, but still all the while I had the need to at least mail you in short.
I just wanna say a big Thank You & Merci Beaucoup!
As always you have fulfilled all my wishes on this one. Again it wasn‘t easy and especially with the new handle scale raw material (gold sheet). But again you left me speachless when I saw the knife for the first time. It is an exceptional work of craftsmanship. And as I said previously, I feel very much home with Fontenille Pataud as you know so well to fulfill my ideals on knifes. I got your mail saying about prices of 2022 untill today.
So I will see to place a next order by today. Only make up my mind still.
For now all the best!
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Frank-Henry P. (Germany)
01/12/2023
Bonjour Yann,Thank you for your response. I received my knife in good order yesterday.
Please thank Sylvain for making me such a beautiful knife.
Kind regards,
Henk J. (The Netherlands)
01/08/2023
Dear Yann,Thank you very much for your great support and the quick processing.
We have already opened our first bottle of wine with it.
I wish you, your family, friends and colleagues a happy and successful new year 2023.
Thank you,
Sven M. (Germany)
01/06/2023
Hello Yann,The other Magnum I ordered arrived today.
I have never seen one in real life. I have to admit, I am very pleased and surprised. It is a huge cork screwer and so beautiful. Absolutely love it.
Many thanks to you and all your colleagues for this amazing craftsmanship!
Best,
Marco M. (the Netherlands)
12/31/2022
Yes, my dear wife did it again...lol.She always says its not hard to find a gift for me... lol... as long as it is a knife and preferebly made in Thiers. Since Christmas I am the proud owner of another great Fontenille Pataud regional knife... my first wood handle knife!! It is made just like all my other Fontenille Pataud knives, skillful and beautiful too... sharp as a razor and pretty as it can be.
I love my new French made knife! Thank you Yann and all the hard workers at Fontenille Pataud...
I cant wait till Christmas 2023!!! Lol
James P. (USA)
12/26/2022
Hallo Yann,welch ein gelungenes Geschenk und welche Freude es bereitet hat! Mein Mann hatte es den ganzen Abend in Händen und war über diese Präzision so begeistert. Er hat im Internet noch einiges über Ihre Werkstatt/ stätten gelesen und Kommentare von anderen Käufern. Wunderbar!! Vielen Dank nochmals! Einen guten Jahreswechsel und ein frohes, gesundes und gesegnetes Jahr 2023 wünschen wir Ihnen und Ihren Mitarbeitern.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Willi und Monika W.
12/25/2022
Dear Yann,I received yesterday both knifes. They both exceeded my expectations. Beautiful hand work. I apreciate the efford of sending them before christmas. Both my father and I are very happy.
Thank you very much Yann, i will surely order more knifes from you in the near future.
Merry Christmas tu you and your family and loved ones as well.
Kind regards from Lima,
Alfred B. (Peru)
12/23/2022
Hello Yann,Thank you very much. Really one of the most beautiful knives I have ever seen.
Best wishes and Merry Christmas,
Alex W. (Germany)
12/21/2022
Hi Yann,The knife arrived today. I just wanted to let you know that it is beautiful and I am very happy with the quality, especially the filing and engraving on the spine. The blade locks in very securely and is very smooth. I cannot fault it. I am satisfied enough that I will be ordering another 3 or 4 knives in the new year.
Thank you,
Jack (USA)
12/18/2022
Hello Yann,The knife arrived yesterday.
Great, just like I imagined!
Happy Holidays!
Stefan A. (Switzerland)
12/07/2022
The knives have arrived and are beautiful - thank you!CM (USA)
12/07/2022
Hello Yann,I just received my knife. Thank you so much for a wonderful knife.
I appreciate your craftsman ship and service.
Regards,
Robert F. (USA)
12/01/2022
Received it today, many thanks.Excellent quality and workmanship.
Regards,
Mike H. (UK)
11/29/2022
I received my Le Chamois knife today. It is very beautiful. I love the beautiful guiochhe on the spine and the ram's horn scales are very nice. I also enjoyed receiving a card signed by the cutler, an artist really, which is great. I have been collecting Fontenille Pataud knives for years now and wouldn't part with any of them. Thank you,Debbie P. (USA)
11/28/2022
Hi Yann. I just got them back. They’re perfect now, thank you very much!Have a joyful holiday.
All the best,
Ivor F. (USA)
11/28/2022
Dear Yann,I have received the ordered folding knife from you.
It is the beautiest present I could make myself for this Chistmas.
Many thanks for doing such beautiful things.
Best regards,
Julian D. (Romania)
11/26/2022
When you buy a new knife from most knife makers, opening the package can be anticlimactic.Not so with Fontenille Pataud! Each time I open that brown paper and pull the knife out of the leather slip, I cannot believe what I find inside: craftsmanship so exquisite, it's almost surreal! Nobody does better fileworked backsprings than Fontenille Pataud. And the handle covers? Exceptional colors and patterns every time! The Dark Ram's Horn on my Le Thiers pocket looks better in person than in the pictures. Flawless fit and finish; a blade so thinly ground there's almost no visible bevel; silky smooth walk and talk; and a lockback design that surpasses anything you'll find on the market.
You will never be disappointed with a knife from this team!
Special thanks to Maxime for a job well done!
David
10/26/2022
Hello, I received the knife yesterday (pretty quick with La Poste isn't it) and it is perfect. Thank you and the people at Fontenille Pataud very much for making such great knives; merci a vous!Best Regards,
Jacob V. (the Netherlands)
10/14/2022
I have to thank Yann and Alexis for the beautiful Aurillac knife in cattle horn I received yesterday. As I have come to learn, Fontenille Pataud make knives like no other cutlers in the world. My Aurillac regional knife was outstanding: fit and finish exceeded that of any knife I own from other makers. The caramel, chocolate and sweet cream-colored horn handles are exquisite! I look forward to touring the workshop one day to see where the magic happens.Another functional and beautiful heirloom for my children one day.
David M. (New Mexico, USA)
10/07/2022
Hi.[...]
First, thank you for the fantastic corkscrew and also the pier chase and service experience. It was a wedding gift for a niece & partner. They received it today and were stunned by this work of art. They did have one question regarding the inlaid feather itself… can you share the name of the bird species it came from?
Best regards,
Paul M. (USA)
09/30/2022
I really want to thank Yann and the team for their outstanding customer service, and incomparable talent and skill. My 12cm Laguiole Nature in Hybrid Juniper arrived yesterday. It took just six days to to travel all the way from Thiers, France to New Mexico, USA! The knife is absolutely breathtaking in its workmanship and beauty. I have probably owned more than 100 pocket knives over the years. None of them come close to this knife. It is simply magnificent! Fontenille Pataud are the best cutlers in the world.I will be a lifelong customer.
David M. (New Mexico, USA).
09/27/2022
Hi,Thank you very much,
I got the knife. It's beautiful.
Thank you,
Szallo L.
09/23/2022
Hi Yann, Alexis and Cécile,The knife came in yesterday and what should I say? It is beautiful and absolute perfect build like the other one I got before.
Thank you very much! It was worth waiting for it.
I´m sure this will not be my last knife from you.
Best regards from germany.
Hans J. B.
09/20/2022
Dear Sirs,Great to share with you that my customer Richard in Montreal gave me a Laguiole Magnum Feather as a gift when I paid a visit to his company two weeks ago.
This is the best corkscrew I've ever seen, an artcraft to be passed down for centuries.
Michael Y. (China)
09/05/2022
Many thanks for the fantastic knife.Everything is very well finished, polished and packaged.
A masterpiece the "Laguiole Nature 2013 Buffalo horn". The shipping was very fast.
A customer from Germany
08/26/2022
Bonjour,I received my knife yesterday and I want to say thank you for the absolut perfect one.
This is a wonderful handcrafted knife.
Great job.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Jenny K. (Germany)
08/23/2022
The parcel just arrived.Looks wonderful!
Thank you.
Dirk M. (Germany)
08/16/2022
Hello Yann,The package will be delivered today. I‘m really happy about this - so I can take it with me on our vacation in France next week.
Thank you very much!
Best regards,
Mit freundlichen
Grüßen
Tilman D.
08/11/2022
Hello Yann,The knives have arrived, I wanted to thank you again that everything went so well. Both knives look very good, two little works of art. I'm already annoyed that I didn't dare to take both knives in blue poplar wood, it really looks fantastic. :-)
Many thanks also to Sylvain for the good realisation of the guillochage...
and the great little decorated mouche.
Great craftsmanship, I will certainly buy another knife from you.
Best regards to the whole team from Germany.
Tobi L. (Germany)
07/30/2022
Dear Cécile and Yann, thanks again!Christoph, a good friend and grill fan, was very happy about his birthday present.
Best wishes from Austria
Bernhard (Austria)
07/22/2022
Hello Yann, The knives have arrived, I wanted to thank you again that everything went so well. Both knives look very good, two little works of art. I'm already annoyed that I didn't dare to take both knives in blue poplar wood, it really looks fantastic. :-) Many thanks also to Sylvain for the good realisation of the guillochage...and the great little decorated mouche. Great craftsmanship, I will certainly buy another knife from you. Best regards to the whole team from Germany Tobi L. (Germany)07/22/2022
Hi Yann!Allow me to thank you for your incredible service! The knives arrived today!
Many many thanks and kind regards,
Heike (Germany)
07/15/2022
I just received the knife Le Thiers Advance in good order [...].It is a beautiful knife: Damascus blade (Vinland?), Timascus/Mokuti (Damascus from 2 titanium alloys) bolster and a Mokume gane (Damescus of 3 copper alloys) handle with delicate engraving o the spring. Both Mokuti and Mokume are hard to make and quite expense to do so. The result is beautiful.
I am really pleased that I took the Mokume as the handle and not the bolster. The yellowness of the handle probably of the brass alloy. Timascus is really prone to thingerprints but Mokume is far less. It is one of the gems in my collections.