Our materials
We carefully select our materials for the manufacture of handles (Laguiole Knives, Le Thiers Knives, Corsican Knives...)
AMOURETTE
Amourette-Snakewood from French Guyana.BLUE FOSSILIZED MAMMOTH IVORY
Selection of the nicest blue color fossilized mammoth ivory scales (Origin : Siberia).BLACK BUFFALO HORN
1st choice solid buffalo black horn tip.BOCOTE
Mexican RosewwodBONE
Real cow bone.
BOXWOOD
1st choice Boxwood.BROWN FOSSILIZED MAMMOTH IVORY
Real mammoth fossilized ivory. Unique and stunning looking. Color range is from creamy white to darker brown.BRUYAR
1st quality briar root.BUFFALO BARK
Buffalo horn tip , taken from the bark part of the horn.CARBON FIBER
Carbon fiber coming from aeronautic industry. Excellent mechanical property : 15% better than commercial carbon fibers. That green material is made of 100% recycled fiber & resin. Furthermore, that process does not produce any waste.
CORAL
South Pacific Coral Root or "Gorgonian": The Gorgonian is a root coral, increasingly used because it has beautiful marbling that is very visually pleasing.
Each piece is unique and may present some differences.
CURLY BIRCH
1st choice patterned curly birch.EBONY
1st choice Ebony wood.


GENUINE TORTOISE SHELL
Genuine tortoise shell. This is a very rare and ancient material. Despite it is pre-banned and legal in France, stock is limited.
HORN TIP
1st choice real cow horn tip; we do not use the cheap hollow pressed horn.HYBRID
Hybrid handle made of wood and epoxy resin. Original creation by Fontenille Pataud: modernity guaranteed!
IRONWOOD
Ironwood, origin USA. Extremely hard wood, with a very nice polish, ranging from a deep beige to a more or less dark brown with tiger marbling and golden reflections.
JUNIPER
Best Juniper burl from southern France. A surprisingly fragrant knife.
MAPLE BURL
Maple burl.MOLAR TOOTH OF MAMMOTH
Molar tooth (fossilized mammoth from Russia/Siberia). Blue to black color, with an original appearance"striped".
MOTHER OF PEARL
Mother of pearl from New Zeland.OLIVEWOOD
1st quality patterned Olive wood.PHOSPHORESCENT
Phosphorescent resin, it has a plain pale colour indoor, bit it changes to a strong blue colour immediately when exposed to direct sunlight (UV-light). While the material is in the light it charges up the third stage, which is exposed in darkness, where it glows in a strong yellow green colour.
PISTACHIO WOOD
1st choice patterned pistachio wood from southern France.
RAM HORN
Real ram horn, taken from the outside bark unpolished part.ROSEWOOD
1st quality Rosewood.STABILIZED PLANE TREE
Stabilized and stained plane tree.
STAG
1st quality Real stag horn.THERMOCHROMIC
Thermochromic resin, colour is dark blue at temperatures below 28°C (82°F), but respectively turn bright blue at higher temperatures.
WALNUT
1st choice patterned walnut ( gun-stock selection).WATCH MECHANISM
Watch mechanism inlay in Cristallium.
WHARTHOG
Real Warthog Tooth: This is a great alternative to ivory. We use an entire tooth for each knife.