Laguiole knife with Ivory of Mammoth handle

€862.50

Laguiole knife and folding - Savage edition

  • Handle made with Mammoth Ivory
  • 2 stainless steel bolsters
  • Forged bee on forged and guilloched spring
  • Handcrafted damascus
  • 22cm opened (8.7in) - 12cm closed (4.7in)
Quantity

Type : Laguiole knife and folding - Savage edition
Raw material of the handle :  Mammoth Ivory 
Bolsters : 2 stainless steel bolsters
Spring : Forged bee on forged and guilloched spring
Raw material of the blade : Handcrafted damascus
Size :  22cm opened (8.7in) - 12cm closed (4.7in)

No dishwasher

Delivered with certificate of authenticity

This Laguiole knife is made in France in our workshops of Laguiole le Fidèle.

It is unique and handcrafted by our expert craftsmen with 170 manual operations.


Mammoth Ivory handle

Fossil mammoth ivory from Siberia and Mammoth molar comes with a certificate of authenticity (with an estimated age of between 7,000 and 10,000 years). It occasionally contains brown or blue-green inclusions due to the presence of iron phosphate, vivianite (blue iron earth).
Collecting the rare material always involves making a field expedition. This means getting together solid teams of specialists and effective operational logistics for the Arctic environment. During the period of thaw, the prospectors dig into the permafrost close to rivers, searching for any traces of plant life that could flourish on an organic terrain. Once the zone has been marked out, they dig the ground and pull out any mammoth tusks and other fossil ivory found there. The next step is to cut the ivory up into wafer-shaped pieces that will be used to dress the knife.
Occasionally, North Sea fishermen find pieces of fossil ivory in their nets that have recently been released from the sediment. This material is slightly different from that found in Siberia as the enamel is the only useable part and it is strongly colored in the middle. The thin layer of healthy material is nevertheless sufficient to make handles for folding knives.

Laguiole
DAM.ARTI.12.IVM.2MI

Data sheet

Handle raw material
Mammoth Ivory
Blade type
Handcrafted damascus
Bolsters
Stainless steel (x2)
Spring
Forged bee on forged and guilloched spring
Folding knife
Yes
Corkscrew
No

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