The knives
Folding knivestuned one by one
A folder is where the tuning shows most: too stiff and you fight it, too loose and you stop trusting it. That is where the time goes.
Assembly
What happens at the bench
Blades are cut outside the workshop, then taken in hand here: heat treatment, grinding, fitting the bolsters and spring, assembly, tuning, finishing.
From the simplest folder to the most dressed, the assembly and the standard do not change. Only the materials do.
The pieces
The Barracudas, 10 cm and large model
Each series in the order Christian photographed it.
The 10 cm series
From the simplest wood to the most worked materials.
Barracuda 10 cm
Provence olive wood handle, 14C28 stainless blade
Barracuda 10 cm
Cade juniper handle, 14C28 stainless blade
Barracuda 10 cm
Ebony handle with a yellow spacer, 14C28 stainless blade
Barracuda 10 cm
Karelian birch handle, VG10 Suminagashi blade
Barracuda 10 cm
Marbled Indian buffalo horn handle, 14C28 stainless blade
Barracuda 10 cm
Corian bolster, peroba handle, 14C28 stainless blade
Barracuda 10 cm — Starry Night
Warthog tusk bolsters, dyed stabilised poplar handle, 14C28 stainless blade
Barracuda 10 cm
Warthog tusk bolsters, dyed stabilised poplar handle, 14C28 stainless blade
Barracuda 10 cm
Warthog tusk handle, 14C28 stainless blade
Barracuda 10 cm
Corian bolsters, Red Heart handle, 24-carat yellow gold screws, engine-turned liners, VG10 Suminagashi blade
“Mineur” regional knife
The knife of the “Gueules noires”, the coal miners of northern France. Marbled ebony handle
“Mineur”, revisited
Inset Corian bolsters, ebony handle, 12C27 blade
Barracuda 10 cm — Blue patchwork
Wood-and-resin inlay, 14C28 stainless blade
Barracuda 10 cm — Red patchwork
Wood-and-resin inlay, 14C28 stainless blade
Barracuda 10 cm — Floral pattern
Fabric inlay, engraved blade, 14C28 stainless steel
Barracuda 10 cm
Copper flake inlay, 24-carat rose gold screws, 14C28 stainless blade
Barracuda 10 cm
Watch movement inlay, 24-carat yellow gold screws, 14C28 stainless blade
Barracuda 10 cm — Savannah collection
Zebra pattern, 14C28 stainless blade
Barracuda 10 cm — Savannah collection
Leopard pattern, 14C28 stainless blade
The large model
Twenty pieces: woods, resin-and-wood hybrids, Corian and composites, through to all-stainless.
Barracuda, small and large model
Provence olive wood
Barracuda, large model
Cade juniper handle with a light green G10 spacer
Barracuda, large model
Resin and boxwood hybrid
Barracuda, large model
Resin and wood hybrid handle
Barracuda, large model
Vine-stock hybrid
Barracuda, large model
Resin and boxwood hybrid
Barracuda, large model
Two resin and boxwood hybrids
Barracuda, large model
Black hybrid, resin and boxwood
Barracuda, large model
Ebony handle, G10 inlay
Barracuda, large model
Corian bolsters, ebony handle
Barracuda, large model
Corian bolsters, Juma handle
Barracuda, large model
Corian, reconstituted stone, stabilised chestnut
Barracuda, large model
Marbled Indian buffalo horn
Barracuda, large model
Macassar ebony and buffalo bone
Barracuda, large model
Warthog tusk handle (a permitted material) and kingwood
Barracuda, large model
Mokume bolsters and linden burl
Barracuda, large model, “Skeleton”
All stainless steel, screwed mechanical assembly
Barracuda, large model
Stainless steel, gold mother-of-pearl inlay
Barracuda, large model
Liner lock, guilloché
Barracuda, large model
All Corian
Every piece is unique: no two pieces of wood or resin repeat exactly.
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