Small French folders
These beautiful little folding knives are made in Thiers by Manu Laplace, the fit and finish are superb and the attention to detail excellent. All the internal liners and the ricasso are jewelled and the filework on the spine is repeated internally, a classy little pocket knife.
Blade steel is Sandvik 12C27 blade length is 65mm and 155mm overall.
All models below are linerlocks.
The model below is in Ebony with a decorative spine and is £100
The model below is in Asian Ebony with a decorative spine and is £110
The model below is in Ramshorn and is £110
The model below is a really beautifully patterned Thuya Burl with a decorative spine and is £SOLD
The models below are in Boxwood inlaid with a constellation mosaic and a decorative spine and are £SOLD
Two new models now from Manu. The first is called Unicorn and has a finely sculpted bone handle and spine and is £SOLD
And finally last of the small 1515 models but definately one of the prettiest, Lakota a scribed and dyed bone handle with decorative spine inlaid with Turquoise and is £SOLD
Large French Folders
These knives are the same as above, they share the same design and attention to detail but are slighty larger with an 85mm blade and are 200mm overall
The model below is a basic plain spine Ebony and is £85
The model below is in Ebony with an Abalone insert and is £SOLD
The models below are in Ramshorn with a decorative spine and rear bolster. They are £120 each (they are both the same size it's just the photo's perspective)
The model below is Maccassar Ebony with a decorative spine and is £120
The model below is in the same wonderful Thuya Burl as the small knives above, with a decorative spine and is £SOLD
Another Unicorn this time in the larger size, although the handle on the Unicorn is slimmer than the standard models.This knife is £SOLD
The model below is in Ebony with a rear bolster, constellation inlay and a decorative spine and is £SOLD
The models below are Ebony with a rear bolster and a decorative spine plus inlays. These knives are £130 each.
Blue inlay model now SOLD
The following two models have a two part mitred handle consisting of wood and bone plus fileworked spines £175 each