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Olive wood large Capucin knife

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Olive wood large Capucin knife
  • Olive wood large Capucin knife
  • Olive wood large Capucin knife
  • Olive wood large Capucin knife
  • Olive wood large Capucin knife
COGNETcapucinGMolivier
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French Regional folding knife
109.00 €
1000g
Description
French regional knife the Capucin, large size. System closure nail without locking blade. Olive wood handle, length 130 mm. XC75 carbon steel blade, cutting edge blade, length 95 mm. Weight 45 g. The capucin is a precursor of the folding knife. For simplicity of its mechanism, he was among the first tool created by man when he has to work iron. Similar patterns were staffing the Roman legions. Their names suggest their origin. Composed of a blade, a handle and two nails, the system would shut nail is one of the oldest known. The shape of the knife was very widespread in the Pyrenees. Its name originates in the shape of its handle, which evokes the figure of a monk whose head is covered with the hood of his cassock.