Nontron Pocket Knife Violin Desert Ironwood afternoonlight Each piece undergoes painstaking hand-chiseling

Each piece undergoes painstaking hand-chiseling and filing

most experts agree that the Nontron knife is the oldest French folding knife dating back to the 13th century

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Nontron Pocket Knife Violin Desert Ironwood afternoonlight Each piece undergoes painstaking hand-chiselingThe Nontron knife shares the name of the French village of its birth, located in the Dordogne department. This knife's history is filled with so many legends that it is difficult to date its exact origin; however, most experts agree that the Nontron knife is the oldest French folding knife dating back to the 13th century. Today, the cutlery that bears its name since 1928 produces handmade knives using ancestral methods. The procedures used to conceive