Nontron Knives
Nontron knives have been fashioned in the tiny village of Nontron in the Perigord region of France for
the past 500 years. The methods in use today have remained virtually the same since the fifteenth
century – individual craftsmen using their own rasps, anvils and finishing tools to create a work of folk
artistry – the Nontron knife. The factory, if in fact a tiny building housing a handful of men and a collection
of antique hand tools can be called a factory, is the oldest continuously operating cutlery forge in France.
Each knife is an original work by one of only six artisan knife makers. The blade is forged from 440A high
carbon stainless steel. Then tempered in the iron rich water of the Perigord. The boxwood used in every
Nontron handle is cut only in the region and patiently allowed to air-dry for at least five years before
being cut, shaped and finished as a handle.
Each knife is hand decorated with a circle of pyrograved figures of ancient and unknown significance. A
small knot in the boxwood, a slight difference in the figures, which encircle the handle, these unique
characteristics ensure that every Nontron is a unique, distinct object.
"I have a Nontron"..When you say this, when you have this knife in your pocket, it's as if someone were
speaking to you of a time when useful things were beautiful, when steel was harder, when wood was the
color of honey and truth was simple and direct. Today, France's oldest knife. Handcrafted and guaranteed
for life.
the past 500 years. The methods in use today have remained virtually the same since the fifteenth
century – individual craftsmen using their own rasps, anvils and finishing tools to create a work of folk
artistry – the Nontron knife. The factory, if in fact a tiny building housing a handful of men and a collection
of antique hand tools can be called a factory, is the oldest continuously operating cutlery forge in France.
Each knife is an original work by one of only six artisan knife makers. The blade is forged from 440A high
carbon stainless steel. Then tempered in the iron rich water of the Perigord. The boxwood used in every
Nontron handle is cut only in the region and patiently allowed to air-dry for at least five years before
being cut, shaped and finished as a handle.
Each knife is hand decorated with a circle of pyrograved figures of ancient and unknown significance. A
small knot in the boxwood, a slight difference in the figures, which encircle the handle, these unique
characteristics ensure that every Nontron is a unique, distinct object.
"I have a Nontron"..When you say this, when you have this knife in your pocket, it's as if someone were
speaking to you of a time when useful things were beautiful, when steel was harder, when wood was the
color of honey and truth was simple and direct. Today, France's oldest knife. Handcrafted and guaranteed
for life.
Boule No. 25, Rosewood
$69.95
NON BO RW
This unique Nontron has a T12 high carbon stainless steel blade and stainless locking ferrule. Just a twist
of the ferrule and the blade is locked in position. It features an exotic Rose Wood engraved handle
whose shape makes a great feeling knife.
Handle length is 4 7/8 inches.
Blade length is 3 9/16 inches.
This unique Nontron has a T12 high carbon stainless steel blade and stainless locking ferrule. Just a twist
of the ferrule and the blade is locked in position. It features an exotic Rose Wood engraved handle
whose shape makes a great feeling knife.
Handle length is 4 7/8 inches.
Blade length is 3 9/16 inches.
Boule No. 25, Ebony
$69.95
NON BO EB
This unique Nontron has a T12 high carbon stainless steel blade and stainless locking ferrule. Just a twist
of the ferrule and the blade is locked in position. It features an exotic Ebony Wood engraved handle
whose shape makes a great feeling knife.
Handle length is 4 7/8 inches.
Blade length is 3 9/16 inches.
This unique Nontron has a T12 high carbon stainless steel blade and stainless locking ferrule. Just a twist
of the ferrule and the blade is locked in position. It features an exotic Ebony Wood engraved handle
whose shape makes a great feeling knife.
Handle length is 4 7/8 inches.
Blade length is 3 9/16 inches.
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