Laguiole 74

My mother-in-law gave me this today. Apparently it's a Laguiole 74 Saint Joanis-Thiers folding Laguiole knife. The blade is steel coloured, but even though I used a white flash, it's reflected only this brass colour back and I can't be bothered to try and make it grey. The handle is made from real animal horn (species not indicated), and there is a semi-locking blade, corkscrew and a reamer tool. The little rivets in the handle form a cruciform, so every good Catholic would have a cross with them (allegedly). This model was made from 1950 to 1970, so it's older than me, but still works perfectly and the blade is razor sharp... In good nick on-line they are worth a lot more now than they were when sold new...

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