Les Couteax de Nontron - 1000 A.D.

[Bolster]

Nontron has been making knives since 1000 AD ?!

Translation:

The Nontron bears the name of the village that saw it born. His story is so long that it is even difficult to date his birth. However, specialists agree that this Périgord knife is the oldest knife in France. Guillaume de la Villeneuve was already referring to the "knives of Pierregord" in his "Nomenclature des crieries de Paris", at the beginning of the 11th century; it is therefore possible that this region of the southwest produced knives and other sharp tools long before the late Middle Ages.

[ChrisinHove]

I don’t think they forge their own blades on site any more, but it’s still a great place to visit.

When we visited a few years ago, the small town had several knife shops and a great knife museum. One of the exhibits included a Spyderco Street Beat.

France has a fantastic pocket knife culture.

[Bolster]

I don’t think they forge their own blades on site any more...

Please don't tell me they've outsourced to China...

[ChrisinHove]

I don’t think they forge their own blades on site any more...

Please don't tell me they've outsourced to China...

No, the domestic Forge de Laguoile, I believe.