Le Najac, the "peaceful knife"

[pfrsantos]

A model I didn't knew, with a great story behind it.

[magentus]

Wow - they are beautiful. Lovely to see such a unique design too. 

Thanbks for sharing this Santos 

[Top-Gear-24]

Those look very nice, maybe I should have a look at his website... (I know where this is going...  ).

Thanks for posting this pfrsantos  .

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P.S.: no really, thanks for posting this  .

[magentus]

Those look very nice, maybe I should have a look at his website... (I know where this is going...  ).

Thanks for posting this pfrsantos  .

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P.S.: no really, thanks for posting this  .

[Marcellus]

Could someone translate why the knife has the safe rounded tip?

I get the " peaceful concept" but is there more to the pattern design?  Some historical aspect?

Thanks

[Yadda]

To heck with knife, where can I get some of that sausage! 

[G-Dizzle]

A knife without a point? Well thats.... pointless.

[pfrsantos]

Could someone translate why the knife has the safe rounded tip?

I get the " peaceful concept" but is there more to the pattern design?  Some historical aspect?

Thanks

La légende du Couteau de Najac, dit « Couteau de Paix », débute au XIIIe siècle avec un certain Peyrot Vidal, dit de Najac, un troubadour, aussi forgeron de lames, qui parcourait les chemins d’Occitanie. À cette époque, interdiction étant faite aux gueux de porter une lame aigüe, Peyrot Vidal décida d’en forger une à bout arrondi. Il conçut alors un couteau pliant à manche de bois ou de corne avec une lame élégante et singulière dont l’extrémité se termine par un arrondi, ainsi il ne se plante pas.


The legend of the Najac knife, called the "peace knife", starts in the XIII century, with a certain Peyrot Vidal, called de Najac, a minstrel and also a knife forger, that wandered through Occitanie*. At that time, it was prohibited for the vagabonds to carry a pointed blade. Peyrot Vidal decided to forge a rounded point knife. He conceived a folding knife with a handle of wood or horn with an elegant and singular blade whose point ends in a round tip, avoiding that law.

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occitanie

[pfrsantos]

To heck with knife, where can I get some of that sausage! 

That sounds so much like what she said...