Agenais
The pocketknife L’AGENAIS [a.ʒə.nɛ] takes its name from the town of Agen, located on the banks of the Garonne, for which it is the traditional knife and from where it gained ... know more
The pocketknife L’AGENAIS [a.ʒə.nɛ] takes its name from the town of Agen, located on the banks of the Garonne, for which it is the traditional knife and from where it gained the entire south of France. Upon their return from the Orient, the Crusaders brought back the Yatagan Blade, hitherto unknown in Europe. Together with the “jambette”-shape of the handle, it gives the knife its special character.
In Bergerac, only 80 km away and famous for its cigars and tobaccos, people use its brother, the SAINT-AMANS, with moulded rosettes for the tobacco harvest. The profile gives the knife a distinctive design and the hand a more firm hold because the juice that escaped from the cut surfaces makes the knife slippery.
Both knives we produce in our atelier in Thiers with care. As a sign of its traditional roots and authenticity, it presents on the blade the PassionFrance® emblem, the Coq.
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AGENAIS PassionFrance PRESTIGE, ebony with six raised rivets The AGENAIS is one of the typical knives of the South of France. Strong and yet elegant. We manufacture it with a wide Yatagan blade whose contact with the spring is suppressed and a handle of ebony with six raised rivets. As a sign of authenticity it presents on its blades PassionFrance’s heraldic animal, the Coq. ...more about AGENAIS Fact sheet Agenais PassionFrance®...
AGENAIS PassionFrance PRESTIGE, ram's horn with six decorativ raised rivets The AGENAIS is one of the typical knives of the South of France. Strong and yet elegant. We manufacture it with a wide Yatagan blade whose contact with the spring is suppressed an handle of ram's horn with six decorativ raised rivets. Goats and sheep are characteristic for the Aquitaine and the Pyrenees. They provide the milk for the wonderful cheeses. We now have a supplier...
AGENAIS PassionFrance PRESTIGE, white buffalo bone with six decorativ rivets The AGENAIS whith a white buffalo bone handle and six decorativ rivets maybe is the most elegant and coolest version of an AGENAIS. Bone always was the most treasured handle material for regional knives, as it was able to substitute the precious ivory. In the past and available everywhere. We manufacture these pocket knives with a wide Yatagan blade whose contact with the...