SUJETS are small pocket knives made in the traditional way, with beautiful, different motifs and handles in brass, made on the original, old bronze models, with blades in carbon steel. These originals are made in the traditional forge COUPÉRIER-COURSOLLE in Thiers. As a sign of their authenticity, they bear the COUPÉRIER-COURSOLLE forge mark on the blade. …more about SUJET...

The LONDON is a pocket knife with a distinctly maritime character, once a companion and at the same time a tool of sailors and fishermen. The LONDON PassionFrance® is the modern interpretation of this traditional knife by the two-time "Meilleur Ouvrier de France" (mof²) Robert Beillonnet, designed with slimmer, more elegant lines, as a companion for people in an urban world,...

The TRUFFIER or CHAMPIGNON Atelier COGNET is a mushroom knife and thus a specialist among French pocket knives. The slim blade is forged from a fine grained carbon steel that can be honed to razor sharpness. A small conical spike is turned at the massive end of the handle, with the help of which mushrooms can easily be cleaned from pine needles and dirt. Each knife is made...

The SAINT-AMANS 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, raised rivets and elaborate details. As a sign of authenticity it presents on its blades PassionFrance’s heraldic animal, the Coq. ...more about AGENAIS Fact sheet SAINT-AMANS Atelier...

GRAND-YSSINGEAUX from the series PRESTIGE are well manufactured pocket knives, manufactured in traditional form and manner with individual hand decoration, handles made from selected, high-quality materials and stainless steel blades of SANDVIK 12C27. The traditional cutlery ARTO in Thiers manufactures them for PassionFrance. As a sign of their authenticity, they present in...

TONNEAU from the series PRESTIGE are well manufactured pocket knives, manufactured in traditional form and manner with individual hand decoration, handles made from selected, high-quality materials and stainless steel blades of SANDVIK 12C27. The traditional cutlery ARTO in Thiers manufactures them for PassionFrance. As a sign of their authenticity, they present in addition...

The THIERS -Liner-Lock is a cool and elegant pocket knife with a fine finish, with handles made of sophisticated material, inox blades of SANDVIK 12C27 and linerlock function. As a sign of their authenticity, they present on the blade in addition to the brand of ARTO the logo of the brotherhood of the cutlers of Thiers. ...more about the THIERS Fact Sheet THIERS-Liner-Lock...

ROQUEFORT from the series PRESTIGE are well manufactured pocket knives, manufactured in traditional form and manner with individual hand decoration, handles made from selected, high-quality materials and stainless steel blades of SANDVIK 12C27. The traditional cutlery ARTO in Thiers manufactures them for PassionFrance. As a sign of their authenticity, they present in...

The MINEUR is a wonderful pocket knife, representative of the mining and pit regions of France, the Ardennes to the Vosges and Alsace/Lorraine. It is a knife of exemplary purism and of greatest beauty in its (seemingly) simple lines. Together with the blacksmith who produces the parts for the French cutlers, we have reconstructed and redesigned it with some...

The DONJON PassionFrance is a luxurious pocketknife, typical for the South of France. We reinterpreted it with grand respect to the original traditional models. It has elegant lines, a wide yatagan blade and the typical raised rivet-heads on its handle. Moreover, it received some functional improvements such as a “poncetage” suppressing the contact of the blade with the...

Grand-LAGUIOLES from the series PRESTIGE large 12cm are entirely handcrafted pocketknives with traditional details. The handles are of blond buffalo horn tip with two brass bolsters, the springs are decorated, the mouches are welded. The blades are of inox Sandvik 12C27, their contact with the spring is suppressed by poncetage. The model “angler” contains a special element...

Grand-LAGUIOLES from the series PRESTIGE large 12cm are entirely handcrafted pocketknives with traditional details. The handles ar of inox without bolsters, the springs are decorated, the mouches are welded. The blades are of inox Sandvik 12C27, their contact with the spring is suppressed by poncetage. The model “angler” contains a special element beside the blade for the...