Can anyone ID this corkscrew please?
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Uk suppliers: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=sear...
Only 2 handle variants listed, but maybe thay can get others.
ETA . This supplier seems to stock a wider range : https://www.wineware.co.uk/corkscrews/laguiole-en-...
Ahhh! It appears that the Wineaware link is a different, but similar brand to the OP's request. As info though, seems they offer a considerable range of handle choices.
Only 2 handle variants listed, but maybe thay can get others.
ETA . This supplier seems to stock a wider range : https://www.wineware.co.uk/corkscrews/laguiole-en-...
Ahhh! It appears that the Wineaware link is a different, but similar brand to the OP's request. As info though, seems they offer a considerable range of handle choices.
Edited by Hosenbugler on Monday 19th June 09:49
So said:
Any UK suppliers that you know of?
Poor bit of pagesetting/checking by FT/HTSI there on Saturday - the only unlabelled item on the page. Tut.Some outdoor/camping shops & some indy wine merchants stock them, plenty of department stores do the steak knives, but online is your best bet for the sommelier knives or full range.
Try: http://www.forge-de-laguiole.com/en/34-sommeliers
Got one on my 40th from a french shop on Kings Rd (Colours de Provence, or something, but closed now anyway) & both my godsons, to be handed on by their fathers when they reach 18, which is now very unlikely - cold dead hands etc... They are truly beautiful tools to hold & use. Surprised they haven't been featured in the "Style under a hundred" section before now. I also managed to snap mine & the repair/return service (with a little help from Google translate) is tip top. Proper little artisan-made heirlooms, with a real history behind them
Began as shepherds knives; the local area being home to a small cottage cutlery/steel industry, where the coldness of the mountain streams made the steel very hard. The handles can have rivets formed into a crucifix so when the men were up in the hills moving flocks to spring pasture, they could keep up their prayers. Original knives had a blade & spike. Spike was to relieve gas pressure, built up when the sheep gorged on fresh pasture. Over time, many of the young men left the countryside & moved to cities like Paris, where they fell into the restaurant/bistro trade. Revisiting Laguiole, some of them had a new design made, dropping the awl/spike & adding a corkscrew, hence the Sommeliers knife. The industry toddled along for decades, fairly under the radar until one of the biggest manufacturers had Philippe Starcke re-design the HQ, roll out some "designer" lines & the PR has grown from there.
Get one! You wont regret it. Lovely little things.
CardinalFang said:
Poor bit of pagesetting/checking by FT/HTSI there on Saturday - the only unlabelled item on the page. Tut.
Some outdoor/camping shops & some indy wine merchants stock them, plenty of department stores do the steak knives, but online is your best bet for the sommelier knives or full range.
Try: http://www.forge-de-laguiole.com/en/34-sommeliers
Got one on my 40th from a french shop on Kings Rd (Colours de Provence, or something, but closed now anyway) & both my godsons, to be handed on by their fathers when they reach 18, which is now very unlikely - cold dead hands etc... They are truly beautiful tools to hold & use. Surprised they haven't been featured in the "Style under a hundred" section before now. I also managed to snap mine & the repair/return service (with a little help from Google translate) is tip top. Proper little artisan-made heirlooms, with a real history behind them
Began as shepherds knives; the local area being home to a small cottage cutlery/steel industry, where the coldness of the mountain streams made the steel very hard. The handles can have rivets formed into a crucifix so when the men were up in the hills moving flocks to spring pasture, they could keep up their prayers. Original knives had a blade & spike. Spike was to relieve gas pressure, built up when the sheep gorged on fresh pasture. Over time, many of the young men left the countryside & moved to cities like Paris, where they fell into the restaurant/bistro trade. Revisiting Laguiole, some of them had a new design made, dropping the awl/spike & adding a corkscrew, hence the Sommeliers knife. The industry toddled along for decades, fairly under the radar until one of the biggest manufacturers had Philippe Starcke re-design the HQ, roll out some "designer" lines & the PR has grown from there.
Get one! You wont regret it. Lovely little things.
Thanks for a full reply.Some outdoor/camping shops & some indy wine merchants stock them, plenty of department stores do the steak knives, but online is your best bet for the sommelier knives or full range.
Try: http://www.forge-de-laguiole.com/en/34-sommeliers
Got one on my 40th from a french shop on Kings Rd (Colours de Provence, or something, but closed now anyway) & both my godsons, to be handed on by their fathers when they reach 18, which is now very unlikely - cold dead hands etc... They are truly beautiful tools to hold & use. Surprised they haven't been featured in the "Style under a hundred" section before now. I also managed to snap mine & the repair/return service (with a little help from Google translate) is tip top. Proper little artisan-made heirlooms, with a real history behind them
Began as shepherds knives; the local area being home to a small cottage cutlery/steel industry, where the coldness of the mountain streams made the steel very hard. The handles can have rivets formed into a crucifix so when the men were up in the hills moving flocks to spring pasture, they could keep up their prayers. Original knives had a blade & spike. Spike was to relieve gas pressure, built up when the sheep gorged on fresh pasture. Over time, many of the young men left the countryside & moved to cities like Paris, where they fell into the restaurant/bistro trade. Revisiting Laguiole, some of them had a new design made, dropping the awl/spike & adding a corkscrew, hence the Sommeliers knife. The industry toddled along for decades, fairly under the radar until one of the biggest manufacturers had Philippe Starcke re-design the HQ, roll out some "designer" lines & the PR has grown from there.
Get one! You wont regret it. Lovely little things.
In fact it is a father's day gift for my wife to give her father. Lovely though they be, her budget is about £50-60. I am not surprised they are the price they are though - really nice looking tools.
Its much cheaper and not the same but still very nice and definitely works (several years use both trade and personal).
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creuset-Accessories-WT-11...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creuset-Accessories-WT-11...
21TonyK said:
Its much cheaper and not the same but still very nice and definitely works (several years use both trade and personal).
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creuset-Accessories-WT-11...
I'm sure that is quality https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creuset-Accessories-WT-11...
My mum has had her Le Creuset pans for at least 30 years, still in prefect condition. My only criticism is they are blooming heavy
21TonyK said:
Its much cheaper and not the same but still very nice and definitely works (several years use both trade and personal).
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creuset-Accessories-WT-11...
Nice. OP, could be exactly what you're looking for?https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creuset-Accessories-WT-11...
21TonyK said:
Its much cheaper and not the same but still very nice and definitely works (several years use both trade and personal).
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creuset-Accessories-WT-11...
Hah! That is the exact one I suggested to her as a more affordable alternative. Thanks for verifying the suitability though.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creuset-Accessories-WT-11...
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