Local fete

froggyfagan · Local fete

Went to a local village fete yesterday, one guy was selling his homemade knives

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Here are a few more

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and a slightly larger shot

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And here's the man himself

Is he French or what ???

All his knives are made with old steel,plough shares,old files lawnmower blades etc,and for the handles he uses(I think) 37 different materials,all types of horns and lots of different woods,which he hardens in different ways
I've his permission to include his address etc,but I doubt very seriously if he speaks English

Gérard Montourcy
9 rue de la fontaine
15290
Le Rouget
Cantal
France

and his e-mail address

Gerard.Montourcy@wanadoo.fr

Thanks for looking

froggyfagan

There were lots of other things at the fete including identifying mushrooms,reviving old fruit orchards,basket making etc,but I met and talked with soooo many people and finally got dragged to the bar by a Portugese fishing buddy,and when we came outside most of the stands had packed up

Jack Russell

Some canny looking knives there but i love his top ATHLETIC

you can see he works out a lot

froggyfagan

Some canny looking knives there but i love his top ATHLETIC you can see he works out a lot

Yeah,typical local guy,probably has saucisson and wine for breakfast

Jack Russell

I wonder if he knows what it says

Jack Russell

athletic corps de base

froggyfagan

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I wonder if he knows what it says

Actually it's very rare that people here understand what's written on their T-shirts etc,as it's invariably written in English,I'm often asked to translate,one young lady had a white T-shirt(exceedingly well filled,I may add)with a single red rose on it and the caption "Life is a bed of roses,watch out for pr*cks"try translating that in front of a crowd of people

fish

great knives!

as for translation well its a tricky thing!