Well, I don't know about knives shops in the USA.

The "Le Thiers" design has been created a few years ago, by knifemakers from the french town THIERS, in order to counter the commercial succes of the Laguiole.

The previously pictured knife is a custom one, which, when I bought it a few years ago, was in the 350-400$ range.

The following one (picture from a knife magazine) was sold two years ago at about 30$, depending on the blade length. Industrialy produced.




But I definitly do like that design.
And looking again at it, I guess I will order one next week ..... or maybe two or three : one for my own collection and the others as Xmas gifts - better to think of these ahead of time <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />.


Alain