A link to this page was posted on ForgeFr.com.
http://www.lanouvelle-france.com/beltknives.html
Looking down the page, this photograph:
looks a lot like the construction of the Opinel and Parapluie "pantry knife" that I mentioned here a while ago.
This pattern was used by the backwoodsmen ("coureurs de bois") in Canada from 1770 (or so) onwards.
Keith.
http://www.lanouvelle-france.com/beltknives.html
Looking down the page, this photograph:
looks a lot like the construction of the Opinel and Parapluie "pantry knife" that I mentioned here a while ago.
This pattern was used by the backwoodsmen ("coureurs de bois") in Canada from 1770 (or so) onwards.
Keith.
