{"product_id":"french-vintage-kitchen-knives-wooden-handle-07102618","title":"French Vintage Kitchen Knives Set of 5 Rustic Wooden Handle 07102618","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:24px;text-align:center;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:24px;text-align:center;\"\u003eFrench vintage kitchen knives set\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA set of five French vintage kitchen knives set with wood handles and fixed carbon-steel blades, almost certainly gathered from a French provincial household or market stall. The handles are scaled in full tang fashion, secured with metal rivets, and cut from several different woods ranging from a pale, weathered beech to a warm, reddish-brown hardwood -- the kind of quiet variation that comes from decades of practical use and occasional replacement. One blade carries a legible stamp reading \"VAUZY\" with a small cross mark, a detail that points to the tradition of small regional French cutlery makers who supplied homes and bistros through much of the mid-twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes a French vintage kitchen knives set like this appealing to collectors and decorators alike is exactly that lived-in variety: no two handles are quite the same profile, a couple show a stepped bolster shape typical of French country knives, and the carbon-steel blades have developed an honest, matte grey patina that no modern stainless finish can replicate. Displayed in a ceramic crock on a kitchen counter or arranged on an open shelf, they read as a piece of French farmhouse material culture rather than a matched retail set. Knives of this type were everyday workhorses in French rural kitchens for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition and patina consistent with age. The carbon-steel blades show surface oxidation and light pitting throughout, which is normal and expected for uncoated steel of this era; handles show wear, small nicks and natural wood movement commensurate with long use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFive knives, overall lengths approx. 8.3 in, 9.3 in, 10.2 in, 9.3 in, and 9.3 in (21, 23.5, 26, 23.5, and 23.5 cm).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e95% of my items are tariff-free to the US.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- fmf-shopify --\u003e","brand":"Fleamarketfrance","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58684633448792,"sku":"FMF-BSMM32BR","price":159.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/5776\/2392\/files\/21ea067ce893a3de51002827d6ac73c9.jpg?v=1791374593","url":"https:\/\/fleamarketfrance.com\/products\/french-vintage-kitchen-knives-wooden-handle-07102618","provider":"Fleamarketfrance","version":"1.0","type":"link"}