Jacques Mongin Rare Diderot Langres Knife Bicentennial 18th Century Silver Collection

Jacques MONGIN (best worker in France in 1964)Diderot knife, Silver, steel and hornLouis XVI style, circa 1984Signed JM (for Jacques MONGIN), Numbered 35 and titled on the bladeTypical of the Langrois style in its shape and assembly, the DIDEROT has a 10cm satin-finished blade hollowed out on both sides. The spring, thinned to two-thirds of its length, gives it a very particular curve, further emphasized by the finely polished mammoth sides, highlighted by the finely engraved bolsters and rivets.Like all models signed MONGIN, the DIDEROT is entirely made and assembled by hand. (29 pieces) Jacques MONGIN Son of a Langrois master cutler at a time when Langroise cutlery was also writing one of the most brilliant pages of its history, Jacques MONGIN, best worker in France in 1964, saved the heritage of traditional cutlery in the Nogentais basin. Indeed, for several centuries, the best knives in the kingdom of France were made in Langres. Two good reasons for Jacques MONGIN to pay tribute to Diderot on the occasion of the bicentenary of his death, with a faithful replica of an 18th century piece. Careful shipping