K Sabatier Jeune 12" Chef Knife Carbon Steel 1960's Thiers

1960's K Sabatier Jeune 12" carbon steel chef knife in good used condition with classic post WW2 hand forged after drop forged integral bolster/ferrule with tapered tang and rosewood handle. 

Blade is very full (not sharpened in much) but has seen enough rust to remove the light K Sabatier Jeune markings on the blade were lost in the process but the handle still  bears the trademarked K Sabatier Jeune bunch of grapes. 

K Sabatier Jeune which were made only in the 1960’s as an offshoot of the old K Sabatier family business in Thiers. The story I got from the family is that there were two brothers that ran the business at the end of the 1950’s, they both had families of their own and the brother with more kids thought he should get more of the revenue because of this. The older brother disagreed so the younger (jeune = younger) broke away to start his own enterprise which ran for about 10 years.

Not stainless, expect a patina to form with use

12"x2.5"  tapering from 1/4" 

17.25" overall length 

11.7 oz