La forge AGAB
Blacksmith // Knife maker
About Me
On this site, you’ll sometimes find knives for sale and a lot of my former creations. I share my time between the forge and my workshop, where I assemble my knives. Most of time, I almost exclusively create folding knives with liner lock mechanism.
Crest, Drôme
FRANCE
Unique knives
Each piece is unique. I carry out all the manufacturing steps. Some blades are forged in my Gigors workshop, mainly for Damascus blades. Other blades in homogeneous steels are worked by material removal.
LATEST CREATIONs
I no longer work on command
I regularly update knives for sale on this website.
You can also meet me at the knife makers shows I attend.
Please refer to social media for next meetings.
THE KNIFE MAKER
After studying architecture, I practiced with a forge master and an internationally renowned knife maker. Passionate about working with materials, I try to strike a balance between curves and geometry, flexibility and dynamics.
Blades
Some blades are made on forge, others are cold-machined. The changing colors of the forge, the smells of the hot workshop, the sweat at the end of the day or small mechanical gestures repetition, the calm inside myself when I am in full concentration. Every day is different.
The liner lock mechanism
Most of my knives production is focused on liner lock folding mechanism. I’m always in quest of a better fit, a finer adjustment, an ear for opening and closing, the feeling of the thumb for optimal single hand handling. For the time being, I keep on working on this mechanism.
