{"product_id":"french-knife","title":"French Serpette, Carved Ram Horn Handle, Manche Entier","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a serpette, the classic French\/Mediterranean fixed-blade vine and pruning knife pattern, in the one-piece \"manche entier\" style, the curved hook blade is riveted straight into the handle rather than folding. The handle is carved from a single piece of horn, very likely ram or sheep horn, in the rural folk-art tradition of shepherds and craftsmen carving their own horn-handled tools, often finishing the butt end in an animal or grotesque head as personal decoration. The hand-worked carved face at the pommel is consistent with that tradition rather than a cast or machine-turned piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo maker's mark is visible; the hand-forged look of the blade and its wear pattern suggest a late 19th to early-to-mid 20th century date, though this can't be pinned precisely without a stamp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Knife Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47319627857954,"sku":"FX-UNKN-013","price":185.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0862\/1142\/8386\/files\/DSCF4144.jpg?v=1788734577","url":"https:\/\/vintageknifeshop.com\/products\/french-knife","provider":"Vintage Knife Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}