10 Sabatier 4 inch Chefs Knife Blanks Carbon Steel French Vintage

Description

This is for a lot of ten 4 inch Sabatier blanks.
Drop forged at a Four Star Elephant Sabatier factory in Thiers France from Carbon Steel.
These pieces are a real find. They were located in a warehouse owned by a gentleman who was one of the last major investors in the Sabatier factory. When I showed interest in them he told me that they were forged at the turn of the century. Nobody knows exactly how old they truly are but my guess would be somewhere in the 20s to the 50s.
The blades measures 4 X 1 inches and are not marked. This Blades are an unusually hefty 1/8th inch thick at the bolster giving the knife maker a lot of extra steel to work with. They can be ground down wafer thin as the factory Sabatiers were or left thick and a bit hefty if you rather.
The overall length of this knife blank is 8 inches. Total weight is 2.25 oz. These blanks are straight from the forge, the edge on the blades have not been ground or worked in any way.
Please Note: The knife blanks in the picture are a fair representation but not the exact knife blanks you will be receiving.
Please note that just like the finished Sabatier Chef’s Knives of this period some of these blanks have slight bends The French refer to the misalignment issue as a “feature” of handmade knives and not a “defect”. I always cherry pick each blank for straightness before shipping but if one gets by me and you receive one that has a slight bend it can easily be straightened by holding it with the flat of your hand against a surface and giving it a light tug. If you receive on that you truly believe that you can’t work with please send me a message and I’ll make it right.