Vintage Carbon Steel Sabatier 3.5 inch Nogent Chefs Knife Blank For Sale

Drop forged at a Four Star Elephant Sabatierfactory in Thiers France from Carbon Steel. This piece is a real find. It waslocated in a warehouse owned by a gentleman who was one of the last majorinvestors in the Sabatier factory. When I showed interest in them he told methat they were forged at the turn of the century. Nobody knows exactly how oldthey truly are but my guess would be somewhere in the 20s to the 50s.
The blade measures 3.5 X .75 inches and is not marked. The overall length of this knife blank is 5 3/4 inches. Total weight is 1 oz. The blade is straight with a Nogent (Rat Tail) tang. This blank is virgin forged and has not been ground or worked in any way.
Please Note: The knife blank in the picture is a fair representation but not the exact knife blank you will be receiving. If you look at the photo you\'ll notice a line running down each side. It looks like a depressions. These blanks were way over molded with plenty of excess metal for grinding. If you have ever seen a finished paring knife of this size you\'ll know that they were wafer thin. So please understand that when both sides are ground down to a perfectly flat surface there will still be more than enough width to produce a super stiff blade. Also at some stage a starting edge was ground on these. Blade Length 3.5 x Width 0.75 inch. Total Knife Blank Length 5.75 inch.