Douk Douk the original knife with burnished handle 9cm

The idea for this knife came to Gaston Cognet in 1928. After that, theDOUK-DOUK was supposed to be a knife that was so cheap that anyone could buy it, but at the same time it had to be stable, versatile and useful for all everyday things, even for work in the field or in the garden and if you lost it, your loss should be easy to get over, because for a few francs you could and should be able to buy a new knife... 
This idea of ​​creating inexpensive, functional knives must have been in the air at the time, because in the Rhône-Alpes region, Joseph OPINEL previously developed his famous knife from the ALPIN, which was widespread in the region, with the same intention was familiar to him and the Alpine farmers in the Savoy. Nevertheless, Gaston Cognet initially had little success with the DOUK-DOUK in France. But it sold even better in the colonies and especially in Micronesia. 
Intrigued, he suddenly decided to travel there and on one of the islands he discovered a mythical figure, a ritual dance mask made of grass and feathers called DOUK-DOUK, which fascinated him so much that he named his knife after her and from then on used her as a good luck charm imprinted on the handles of his knives. Today it has become the trademark of real DOUK-DOUKs.

To whom is it thanks, the mask or Gaston's hard work? After the success in Micronesia came success in the North African colonies and finally they were a success in his home country of France and at home in all pockets. Today the DOUK-DOUK is an icon, a cult object with a large fan base. It is part of the collections of many museums around the world.
Gaston's grandson Pierre still makes the original DOUK-DOUKtoday, in the same studios where his grandfather worked and sometimes with the same tools and (old German) machines of his forefathers.

Handle: Burnished steel handle, carbon steel blade.

The knife comes with a vinyl case and a detailed description.

Dimensions folded 9cm, open 16.2cm