Do you know the Douk-Douk? Do you know the Vendetta?
If not check my previous articles!
Do you know Fred Perrin?
Now take all that, mix it (shaken, not stirred…) and you get the Vendedouk.
Everything started during an evening party in Corsica when Laurent Bellini, Julien Moroselli, Elsa Fantino and the famous Fred Perrin, all knifemakers, were discussing knifemaking and souvenirs from Corsica.
Too much Asian made stuff, not enough made in France. They wanted something genuine, affordable and really made in France…
That’s when Pierre Cognet came into the game. He is at the head of the Cognet manufacture, which makes the famous Douk-Douk and all its offspring.
They came to an agreement and decided to make a Vendetta, based on the Douk-Douk. The Vendedouk was born.
The filiation with the Douk-Douk is obvious: ferro-blackened steel handle, carbon steel etched blade, slipjoint with the spring nestled in the handle…
However, the blade shape isn’t the Turkish clip anymore, but more like a needle point, that reminds the dagger that inspired the Vendetta, the etching has its own style of arabesque with a “Corsica” inscription. The handle gets the characteristic recess and is stamped with a stylized silhouette of Corsica
The knife keeps all the advantages of the Douk-Douk: flat, good construction, strong spring, excellent carbon steel blade, affordable price… with a different style.
Definitely a nice variation of the Douk-Douk… Unless it is a variation of the Vendetta?
Find some on http://knives-of-france.com
