10/20/2026
Just cleaned up the last of the new old stock 35cm Patural Duprat et Cie (PD) chef knives. This was the largest size typically made and often used for roulade back in the day. Est. 1901 in Saint-Remy, across the Durolle River from Thiers. In 1918, Mathieu Feuillet Patural renewed the trade mark “Sabatier ****” (four stars) and registered a new trade mark “Sabatier Acier Fondu” (Sabatier Cast Steel - the Thiers area was not active in steelmaking). Both the new old stock Sabatier Acier Fondu and Sabatier **** were found together with the same ferrule construction, the Acier Fondu mostly with etched markings and the 4 star with hot stamp suggesting that they were likely made during the same period of time when the two stamping styles overlapped. In 1958 the Sabatier **** brand was sold and would become integrated into the Thiers Issard company name.
