Milsurp After Hours

Called "Rosalie" by the French Poilu, this version was made during the Great War using mainly brass handles and sans quillon so as not to catch on barbed wire.

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Joe, don't you have to stand awfully far from the pan to turn pork chops with this?

I wouldnt know about that Curtis, i leave the cooking to Adam

Cue the cooking foto for our newer readers

Joe

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i have one of these , are they valuable ? in demand at all ? i dont collect french items and wish mine was as nice as yours - its a bit more tarnished and my scabord is slightly pitted in a few locations but not bent or dinged