History
In the French valley, small Cevennes valley of Lozere, a blacksmith or rather an edge tool maker manufactured tools, pickaxes, crescents, scythes, and knives.
The forging mill was installed at the edge of the brook the " Galteyrès " and the " iron " was heated to a cherry red in a fireplace. Then it was shaped with a tilt hammer (kind of power hammer), soaked in the water of the brook, added with oil of cade to control perfectly the hardness.
These knives called " Galteyres" resembled kitchen knives with a chesnut handle.
Yves Neveux, 60 years old, mechanical engineer, who has worked in a machine tools company, in plastic and petroleum studying offices is became the French specialist of the folding knives.
Bastide company works with his patents of "spring blades", "pusher bolt", "inner lock", "square lock", "OF0C" mechanisms. Some licence have been selled in 1999 at Benchmade company, in 2000 at Laguiole le Fidele and Thiers Issard companies, and in 2001 at Böker company.
Since 1993, Bastide company made innovating knives using Hi tech technologies like laser cuting, teflon coating, black titanium on blades and black hardened anodization on handles. Mrs Joële Delansorne drives the company and the store on the "Corniche des Cévennes" where anybody can by the best knives.
