2023 SHOT Show - TB Groupe - French made outdoor and Tactical Knives

[ceriksson]

Located in Thiers, France since 1648, knife manufacturer TB Groupe is founded in the tradition of crafting quality cutlery and dedicated to passing this knowledge from generation to generation

Passed by the TB Groupe booth and had a chance to practice my French. I was impressed by their KFS outdoor options and their Tactical CAC folder. TB has been in business for centuries and have been suppliers of the French military for a very long time.

The Bivouac KFS kit is very affordable and allows you to carry a knife, fork, and spoon in a single kit.

The Baroudeur is like a super beefed up swiss army knife with a separate fork and spoon.

The CAC is a newer tactical folder with some interesting features, LIKE A CORKSCREW!

They were kind enough to run through the products for me in english et pour nos membres francophones, une version en française!

English

Française

 

[kferguson]

Reminds me of the old joke about the French Army Knife.....it only has two blades........a white flag and a corkscrew !!

 

[hifiwasabi]

That first KFS is a screaming deal at $30!

 

[Canadian Psycho]

Look decent, im tempted to order a couple of the CAC with the bright handle for work, has all the features I want but way cheaper than a benchmade. Any dealers in canada?

 

[Max Owner]

Warriors And Wonders have some in stock. Not these specific models. But an earlier generation.

 

[Big Bad]

Passed by the TB Groupe booth and had a chance to practice my French. I was impressed by their KFS outdoor options and their Tactical CAC folder. TB has been in business for centuries and have been suppliers of the French military for a very long time.

The Bivouac KFS kit is very affordable and allows you to carry a knife, fork, and spoon in a single kit.

The Baroudeur is like a super beefed up swiss army knife with a separate fork and spoon.

The CAC is a newer tactical folder with some interesting features, LIKE A CORKSCREW!

They were kind enough to run through the products for me in english et pour nos membres francophones, une version en française!

English

Française

Re the first video, there's some cultural commentary to be made from the official integration of a fork and spoon into a military knife, but I'll leave that alone. The latest iteration knives look to be very interesting if the steel is good, and I do like the adjustable tensioning on the blade pivot- easy to make and keep the knife legal. If there's one fault I have with my current EDC Benchmade it's that there's no glass breaker on it, so I might want to get one of these French knives for EDC purposes- if they're ever sold in Canada.

 

[ceriksson]

Re the first video, there's some cultural commentary to be made from the official integration of a fork and spoon into a military knife, but I'll leave that alone. The latest iteration knives look to be very interesting if the steel is good, and I do like the adjustable tensioning on the blade pivot- easy to make and keep the knife legal. If there's one fault I have with my current EDC Benchmade it's that there's no glass breaker on it, so I might want to get one of these French knives for EDC purposes- if they're ever sold in Canada.

I will email the US Rep (the guy in the video) and see if he can get any info on Canadian sources.

 

[Max Owner]

Been checking back to see if there is an update......

 

[ceriksson]

Been checking back to see if there is an update......

Oh right sorry. He did reply. No Canadian dealer yet

Unfortunately, we don't have distribution in Canada just yet. We met 3 Canadian tactical gear distributors last week so that should change shortly though. In the interim, your customers can find our CAC knives and the rest of our collection on Blade HQ (Link Here).
Hope this helps, please let me know if you have any further questions.
Thanks.

 

[Max Owner]

Thank you for the reply.

Warriors and Wonders does have some of their stuff. But not this new generation stuff.