Nontron Cheese Knife Boxwood HandleNontron is the name of a village in the Dordogne department of France where it is believed knife making started at the beginning of the 13th Century. Today, the cutlery that bears its name (Coutellerie Nontronnaise) since 1928 produces handmade knives using traditional methods and modern tools. The Legend: The wood burned patterns, whose origin and meanings are still not fully understood, are made from "flies," a kind of reversed V surrounded by 3