28-Piece Laguiole Canteen of Cutlery for 6

Cutlery canteen handles: ebony, olive wood or zebu horn tip

Polished ebony is a deep black that stands out beside white china. Olive wood, with its satin finish, is warm honey in colour with brown veining. Zebu horn tip comes polished, its darker horn streaked with flames of blond or amber, and in places you can see light through it. In a single-material canteen, all 28 handles match, carving and cheese pieces included. In a mixed canteen, every guest gets their own material, the same on all four of their pieces, so nobody picks up a neighbour's spoon by mistake.

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Watch the zebu horn tip canteen

Six place settings plus the carving and cheese pieces, every handle in polished zebu horn tip.

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28-piece canteen cutlery set: carving and cheese pieces included

Compared with a 24-piece set, this canteen adds four serving pieces. The carving pair comes out for the Sunday roast, whether that's a joint of beef or a roast chicken, and the cheese pair for the cheeseboard afterwards. Each set is a knife and fork, one for carving and one for cheese, and both have matching handles. For more detail on each piece and how the canteen is laid out, read the Guide to 28-Piece Laguiole Cutlery Canteens.

Canteen of cutlery box: the fitted case

The box is black outside and lined with fabric inside, with a fitted place for every one of the 28 pieces, so knives, forks and spoons never rub against one another. Between meals the whole set stays together in the canteen, away from dust and knocks, ready to come out of the sideboard when guests arrive. After dinner, once everything is washed and dried, you put each piece back in its own place and close the case. Nothing goes astray from one family meal to the next.

Canteen of cutlery questions

Every canteen includes a care leaflet. Wash by hand, dry at once, and save the dishwasher for your everyday knives and forks.