You will find pages and pages about K-Sabatier — both the traditional ones (hit and miss) and the 200-series — with our two German counterparts. I really can't agree about your finding about K-Sabatier being not so present in Europe.
Hi,
I'm not saying at all that are non existant in Europe, but I think they exist much more bigger and present brands. For some brands in Europe the way of living is exporting to america/Japan. When looking at certain brands almost all the sales are to the USA/Japan because the knife collector base is higher there than europe so they focus more in those markets.
I think that is the case with Sabatier K, although I could be wrong. I have no problems with that at all, but that results in a big presence in a country while in the producing region or other regions is less present (Not NO present at all
Sabatier K (or oficially Sabatier Aine & Perrier company) has a sales amount of (in Euro) less than 2M (1,97M) while the most sold french brands are (in decreasing order) TB (Tarrerias Bonjean) 19,47M, Jean dubost 15,52M, Fischer 9,50M and Rousselon-Dumas-Sabatier 6,49M. From all those brands the one that is oriented to the more traditional french knife is Rousselon, hence my recommendation. I also knew Au nain (2,35M) because they offer a "sabatieresque" aproach to the classic and is very cheap.
I searched four major french online knife sellers and neither does sell this brand.
Couteaux de cuisine
Couteaux du chef
Couteaux-Center
TOC (old LA BOBIDA)
And replying to your point: of course you can find pages and pages of the brand here, thats because is very present in this forum. Now search Tarrerias Bonjean (or TB): none or almost none search results for the biggest knife manufacturer of France, thats my point. The presence in pages is as high as the knowledge in the site of the brand.
With all that said, thats only my opinion because we cant know the exact numbers and selling destinations of each brand. I just wanted to introduce OP other brands with sabatier style knifes apart from the ever-recomended Sabatier K.