From our examinations
What is put before us, and how we decide
Every knife we enter in the A.I.P.C.L. register is examined. Sometimes it is clear in five minutes, sometimes it takes weeks and we ask the forge itself. This page tells such cases.
The cases are anonymous: no name, no seller, no photograph of the knife. What remains is what matters: the detail, the examination, the decision. The accounts are written in German.
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Case 02 not certified 08/2026
A cutlery nobody knows
On the disappearance of small workshops, and who has to provide the proof
The blade carried a mark we had never seen. It could be a workshop that closed long ago. Proving that is up to the owner, not us.
by Justin Jernoiu
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Case 01 not certified 07/2026
Bought in Thiers, made elsewhere
Why the place of purchase in France says nothing about the origin
A customer bought his knife in a shop in the Thiers region and was certain he owned a French piece. We could not certify it and refunded the ten euros.
by Justin Jernoiu
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Does your Laguiole not have an A.I.P.C.L. certificate of authenticity yet?
You can have it registered afterwards, no matter where you bought the knife. We check from your photographs whether it really comes from a French forge, assign it to that forge and register it under its own number. Your knife then has the same page and the same document as any knife bought from us.
The examination costs 10.00 euros. If the result is negative, we refund it.
or 15 CARMOS points from original-laguiole.de - what those are is explained there.