Armand Cayzac: a certificate for your knife
We examine your knife and enter it into the A.I.P.C.L., even if you bought it elsewhere
Videos about this forge
We visit the workshops ourselves and show how the work is done. One click opens the video on YouTube.
You own a knife by Armand Cayzac but did not buy it at original-laguiole.de? You can still have it entered into the A.I.P.C.L. A genuine knife from this forge stays a genuine knife, whichever counter it crossed.
Who is Armand Cayzac?
Armand Cayzac is an artist within the Laguiole craft: his pieces are not only knives but objects with character. He works with a wide range of materials and fine detail while keeping both feet on the ground. The knives are fit for daily use, robust, and yet carried by an aesthetic sensitivity that makes the work legible. The care for detail can be seen and felt in every bevel and every joint.
What we look at on a knife by Armand Cayzac
Every forge has its signature. With Armand Cayzac it is the fine detail combined with everyday sturdiness, visible in every bevel and every joint. That is exactly what allows a knife to be identified, and it is what we examine in your photographs. If a question remains, we go to the forge itself.
A portrait of the forge
Armand Cayzac is an artist within the Laguiole trade. His pieces are not merely knives but objects with a character of their own. He works with a wide choice of materials, takes the detailing a long way, and yet keeps a groundedness that stops the result from turning into display case goods.
The knives are usable and robust, and at the same time they show a sensitivity of design that makes the craft visible rather than hiding it. You can see and feel the care in every bevel and every joint. It is precisely in the places a quick glance overlooks that the quality of such knives is decided.
In a workshop of this kind every piece is made in small numbers. A record that fixes origin and owner and travels with the knife when it changes hands is all the more useful. That is exactly what the A.I.P.C.L. is for, and knives by Armand Cayzac can be entered there.
More about this forge
How it works
You order the examination. In the original-laguiole.de shop, for 10.00 euros, like a product. Then you upload photographs of your knife in your customer account: open and closed, the bee, the spine, the blade with the forge mark, and if available the receipt or packaging.
We examine it. We compare your knife with what we know from 30 years of trading with French forges, and when in doubt we ask the forge itself.
You get the result. If your knife is genuine it receives its own number, its page on aipcl.com and the certificate as a PDF. If it is not, we tell you that too.
What it costs
10.00 eurosExamining and registering one knife costs 10.00 euros.
If the examination shows that your knife does not come from a French forge, we refund the amount, of course. You pay only for a certificate you actually receive.
The examination is ordered in the original-laguiole.de shop. With the purchase you buy the examination, not the certificate; whether we issue it depends on the result of examining your photographs.
Order the examination (10.00 euros)