Photo by the forge
New and remarkable from Coutellerie Brun
The newest knives from Coutellerie Brun, photographed in the forge itself. Every piece with its A.I.P.C.L. certificate of authenticity.
New and remarkable
4What the forge shows us: new models, special editions, arrangements from their own workshop.
Where the knives are made
Coutellerie Brun
Everything about this house, its history and its signature is on our page about the forge.
Have your Coutellerie Brun knife examined
You already own a knife from this house? We can examine it and issue an A.I.P.C.L. certificate of authenticity - no matter where you bought it.
The Brun workshop stands in the village of Laguiole itself. A married couple, both cutlers, working for themselves since 2014. They forge Laguiole folding knives, very often to order, and frequently from materials one rarely sees: mammoth molar, mammoth tusk, warthog ivory.
The most recent creation is called Piquet d'Aubrac. Its handle comes from old fence posts off the Aubrac plateau, stabilised in resin, with every lichen and patch of moss the wood brought with it.
Every workshop has its signature. At Brun it is the bee forged in one piece with the spring rather than attached afterwards, together with the hand-chased surface, worked with file and chisel. That is visible on a genuine piece and cannot be imitated in passing.
That is exactly what we look at in your photographs. If in doubt we ask the workshop itself before issuing a certificate.
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)