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Inside the workshop of Coutellerie du Barry
A look inside the workshop of Coutellerie du Barry: where the knives are made, on which machines and by which hands.
Inside the workshop
15These pictures were provided by the forge itself.
The two who run the forge.
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Workshop and shop from above. Everything under one roof, from raw steel to the display case.
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The owner. The EMBRASSÉ series, a Laguiole for a smaller hand, is her design.
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At a trade fair. A knife sells differently when you can hold it.
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The workshop in the morning. On the wall hangs, for every operation, the tool it needs.
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The shop. The awning says how long the forge has existed: since 1968.
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Shop and workshop side by side. Whoever buys here stands a few steps from the bench.
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In the workshop, in front of the day's finished pieces.
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Handle scales cut from dark, weathered wood, ready for the next batch.
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The bee is reworked by hand, the knife held in the vice.
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Five knives under construction, beside them the scales that belong to each. Every pair stays with its knife, because no piece of wood matches another.
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At the pillar drill. The rivet holes must go through liner and scale in one pass.
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Laid on but not yet riveted: this is what a knife looks like just before it becomes one.
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Finished. The handle is ground flush, the bolsters seated, the rivets sunk.
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Two pieces of the same batch, and already you see it: the same wood, two different pictures.
Photo by the forgeWhere the knives are made
Coutellerie du Barry
Everything about this forge, its history and its signature is on our page about the forge.
Have your Coutellerie du Barry knife examined
You already own a knife from this forge? We can examine it and issue an A.I.P.C.L. certificate of authenticity - no matter where you bought it.
You own a knife by the Coutellerie du Barry? Then you can have it entered into the A.I.P.C.L. We check that it is genuine, and your knife receives its own number, its own page and its certificate - a proof that stays with it, even when it changes hands.
What we look at on a knife by Coutellerie du Barry
Every forge has its signature. With Coutellerie du Barry it is the handle materials with warmth and structure, the solid spring work and the careful finish. 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.
How it works
You register your knife. Right here on aipcl.com, with no sign-up beforehand: name the forge and upload the photographs - open and closed, the bee, the spine, the blade with the forge mark, and if available the receipt or packaging. Then you pay the examination fee; we create your customer account along the way.
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 eurosor 15 CARMOS points from original-laguiole.de - what those are is explained there.
Examining 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.
You order and pay here on aipcl.com, by PayPal or by bank transfer in advance. With the payment 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)