Jean-Michel Cayron: the forge and its knives
The forge introduces itself: its workshop, its signature and its knives
More about this forge
You own a knife by Jean-Michel Cayron? 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 Jean-Michel Cayron
Every forge has its signature. With Jean-Michel Cayron it is the details of blade, spring, bee and handle tuned to one another, without superfluous ornament. 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
Jean-Michel Cayron stands for dedication and a love of precision. In his workshop every knife counts as a project of its own: blade, spring, bee and handle are matched to one another with an eye to balance, cutting performance and durability. No mass production, no superfluous ornament, but character and a craft you can feel with every stroke along the bevel.
This way of working has consequences for the numbers. Anyone who treats each knife as a separate task cannot deliver large series, and that is exactly what makes the pieces interesting to collectors. No two knives are ever quite the same, if only because the handle materials never show the same figure twice.
For a forge like this, entry in the A.I.P.C.L. is more than a piece of paper. It records when a knife was made and for whom, and it travels with the piece when it is sold on. In twenty years it will still be possible to establish what a buyer today simply knows.
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)