Laguiole Aveyron: 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 Laguiole Aveyron? 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 Laguiole Aveyron
Every forge has its signature. With Laguiole Aveyron it is the locally valued materials and the spring work visibly and tangibly done by hand. 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
The Aveyron is the department where the Laguiole was born. To name a workshop after that country is to commit to a whole origin, not merely to a word. At Laguiole Aveyron you can feel it: in the handle materials, in the spring work and in the finish it stays visible that a hand has been at work here and that nothing has been forced to an artificial shine.
The knives follow the classic Laguiole line without overloading it. The relation of blade to handle, the way the knife sits in the hand, the weight: these are the points that matter, and that is exactly where the care shows. Anyone looking for a knife that gets by without fuss and still lasts is in the right place.
That restraint has a practical advantage. A knife not meant for a display case ends up being used, and after some years a used knife tells more than one that was never opened. For entry in the A.I.P.C.L. the amount of decoration makes no difference. Only the origin counts.
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)