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Inside the workshop of Laguiole Claude Dozorme
A look inside the workshop of Laguiole Claude Dozorme: where the knives are made, on which machines and by which hands.
Inside the workshop
5These pictures were provided by the forge itself.
A finished knife at the large wheel. At the end each piece gets its final shine by hand, not in a tumbler.
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The handle at the belt grinder. The fingers lie close to the belt: there is no other way to feel how much is being taken off.
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Wet grinding on the stone wheel. The water keeps the steel cool, for a blade ground too hot loses its hardness.
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The same wheel up close. What runs off here is steel and stone in water, the same process for two hundred years.
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Handle scales of pale material wait on the shelf while the next piece is on the wheel.
Photo by the forgeWhere the knives are made
Laguiole Claude Dozorme
Everything about this forge, its history and its signature is on our page about the forge.
Have your Laguiole Claude Dozorme 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 Laguiole Claude Dozorme? 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 Claude Dozorme
Every forge has its signature. With Laguiole Claude Dozorme it is the combination of modern technique and traditional work that has marked this family firm since 1902. 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)