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Inside the workshop of Laguiole en Aubrac
A look inside the workshop of Laguiole en Aubrac: where the knives are made, on which machines and by which hands.
Inside the workshop
11These pictures were provided by the forge itself.
The blank goes into the fire. A smith reads the temperature from the colour; there is no thermometer for this.
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In the furnace the next blank waits until it is at forging heat.
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Four damascus blades after etching. The pattern comes from the layers forged on top of each other, not from the surface.
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The store of handle woods. What lies here has been gathered over years.
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Polishing is done by hand on the wheel. The pressure decides the result, not the machine.
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Sparks at the grinding belt.
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Four workplaces, four knifemakers. Each takes his knife from start to finish.
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The workshop in Espalion.
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At the assembly tables the parts come together.
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The final check before a knife leaves the workshop: blade, spring, action.
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Finished steak knives, lined up on the bench.
Photo by the forgeWhere the knives are made
Laguiole en Aubrac
Everything about this house, its history and its signature is on our page about the forge.
Have your Laguiole en Aubrac 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.
You own a knife by Laguiole en Aubrac but did not buy it at original-laguiole.de? You can still have it entered into the A.I.P.C.L. A genuine knife from this forge stays a genuine knife, whichever counter it crossed.
Who is Laguiole en Aubrac?
Set in a harsh and unspoilt landscape, Laguiole en Aubrac works with deep respect for local materials and traditional shapes. Its knives breathe the terroir: handles of horn and wood, sometimes with their natural patina, spring work sanded by hand, and forms that are at once plain and expressive. A knife from Aubrac carries the spirit of that country: rough, beautiful, true.
What we look at on a knife by Laguiole en Aubrac
Every forge has its signature. With Laguiole en Aubrac it is the local handle materials, the spring work sanded by hand and the shapes that breathe the Aubrac. 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 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)