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Inside the workshop of Laguiole Goyon-Chazeau
A look inside the workshop of Laguiole Goyon-Chazeau: where the knives are made, on which machines and by which hands.
Inside the workshop
10These pictures were provided by the forge itself.
Magali and Vincent in the showroom, in front of the cases of finished cutlery.
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Drilling is done in a stack: several blades on top of each other, so the holes sit in the same place on all of them.
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A liner is checked. In the crate beside it the next ones wait, each with its spring.
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Straightening is done with a hammer. A spring standing a fraction too far pushes the blade off centre later on.
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Magali and Vincent run the forge. On the shirts is what it stands for: Coutellerie Goyon-Chazeau.
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The team. Nine people, and every knife passes through several of these hands.
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A handle at the wheel. The crate in the background is the queue.
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Finished knives in the crate, each with a different handle wood. Up to here each of them has been through the same operations.
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The blade at the belt grinder. The hand holds the angle, not the machine.
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From round bar to blade in five steps: bar, upset, spread shape, forged out, cut free. All from one piece, nothing attached.
Photo by the forgeWhere the knives are made
Laguiole Goyon-Chazeau
Everything about this forge, its history and its signature is on our page about the forge.
Have your Laguiole Goyon-Chazeau 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 Goyon-Chazeau? 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 Goyon-Chazeau
Every forge has its signature. With Laguiole Goyon-Chazeau it is the clean mechanics and solid making that make this forge a good way into fine Laguiole work. 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)