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Ty Coutelier: the forge and its knives
The forge introduces itself: its workshop, its signature and its knives
A portrait of the forge
In Breton, ty means house. Ty Coutelier is therefore the knifemaker's house, and the name already says what this is about: not a factory, but a workshop.
What comes out of it is a Laguiole, and yet you would pick it out among a hundred others. The shape follows the tradition of the Aubrac, the character comes from Brittany: a little rougher, a little more headstrong, with handle materials other forges would hesitate over.
Those materials are exactly what makes a Ty Coutelier knife. Materials that bring a story with them and show it, instead of letting it disappear under a smooth surface. Add to that clean guillochage and a fit in which nothing wobbles and nothing sticks.
Two French landscapes meet here, further apart than any map suggests: the high plateau of the Aubrac and the Atlantic coast. That a knife comes of it which looks as though it could never have been otherwise is this workshop's real achievement.
Inside the workshop
9These pictures were provided by the forge itself.
The starting pieces
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Pieces with the hardened spring
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Guilloching the bolster plate
Photo by the forgeNew and remarkable
5What the forge shows us: new models, special editions, arrangements from their own workshop.
Where the knives are made
Ty Coutelier
Everything about this forge, its history and its signature is on our page about the forge.
Have your Ty Coutelier 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 Ty Coutelier? 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 Ty Coutelier
Every forge has its signature. At Ty Coutelier it is the handle materials, which bring a history with them and show it rather than letting it vanish under a smooth surface. Add to that a clean guillochage and a fit in which nothing wobbles and nothing sticks. 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)