laguiole folding knife?

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celticpride2133

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I posted something about this style of knife a while ago and got very little response. I know some one out their must know a good maker of this style knife? or even just some history on the knife. Thanks
 
Try asking over in the Traditional subforum. Or searching there, they come up from time to time. The history goes way back in France.

This is the only one I have.

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I picked it up in a trade with another forum member. I have no idea where he got it, and I'm not sure he remembered, either. It seems to be a pretty decent knife, aside from the all too common problem of the blade tip hitting the backspring if you let it snap shut.
 
I like the style and at some point will break down and buy one, but don't own any at present.
the history and especially arguments between some of the makers over who makes the "real" thing is interesting.
I've seen them in a couple of woodworking/tool company catalogs.
 
Hello thanks for your picture.

Your Laguiole knife comes from our compagny: Laguiole Actiforge

You will find below the history of the Laguiole:

History of the Laguiole knife

Cutlery appeared in Lagiuole in late XVIIIth century. It became famous from 1860.
The village got 5 makers.
The following names Pages, Calmels, Mas and Gleize can be found.
The handmade knives made in Laguiole were on the whole very similar to the Yssingeaux model.

As in the other parts of France, local cutlers didn’t manage to supply the demand.
So, they asked help from the Thiers factories which made their orders, with their mark.
For nearly 50 years the making stopped entirely in Laguiole.
The Thiers cutlers went on producing them.

In 1985, the people of Aveyron re-settled a factory in Laguiole.
The French designer Philippe Starck drew the knife again and gave it a sharp blade in the Yatagan style.
Success was immediate. The french knife itself gets its legend.
The cross which adorns the handle is supposed to help the lonely shepherds in their “burons” to pray.

The town of Laguiole claimed the exclusive making of this knife on the place.
Thiers didn’t accept, arguing that for about one hundred years the cutlery capital had contributed to save and develop the french knife.
The quarrel is now extincted. The cutlers of both towns make the different models of Laguiole in good partnership.
Laguiole is not a mark. Legally speaking, the name of the town can’t be protected.

Dealers use the name of Laguiole to sell copies of Laguiole knives.
This imported knives are cheap and bad quality.
French cutlers do not manufacture derived products. They exclusively craft cutlery. Laguiole cutlery is sold with a guarantee

You will find more information under www.laguiole-france.com
 
I have one from Forge De Laguiole. It is a very nice knife that gets a lot of compliments. They are easy to sharpen also.

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excuse the crazy background of pic( I don't know why I couldn't have found a better one)
 
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