Let's see your Laguiole

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addylo

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Got home from a weekend getaway to Eureka Springs, Arkysaw and look what was waiting for me on the front porch! After playing with this beauty for less than a day I'm totally hooked. I'm simply gonna have to have a few more.

Anyone got any to share? Post 'em up!

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Given to me on my 25th birthday in France by my girlfriends grandfather as I was meeting her family for the first time..

An early Calmels in Elephant ivory



 
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Laguiole, Opinel, and SAK's were the knives I carried for most of my life, until the last few years, I picked these two up in France almost 20 years ago, the Rossignol I bought for myself it was substantially cheaper than the En Aubrac which I bought as a gift for my father, a non knife guy, he re gifted it to my about 3 or 4 years ago.

Rossignol, this knife was really put through the paces, it's been trough four different careers with me kitchens, job sites and many camping trips the horn is chipped in a few spots, blade is scratched up, but it takes and holds a keen edge, and still as solid as the day I got it.


I was told on this brand the 7 hash marks on the back of the blade represents the 7 days of the week.

Laguiole En Aubrac, the mark on the back of the blade on this brand is the signature of the cutler that made the knife from start to finish.





Pete
 
Mine's a bit unorthodox with the opening hole, and it still takes me two hands to open it!


 
Sad that there are so many fakes/knock offs of these knives. 😤
 
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I also had another R.David, a buffalo horn handled that I gave as gift to a friend.
 
EyeDog said:
Sad that there are so many fakes/knock offs of these knives. 😤
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You know that Laguiole is a style or type and not a brand and that the Laguiole imprint can be put on any knife of this style, right? Now, if you mean "cheap," poorly made, or not made in their ancestral home in southern France, then I follow your meaning. But the one I bought for my brother was made in the town of Laguiole itself and its fit and finish leave much to be desired. I've seen Pakistani versions that were better than that one in every way.

Me, I'm thinking about buying a kit and knocking one up.

Zieg
 
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From what I've read, it's not a Laguiole unless it's made and officially authorized in the town of Laguiole. Just like Champagne is only called Champagne if it comes from that city. Otherwise it's just sparkling wine. Of course that's all just semantics.
 
Almost all of them on the market now come from Thiers which isn't far from Laguiole, but it isn't the same place. It would be like saying the Arkansas Toothpick knife must come from Arkansas to bear that name. It's not like Champagne at all, which must come from that region to be sold in the EU as such. That law gets a bit convoluted in the US.

So, no, not the case with Laguiole.

Zieg
 
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Almost all of them on the market now come from Thiers which isn't far from Laguiole, but it isn't the same place. It would be like saying the Arkansas Toothpick knife must come from Arkansas to bear that name. It's not like Champagne at all, which must come from that region to be sold in the EU as such. That law gets a bit convoluted in the US.

So, no, not the case with Laguiole.

Zieg
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Thanks for some clarification. I bought one through Amazon and it was made in San Francisco. Promoted as "Laguiole-type" and is a good looking knife. I've also bought a few older ones made in France.
 
Two well-known makers are the one labelled "En Aubrac" and the one by Actiforge. The former is made in, you guessed it, Aubrac. Actiforge is based in Montbrison but their workshop is in Theirs.

I like Actiforge's knives better.

Zieg
 
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The Zieg said:
Almost all of them on the market now come from Thiers which isn't far from Laguiole, but it isn't the same place. It would be like saying the Arkansas Toothpick knife must come from Arkansas to bear that name. It's not like Champagne at all, which must come from that region to be sold in the EU as such. That law gets a bit convoluted in the US.

So, no, not the case with Laguiole.

Zieg
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well it appears that I am dead wrong! :o I do remember reading something somewhere to that effect, but I guess it shows that you shouldn't believe everything you read! Thanks for the clarification.
 
Addylo, your knife is a beauty! The bolsters and the bee are cast very cleanly. That's always one of the features I like. I also like that Forge Laguiole's is clearly a bee, not mistakable for a fly. The bee/fly argument will never be settled, but I just like bees more, I suppose. Good purchase.

Zieg
 
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draggat said:
well it appears that I am dead wrong! :o I do remember reading something somewhere to that effect, but I guess it shows that you shouldn't believe everything you read! Thanks for the clarification.
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Hey, I'm wrong all the time; just ask my wife! :p Your knife, in case you want to know, is also made in Thiers.

Zieg
 
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