What qualifies a Laguiole knife to be LOG certified...

PocketKnifeJimmy

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The seal of quality “LOG” means LAGUIOLE ORIGNE GARANTIE and is certified by the “Institut Nationale de la Proprietè Industrielle”. This seal guarantees the following quality criteria. Place of business must be within a certain named region of the Petit Aubrac, in which the traditional Laguiole forges were situated at that time. Hereby it shall be avoided that other or even foreign manufacturers who traditionally have nothing to do with the fabrication of these knives are profiting from its brandname. The blades of the knives must be forged and must adhere to certain quality standards ( among others: stainless, minimum temper of 56 Rockwell) All parts of the knife must be fabricated within the company and no components whatsoever can be bought outside. The knife must be fabricated in the traditional way of workmanship A controlling and supervising system checks the compliance with the quality criteria The society “Le Couteau de Laguiole” owns the trading rights and is entitled to confer them to any manufacturer complying with these criteria and submitting to the controls. The main reason for turning down most requests is obviously that many manufacturers do not use forged blades. If the blades are not forged but only polished of sheet metal the LOG can not be granted.
 
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Both 'Laguiole de Aubrac' and 'Forge de Laguiole' have this certification. Seems that using stamped out blades will automatically prevent a company from getting this certification. Since it was Laguiole de Aubrac who started this certification thing, it would make sense they added in the requirement for blades to be forged, since that is their own method of making their blades. I only know of 'Laguiole de Aubrac' and 'Forge de Laguiole' having this certification... trying to see if others have it too. It does guarantee certain things that I believe make the knife that much more desirable. I mean, stamped out blades work just fine.... but cool to know these are forged steel blades :-) As for things not being allowed to be bought from outide the country, that obviously does not mean handle materials that can not be found within France.... but their actual final cutting, shaping, fitting, and polishing, all get done in France.
 
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How many French Laguiole knife firms carry the LOG certification... or, does a list like that even exist on the internet somewhere?
 
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I don't think there is a list, I was gong to try pull something together later on, but off the top of my head ( not fact ) Laguiole De L'Artisan, Fontenelli Pataud, Honoré Durand, and I think if you go to Actiforge they have the seal? These are a memory guess so don't take as fact, but gives you a starting point, weekends I tend not to post, usually busy with the family, but I will try to get back to you.

Pete

Not sure if for example my Rossignol made in Thiers quilifies? Thiers is famous and rich in the knife making traditions.
 
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