Ok, so I have been researching and reading most of the night on these Laguiole Knives, and now am just confused!!!
Apparently, Laguiole is some place in France, and is just a style of knife, not necissarily a brand name. So from what I can tell it will be Laguiole the the Artists or Knife Makers name. So these say Laguiole L'eclair. The Laguiole have the R in the circle as well for registered trademark. Now running searches on BF and Yahoo and such, I have not come across L'Eclair.
Now on other forums I have read that it seems alot of Laguiole's have a problem with the blade sitting on the backspring, or snapping against the back spring, which both of mine do this as well. The fix was either cut a piece of leather or cork and place down inside the knife!
Now judging by all the Laguiloe knives I have looked at last night, these do not some no where near the craftsmanship that I was looking at. One thing I read was if you expect to get an authentic Laguiole knife, expect to pay $100 or more. They also addess the cheaper one on E-Bay, and say for some reason these knives are a favorite of counterfeiters.
So I have a couple theories on these knives:
1. They were made in France, but are mass produced, and therefore donot reflect the craftsmanship of the regular Laguiole Knives
2. They are Pakistan knock offs, yet these are much better builds than the junk I see come out of Pakistan.
So I think I may post them on BF, and let 'ole Bernie Levine give me an answer. As I am pretty beat on reading about Laguiole Knives!!!
Here are some other links if anyone is interested:
BF Post
Laguiole Knives
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