All About Pocket Knives

My two Laguioles look like this. I like them very much and wish I had more.

tendots wrote:Stan,I own well over 50 Laguioles,only two of them marked L'eclair(my very first purchases).These two lack walk and talk,F&F,they are as genuine as Pamela Anderson's b.....The company be well registrated in France but the knives are made in Pakislavia or such country.Cordialement Gus.

it's depend - Some are subcontracted to pakistan, china .. others are made in France: it depends on the range, it is clear that when you pay 15/20€ it will not be made ​​in France

This one is French made.

If there is a "440" on the tang they are surely made in China. The price of french made Lagioule went trough the roof recently so the low price is a very good indicator as well.
That said there ain´t no such thing like an "original Lagioule knife" so it´s just good and bad ones.
I nearly bought one of these too until I researched the topic more thorough.

Can´t do much damage for $15 though...

Farrell,not true,many Laguiole(genuine French made)back in the eighties were made in 440 steel.Look on the German Bay for Laguioles they usually fetch not the highest prices.Look for Forge de Laguiole,Rossignol,or G.David,R David.Alles Klare Gus.

Yes, I can imagine that, 440 was quite "big" in the eighties for knives. As it seems now the cutleries and buyers seem to focus more on traditional steels. I would prefer a genuinely forged steel on a Laguiole like the Forge du Moulin uses.
Unfortunately the german Ebay is awash with chinese Laguiole knives.

Frank

Frank,are you refering to carbon steel?http://www.ebay.de/itm/Laguiole-Forge-d ... 77.Regards Gus.

Yes, that´s one of Forge du Moulin´s knifes. The owner Manfred Wager is a german living in France. Once he was dealing with Lagioule knives and when manufacturers became more and more reluctant to do custom orders he dicided to make his own knives. On the german knife forums he is considered as one of the good guys. I suppose I will give him a try sooner or later.

Frank

Personaly I like this one better.http://www.ebay.de/itm/Laguiole-RF-2M-s ... 5795a37a7/.

They say Phillipe Voissiere is an artist! Pretty nice knives for sure.
I really like the "Brut de Forge"-style but they are much too expensive IMHO.

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Laguiole-en-Aubr ... 115wt_1065

Frank

Expensive is a matter of opinion.If you consider the amount of work involved in creating such a knife,I think the prices of such knives are moderate.And for those who want a ''true''couteau Layol for cheap there is L'eclair,Baladeo,unsw.Have a good one Gus.

440C is a good steel

Capt. Farrel wrote:Yes, I can imagine that, 440 was quite "big" in the eighties for knives. As it seems now the cutleries and buyers seem to focus more on traditional steels. I would prefer a genuinely forged steel on a Laguiole like the Forge du Moulin uses.
Unfortunately the german Ebay is awash with chinese Laguiole knives.

Frank

Laguiole custom knives maker indifferently use stainless steels (19C27 [similar to 440C], RWL34 and other ..) and carbon steels. It's just a choice of the customer when ordering and it does not indicate a higher quality of one or the other. Moreover, the major part of production "industrial" (actually small workshops) is made ​​of stainless steel simply because of consumer preference for steel will not rust

Capt. Farrel wrote:They say Phillipe Voissiere is an artist! Pretty nice knives for sure.
I really like the "Brut de Forge"-style but they are much too expensive IMHO.

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Laguiole-en-Aubr ... 115wt_1065

Frank

if you want see his products :
http://philippe-voissiere.com/

Merci bien Stancaiman,cordialement Gus

Hi there everyone.I have 4 laguiole knives three in my aping on are genuine the other ime not so sure of as the workmanship is not as good as the other 3.here they are .the one on the top of the photo is the one I believe is not genuine. if the photo is not shown the right way round it is the one with the Cork screw.

I'm no expert but I fear you may be correct as "veritable Laguiole" translates to "real Laguiole" which is of course not a maker's name.

I wish stancaiman or tendots still frequented the forum. Stancaiman is from France and tendots, I believe is from The Netherlands.