Laguiole en Aubrac Knives

     This humble farmer’s knife was first created in 1829, in Laguiole, a small mountain village of the Aveyron, in southwestern France. The bee decorating the spring plate would eventually become the prestigious symbol of France’s most celebrated knife.

     The first Laguiole knives were inspired by the Arabo-Hispanic knife, the Navaja. Local men who migrated to Spain in winter as pit-sawyers brought this knife back as souvenirs. Local cutlers and tinkers blended the Navaja with a local knife of the time, the Capouchadou, thus creating what came to be known as the Laguiole.

     Out of respect for the local cutlery traditions to which the original Laguiole knives owe their celebrated quality, four cutlers came together to create a forge in Montézic, a small village just a stone’s throw from Laguiole. This was the real return to the original techniques used in every stage of Laguiole knife production.

Laguiole en Aubrac Knives
2, rue Eugene Salettes
12500 Espalion, France
http://www.laguiole-en-aubrac.fr