One-of-a-kind Laguiole en Aubrac pocket knife
Laguiole pocket knife with mosaic pin
Laguiole blade being sharpened
Wood blocks for Laguiole knife handles
Laguiole en Aubrac sommelier corkscrew with prestige bee
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Laguiole pocket knife with wenge wood handle
Damascus Laguiole blade being sharpened
Laguiole knives with chiseled prestige bees
Double-plate Laguiole knife with mammoth molar handle

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Laguiole en Aubrac: The Laguiole Knife, Handmade in France

A Laguiole knife is a French pocket knife that goes back to 1829: no lock, a blade that opens with both hands, and a bee for its emblem. Laguiole en Aubrac makes it by hand in France, and Laguiole.Store brings it to the United States, along with Laguiole steak knives, flatware and sommelier corkscrews.

We’re Laguiole Export, an online retailer dedicated entirely to this maker. The Laguiole name was never protected as a trademark, so you’ll find it on plenty of factory knives. On a Laguiole en Aubrac knife, the maker’s name is marked on the blade and the bee is part of the knife itself. Every French Laguiole knife we sell ships from France with its numbered certificate of authenticity. We also engrave names and initials, free of charge.

Handmade in France

Handmade in France
By Laguiole en Aubrac
Free laser engraving

Free laser engraving
No extra shipping time
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Shipped by DHL Express

Shipped by DHL Express
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Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant label

Living Heritage Company
A French government label

Laguiole pocket knives

Classic, collector or Damascus: choose your Laguiole pocket knife

Classic Laguiole pocket knife

Laguiole Pocket Knives

The classic French Laguiole knife, handmade by Laguiole en Aubrac. Choose a single blade, or add a corkscrew to open a bottle at the table. Then pick golden brass or stainless steel bolsters and the handle material you like best.

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📖 Classic pocket knife guide

Laguiole pocket knives with hand-chiseled double plates

Hand-Chiseled Double Plates

The most elaborate construction in the Laguiole en Aubrac range. The plates that line the handle are doubled and chiseled by hand. Choose it when you want a pocket knife people notice.

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📖 Double plates guide

Laguiole Signature and Marquetry collector knives

Collector Knives: Signature & Marquetry

Pocket knives made to be shown as much as carried. On Signature models, the bee is sculpted as a butterfly, a fleur-de-lis or a bunch of grapes. Marquetry models and the Nox Pretiosa line round out the collection, and some collector pieces have Damascus blades.

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📖 Marquetry guide

Laguiole pocket knife with Damascus blade

Damascus Blades

If the steel matters to you as much as the handle, start here. Every knife in this collection has a stainless Damascus steel blade and a handle in wood, horn or mammoth molar. Damascus blades are never engraved.

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📖 Damascus steel guide

Anatomy of a Laguiole

The 8 parts of a Laguiole knife, and what each one does

Eight details make a Laguiole knife what it is, from the maker’s name on the blade to the bee. Tap or click a copper dot, or a name below, to see each part up close. Want more? Browse our guides and tips, or learn how to recognize a genuine Laguiole knife.

Diagram of an open Laguiole en Aubrac pocket knife

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The blade

The maker’s mark

Look closely at the blade and you’ll find the maker’s name, the first thing to check on any Laguiole. We engrave your text on the reverse side, on one or two lines.

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The maker

Meet Laguiole en Aubrac, the French knifemaker

Laguiole en Aubrac has made its knives by hand in France since 1992. Its range goes well beyond the pocket knife: sommelier corkscrews with a foil cutter that doubles as a bottle opener, steak knives, flatware sets and kitchen knives designed by Benjamin Auzier.

The French government has awarded it the Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant (Living Heritage Company) label. You can see its craftsmanship up close in the one-of-a-kind pieces, made by its most experienced cutlers. The spring, the plates and the bee are worked differently on each one, and no two handles are alike. None is ever repeated.

Laguiole en Aubrac makes the knives, and we sell them online to customers across the US. See how a Laguiole is made in our guide to the knife manufacturing process.

Laguiole en Aubrac knife being made by hand
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Laguiole Pocket Knives
Set of 6 Laguiole Steak Knives
Set of 6 Laguiole Steak Knives
Laguiole Flatware Sets
Laguiole Flatware Sets
Laguiole Cheese Knives and Sets
Laguiole Cheese Knives and Sets
Laguiole Sommelier Corkscrews
Laguiole Sommelier Corkscrews
Laguiole Collector Knives: Signature & Marquetry
Laguiole Collector Knives: Signature & Marquetry
Laguiole Damascus Pocket Knives
Laguiole Damascus Pocket Knives
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Laguiole Carving Sets
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Laguiole Kitchen Knives
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Laguiole Leather Sheaths & Sharpener

Try your engraving

Engraved by us

Your Laguiole, personalized with free laser engraving

We engrave in-house with our own laser, free of charge: pocket knives, steak knives, kitchen, bread, pizza and cheese knives on the reverse side of the blade, sommelier corkscrews on the lever. A personalized pocket knife takes one or two lines: up to 18 characters on the first, 12 on the second.

Use the preview on this page to try a name or initials in any font, add a symbol and change your mind as often as you like. You'll find the same options on the product page of every piece that can be engraved.

Engraving adds no extra time before your order ships. A few pieces stay plain: in a flatware set, we engrave the knives only, and Damascus blades and champagne sabers are never engraved.

22fonts
156symbols
2lines on pocket knives

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50+ handle materials

Choose your Laguiole by its handle

Start with the handle. You can choose from more than 50 materials in wood, horn, fossil mammoth ivory and stone, so two knives of the same model can look completely different.

Olive wood and juniper come in a satin finish. Ebony, zebu horn tip, snakewood, malachite and turquoise are polished to a shine. Any ivory handle is fossil mammoth ivory. Compare them side by side in our guide to knife handle materials. Wash your knife by hand and dry it right away. Wood and horn handles never go in the dishwasher, and care instructions come with every order.

Juniper wood Laguiole handle

Juniper

Satin finish

Olive wood Laguiole handle

Olive Wood

Satin finish

Ebony Laguiole handle

Ebony

Polished

Zebu horn tip Laguiole handle

Horn Tip

Zebu horn, polished

Fossil mammoth ivory Laguiole handle

Mammoth

Fossil mammoth ivory or molar

Pistachio wood Laguiole handle

Pistachio Wood

Natural wood

Vinestock Laguiole handle

Vinestock

Grapevine wood

Snakewood Laguiole handle

Snakewood

Polished

Buffalo horn Laguiole handle

Buffalo Horn

Natural horn

Malachite Laguiole handle

Stone

Malachite, turquoise

By the numbers

1829

The first
Laguiole knife

1992

Laguiole en Aubrac
founded

50+

Handle
materials

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22

Engraving
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156

Engraving
symbols

Double-plate Laguiole knives in the workshop

Find your knife

Which Laguiole knife is right for you?

Single blade or corkscrew? Golden brass or stainless steel bolsters? Olive wood, horn or stone? Answer a few quick questions and we'll suggest the models that fit how you'll use your knife and what you like.

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For the table

Laguiole steak knives, flatware sets and corkscrews

Steak knives in sets of six, flatware sets, cheese and oyster knives, and sommelier corkscrews: the Laguiole en Aubrac range for your dinner table.

Laguiole steak knives, set of 6

Set of 6 Steak Knives

Laguiole flatware set

Flatware Sets

Laguiole cheese knife

Cheese Knives

Laguiole corkscrew and wine opener

Sommelier Corkscrews

Laguiole pocket knife with corkscrew

Pocket Knives with Corkscrew

Laguiole oyster knife

Oyster Knives

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Immerse yourself in French cutlery tradition with this Laguiole en Aubrac knife, complemented by an vine stock wood handle. With a convenient length of 12 cm...

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Since 1829

Where the Laguiole knife comes from

The Laguiole knife takes its name from Laguiole, a village on the Aubrac plateau in southern France, where the first model appeared in 1829, inspired by the Spanish navaja.

Around 1880, a corkscrew was added at the request of bars and restaurants. Over the years, the bee became the emblem of the knife, and the shepherd's cross a traditional decoration on its handle.

Today, Laguiole en Aubrac is a member of the Geographical Indication for the Laguiole knife. Read the full history of the Laguiole knife.

Chiseled prestige bee on a Laguiole knife

Laguiole knife FAQ

Filework on a Laguiole knife spring
What is Laguiole?

Laguiole is a village in southern France, and the name of the French pocket knife that first appeared there in 1829. The knife has no locking system, opens with two hands and carries a bee, its traditional emblem. Some models also have a corkscrew. Laguiole en Aubrac makes them by hand in France.

The one with its maker's name on the blade. The word Laguiole alone proves nothing, because the name was never protected as a trademark and plenty of factory knives use it. Every Laguiole en Aubrac knife is handmade in France, has its bee built into the knife and ships with a numbered certificate of authenticity. Our guide shows how to recognize a genuine Laguiole knife.

Laguiole en Aubrac knives are handmade in France. The name alone won't tell you where a knife was made, since factory knives of any origin can carry it. Laguiole en Aubrac belongs to the Geographical Indication for the Laguiole knife, and its name is marked on the blade of every knife it makes.

Say "lah-YOLE." The "gui" sounds like the y in "yes," the final "e" is silent, and the stress falls on the last syllable.

Laguiole isn't a brand. The word appears on many factory knives, and the name to look for is the maker's, marked on the blade. Laguiole en Aubrac, founded in 1992, works by hand in France and holds the Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant label, awarded by the French government. Its range includes one-of-a-kind pieces and hand-chiseled double plates, the most elaborate construction it offers.

With both hands, and there's nothing to unlock first, since a Laguiole has no button or lever to press. Hold the handle in one hand, keep your fingers clear of the edge, and fold the blade back into the handle with the other. Opening it takes two hands as well.

Right here. Laguiole.Store is the US store of Laguiole Export, an online seller devoted to Laguiole en Aubrac. Every order ships straight from France by DHL Express, each knife comes with its numbered certificate, and engraving on the blade is free. See our shipping and payment page for details.