Our Laguiole en Aubrac® sommelier corkscrews with a refined design are suitable for both personal and professional use. They will open your wine bottles in one go!
This is the trademark that guarantees the origin of our products: The logo is exclusive and attests that our knives were manufactured by Laguiole en Aubrac.
Among the wide choice on our site, it is difficult to choose the suitable model. We have devoted on these pages a complete analysis by product category.
A bee forged in the mass or a welded bee? Mechanical spring chiselling or artisanal chiselling and guilloche with file and chisel? You will know everything
Recognize a real Laguiole knife
Before any purchase on the Internet or in a specialized store, we recommend that you be vigilant about the very specific criteria.
Ancestor of marquetry, this technique appeared during antiquity, it consists in inlaying various materials such as mother-of-pearl, stone or mammoth ivory. At that time, marquetry was mainly found on buildings.
Italy revolutionized this technique by applying it to furniture in the 14th century. Thus we find the name of “wood painting” to designate marquetry.
The « marquetry Boulle »
In France, it was André-Charles Boulle, master cabinetmaker who developed an existing technique called Tarsia a incastro which revolutionized the practice of marquetry. In this method, all the veneers are stacked in a bundle. Then comes the cutting of each shape with the scroll saw known as bocfil or with the “marquetry easel” which has a very fine blade; the whole is cut with a saw. During assembly, a clear veneer is obtained which becomes embedded in the dark wood and vice versa.
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Elaboration of the Marquetry in video
The marquetry is a decoration made with cut or inlaid veneers according to a design, then amalgamated with a support. The results obtained can be geometric figurative or abstract.
Under the direction of the workshop manager: Thierry Valat, Laguiole en Aubrac in addition to his carpentry workshop and his forge, obviously has his Knifesmiths workshop. In which each knife is assembled by the same craftsman cutler.
Blacksmith’s Workshop
The work done at the forge of Laguiole en Aubrac produces all the metal elements that make up the knife before arriving in the hands of the cutlers who will undertake polishing and the finishing stage.
Knives handles material
The handles can be made in many different materials: Wood, Horns, Bones, Mammoth ivory, mineral materials or even synthetic materials. We have selected the most beautiful!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Laguiole: The answer to your questions
Not enough time to read each of our pages? We have made a Frequently Asked Questions at the bottom of our pages to provide an answer to the most frequently asked questions!
The warranty on Laguiole knives with marquetry handles is exactly the same as on all of our products. They are however more fragile if ever they were inadvertently immersed in water. We recommend that you never immerse your knives in water.
