Comments on: Update: The great Laguiole swindle.

By: jbruun

jbruun — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:41:59 +0000

Richard,

Don’t forget to tell that you sell knives with welded bees and play in the blade at insane prices (€ 165) ..

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:37:27 +0000

hello everybody,
if you are interested to see how genuine Laguiole knives (made in Laguiole knives) are handcrafted, I just published a video here :
Laguiole Handcrafting Video
I made myself the video !
richard

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:08:23 +0000

Cobber,
Even if you aren’rinterested nearly 5,000 came out to see FA when he was here. it is those Laguiole from small manufacturers in France that are available through several shops here. I’m lucky enough to have one of the corkscrews.

By: Cobber

Cobber — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:52:55 +0000

ed, who cares where Ferran Adria eats.
And real Laguiole knives can only be bought from the small manufacturers in France.

By: ed

ed — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:36:42 +0000

Richard they sell proper ones . One is the top restaurant here where ferran adria ate last Saturday. The other a top equipment supplier.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:54:36 +0000

I don’t know about these 2 shops…but just take care about one thing… a lot of famous stores buy their cutlery in France for a cheap price from French companies which import their Laguiole knives from china.
So, it is very difficult to know, for these great companies, that they buy made in china products (because they bought the cutlery in France).

For the customer, it is easy to recognize a made in china laguiole because they are very light (when you say that a made in France laguiole is more heavy). However, it is more difficult to recognize a made in pakistan laguiole because weight is similar but only details could help you to recognize it : difference on rivets, quality of steel different…

One easy thing that help you to recongnize a made in china / pakistan Laguiole is the cheap price. When price is low, you are sure to buy one of these knives.

richard

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:41:25 +0000

I think you’ll find you can buy them from The Esential Ingredient at Prahran Market and I’ve seen them for sale in the foyer of Vue de Monde.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:56:54 +0000

I don’t know in Melbourne but you can buy directly onto http://www.laguiole.com and be delivered to Melbourne by FedEx.
We can discuss if you want a specific Laguiole knife, I can send you close picture of the knives…etc…
we can also engrave your name on the blade etc…
Don’t hesitate to contact me, we will handcraft your knife especially for you.

thanks.
Richard

By: Ourania

Ourania — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:10:22 +0000

Can you recommend a Melbourne retailer that would sell authentic Laguiole cutlery?
Kind regards

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:40:39 +0000

To know more about how the Laguiole cutlery is handcrafted, there are a lot of handcrafting pictures here : Laguiole.com