Laguiole, Histoire d'un couteau d'exception, French book

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Laguiole, Histoire d’un couteau d’exception, French book
Laguiole, Histoire d’un couteau d’exception, French book
In this book of 192 full color pages very well illustrated the author makes us discover the birth
of Laguiole and the life of the first workshops.
He tells us how this knife conquered the capital and took the opportunity to rectify some misconceptions, the reality is sometimes more beautiful than the legend.
The LAGUIOLE is the most famous French knife, a mythical knife known all over the world –
the bee who adorns the Laguiole knife is its flag bearer.
The laguiole, peasant knife of the Aubrac, born in Laguiole (Aveyron), in the workshop of a simple cutter-blacksmith,
is today a cultural marker of the attachment to a preserved territory and the symbol of a French way of life.
“Montée à Paris” in the pocket of the bougnats, the Laguiole has acquired its acclaim with cutlery makers Calmels, Pagès and Crocombette.
Contents:
Foreword
Aubrac, a living land and men
At the source of a knife
The first knives in Laguiole
The birth of the Laguiole knife
In Laguiole, the old craft workshops
The anatomy of the first Laguiole knives
From Laguiolais, the knife becomes Averonnais, Cantalien or Lozérien
Known couturiers from father to son
Laguiole becomes the knife of bougnat
From utility knife to decorated knife
On the road to success, a medalist knife
The Laguioles of marriage, the race for gigantism
Satisfy the demand, by subcontractor
Nicolas Crocombette, an artist of Laguiole
Period of lean cows
The revival of the knife in Laguiole
How is a Laguiole made today?
Art Cutlers combine Laguiole
Thiers, the other city of Laguiole today
A territorial authenticity to protect
Protect nature
Collectors
Around a Laguiole knife: legends and approximations
Epilogue
Technical glossary
Index
The French texts are written by Christian Lemasson.
Printed in 2019, this book is
NEW
and is 8-½ inches x 11 inches ( 22 cm x 28 cm )
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