Laguiole, what is an original blade?

[anotherbanana]

Very difficult to decide if a blade produced with a semi worked product is authentic, and which communes should be given authentic status. Predictable with so much money at stake there is a scrap as to which communes should be included.

https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/occitanie/aveyron/rodez/couteaux-de-laguiole-colere-en-aveyron-apres-l-attribution-de-l-indication-geographique-a-94-communes-2620236.html

[menthe]

This is nothing new.  For years, there have been manufacturers claiming the Laguiole mark and even put a bee on the blade.  The name Laguiole has become used as a generic name for this type of knife with the special slip lock and does not necessarily refer to its origin.

Even a Nontron knife (also with it's distinctive mark on the handle) is now very expensive to buy.  Last time I looked, a bog standard pocket knife with a 6 cm blade was over 60 euros.

I'd love a Laguiole so, if you do buy one, would you leave it to me in your will?

Failing the knife, the cheese is also wonderful though I have been unable to find any for years now.  It's all getting too popular and aimed at the tourist market.

[Judith]

Agree about the cheese, Menthe.  Almost as good a Wensleydale with Christmas cake or mince pies (rememebr I'm a Yorkshire lass), but I haven't seen it around for a while, now you mention it.