The international reputation of the Laguiole knives has earned them the existence of many copies around the world. However, certain distinctive signs make it possible to recognize the original ones, crafted in the village itself, at the heart of the Aveyron department. The chiseled bee or fly, the brass or steel bolsters that protect the ends of the handle, and the guilloche. The latter is a carving formed of straight and wavy lines on the spring. A real goldsmith's work.