DrThunder88
Senior Cook
DrThunder88,
Robo410 advise is very sound.
Laguiole is a town 359 miles south of Paris that originally produced a pocket knife with a corkscrew that evolved into a steak knife. The ones that TJMaxx sells are low end merchandise with a stamped blade.
The actual Laguiole steak knife is a high end product used in all Michelin 3 Star restaurants, the most recognizable feature apart from the bee and the pistol shape handle is a forged blade, tapered (3 to 4 times thicker in the handle area) with a lot of artistic work on the edge.
I found a picture link in wikipedia, see below:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Abeille_en.jpg
Good info. I did some looking after reading some of the other responses and came to the same conclusion. It's like France's version of Mora, Sweden!
Anyone have any experiences with A.G. Russell's steak knives? The knives themselves are good looking, and the blades are of an exceptional steel (VG10).