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An artisanal table knife is designed, adjusted and checked piece by piece, individually or in small series. Each handle is assembled and finished in the workshop, each cutting edge is established before shipment. Above all, it resharpens itself: when the edge wears out, it recovers instead of condemning the knife. It's a cutlery designed to accompany years of meals, not a season.

Yes. They are designed to be used at every meal: slicing meat, cutting a roast vegetable, cutting into a crust of bread. Hand washing after use and careful storage is enough to keep them in working order. A table knife that remains locked in its drawer simply misses its function.

Depending on the current series, the knives can be offered individually, in pairs or in boxes. It is therefore possible to start with a single piece, then gradually complete a service in sequence. Boxed compositions, when they exist, are presented on the page dedicated to them. The starting point remains the list of parts currently available.

Two cases coexist. For series models, certain operations such as heat treatment or grinding can be entrusted to specialized partners; the design, adjustment, assembly, finishing, sharpening and final inspection are carried out at the Courpière workshop, in the Thiers basin. Apart from these series models, the parts are entirely manufactured in the workshop.

The essentials are in three steps: hand washing just after a meal, wiping completely, storing where the blades do not rub against each other. When the knife cuts less well, it resharpens itself — this is one of the advantages of a homemade blade. The site's maintenance guide details the actions appropriate for each material.

Series intended for restaurants and guest tables can be studied, depending on the project, the number of place settings and the workshop's production schedule. Coherence of the whole, handling, maintenance in service and replacement of parts over time are among the points examined. The page dedicated to professionals describes how to approach this type of project.