A small shop with an extensive selection of knives and bottle openers. Igor the shopkeeper helped me not only select a special pocket knife for my main trip souvenir he helped us pick out gifts for friends and then when I showed him a picture of a Laguiole bottle opener that I've had for over a decade and needed repaired he hunted down a contact for the repair and sent it to me a week later. A truly helpful and man and contrary to the review below he was very willing to help me in English. read more

I had a wonderful time talking to the shopkeeper who describes his shop's Laguiole collection. The knives are manufactured in Espalion located right next to Laguiole viIllage it's a family run business. Super friendly guy who patiently guided me through the various steel they use for their knives. Ended up with a beautiful carbon steel blade on horn tip handle. Can't wait to try it on my Cavaillon from the nearby Bastille Farmers Market.... read more

Le Laguiole du Marais - Had a wonderful time chatting with the shop keeper. Ended up with a beautiful carbon steel knife. - Paris, 75

Stopped in here on Sunday intending to buy a Laguiole knife and lets just say I did not. My French is decent so I usually start conversations in stores in French, only resorting to English for specific vocabulary words I don't know or if the salesperson switches to English and is clearly stronger in English than I am in French. As a result, I don't get treated like a tourist often. In this store, I didn't get much past "bonjour monsieur" before switching to English because I knew my vocabulary was not up to the task of buying a knife. Well boy did I get the "treat the American tourist like crap" French stereotype treatment! The guy behind the counter acted like my very presence in the store was an annoyance to him, despite the total lack of other customers. He made no effort to help me pick a knife, looked pained and rolled his eyes ... I couldn't wait to get out of there. Contrast this with my experience two days later at Laguiole Galérie, where I did end up buying a knife and enjoying every minute I spent there. I'll write that review next! So in brief: Located on a cute street and open on Sundays, convenient to the Marais, but a limited selection and suitable only for masochistic shoppers. read more

We had the exact opposite experience as the previous poster. The woman who is pictured behind the counter in one of their photos on their website waited on us. She was very nice and worked with me with my English and broken French and was very accommodating, helping us purchase exactly what we wanted, A recommendation if you buy knives that cost a lot, bring your passport so you can get the tax back when you fly out. She can't complete the forms without the passport. We met her the next morning to take care of it. read more