What a great set for your next French dinner (or a host gift for the next French dinner you go to). Each item in this set is put through 25 production stages, before they are stamped, polished, and packaged.The Laguiole knife has been used in the south of France for over 200 years. Jean Dubost's family, inspired by the traditional peasant tool, has been crafting the artisan blades since 1920. Surrounded by legend and myth, the Laguiole knife still carries the mark of its ancestors. A bee that is found engraved on all Laguiole products, was originally part of Napoleon Bonaparte's imperial seal.