Visite de la coutellerie - armurerie James

Push open the door at 55 rue aux cordiers and you'll discover the quintessence of James Armoury's time-honoured expertise. Take a self-guided tour of this shop with its 200-year history.
In this unique place, now two hundred years old, the water mill and the lapidary, still in operation, rub shoulders with the Morvan earthenware factory as well as Gien, Peugeot, Deglon, the Forges de Laguiole, Manu Laplace and many other cutlery craftsmen.
Pauline Zacharie, the only woman in France to hold a "brevet des métiers d'art" in gunsmithing, has been serving her customers in this family-run business for 18 years.
She has managed to preserve the knowledge of her predecessors, but also to meet the new demands of her customers from all over France and abroad.
Backed up by two other gunsmiths who are graduates of the prestigious Stéphanois gunsmithing school, their work and achievements know no bounds.
Alongside the gunsmith is a court-appointed ballistics expert, giving James unrivalled professionalism.

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