Credits :

Web site designer in 1997, and general development and hosting company for the present web site :
André Rossi (EURO-SITE)

"COUTHIX" 2 D & 3 D, the Quizz and the virtual workshops :
Joël Mossand (Amplitude)

The virtual showroom of the cutlery :
Frédéric Mélon (Médiabis)

Photographic credits :
Jérôme Chabanne

Photography credit for the Blaise Lavelle painting and the postcards "traditional corporations" :
Studio GIBERT - THIERS

Texts for the headings "historic", "production", "determination of mark" :
Marc Prival

Text for the heading "fabrication" :
Henri VIALLON et André LECOT


Acknowledgements :

Paintings, playing cards "traditional corporations in Livradois-Forez" :
Daniel GROISNE

Old postcards
private collection
others old poscards
Manu LAPLACE


Bibliography :

Marc PRIVAL, geographer and anthropologist

Publications by the "Editions Créer", 63340 NONETTE
Phone : 04 73 71 65 57 - Fax : 04 73 71 63 34 - Contact : Jean-Pierre MARTY

"Knives and cutlers", 1990, 207 pages -

"So goes the man within his activities", 1999, 230 pages -

March 2001 : "The man and his knife"
authors : Marc PRIVAL and Roger ROUQUIER

Publication by "Camille éditions"

"The Thiers, manufacturing secrets", 1998, 125 pages

Contact : Jean-Pierre TREILLE, Confrérie du Couté de Tié - Phone : 04 73 80 41 03

Henri VIALLON, André LECOT

Publication by the SEMA "The cutlery, artistic crafts" december 95 - april

"The cutlery, artistic crafts" december 95-avril 96, 120 pages

General :

General coordination :
Anne-Marie Javelle (Chambre de Métiers / Antenne de Thiers)

Technical support :
Raymond Novieto (Chambre de Métiers du Puy-de-Dôme)

Web site communication :
Jocelyne Remondin (Chambre de Métiers du Puy-de-Dôme)