Thanks for the info.
There is no way I can inspect the goods over the internet and so, in heeding your advice, I will not buy one until I can handle it for myself.
What I am afraid of is that those Laguiole knives for sale on the internet can be fake.....
This knife just piqued my interest when I saw it on SWAT (the movie)........

And I don't mind the design of the knife and blade too.....