Coutellerie du Roi
Passage du Nord, 27 - 1000 Bruxelles - Pho. 02/217.54.94
www.coutellerieduroi.be/
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There are shops that lack both soul and history, which you visit through necessity and which are immediately forgotten. There are others where you push on the door with pleasure, with curiosity, and which you find appealing for rather vague reasons. La Coutellerie du Roi is assuredly one of the...
District: Rue Neuve
Specialities: Tableware, Rue Neuve, Brussels
First of all, there is the setting, unique and sumptuous, going back to 1881, the construction date of that strange Passage du Nord which joins Rue Neuve at Place De Brouckère: classified frontage that is used as a model for the restoration of the neighbouring shops, interior shelving, a spiral staircase and a cash register made of original wooden.
Then there is the warmth of the welcome reserved by the mistress of the place for her customers. One finds in her, with infinite pleasure, a remnant of the soul of Brussels, in her speech...a slight accent, certainly, but well present... but especially in this way of being which makes you feel, from the moment when you cross the threshold, as if she has known you forever and a day.
The shop's purpose
Blades and steel without end. Knives and scissors for all and much more besides:
- Scissors
- Egg-cutters
- Nail clippers
- Shears
- Cigar-cutters
- Pipe-cleaners
- Razor blades (with genuine badger shaving brushes)
- Kitchen knives and pepper mills
Advices
Enjoy the tips on maintenance and correct use: how to shave properly(!), how to hone...
Info & Agenda
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