THIERS-ISSAD was founded in 1884 by Pierre THIERS who was born in 1860 died in 1929. The latter had an extraordinay reputation for being a skillful blacksmith, his items-especially the hand razors were of very hight quality.
When he crated his own compagny, he attached his wife's name in order to avoid confusions with the other families named.
"Thiers". They were numerous, we notice mainly 3 families with the name oh "Thiers" in the 1582 charter wich mentions every master cutlers Thiers and its surroundings.
Mrs Pierre thiers maintained the company continuity and was soon helped by her son, Pierre THIERS (1884-1962), and a few years later by Louis (1910-1985) and Pierre Thiers (1914-1997).
Philippe THIERS was the last successor who sold his factory to Gilles REYNEWAETER in 1985.
Gilles REYNEWAETER has perpetuated the hand razor ancestral tradition by making new handles since the beginning of the 20th century. These handles are made of horn ivory, ox bone as well as all sorts of wood thoughout the world. Then Reynewaeter Giles added tortoise shell wich used to be dedicated to noblesz and kings. he created Damascus carbon blade razors and developed à range of genuine razors on request.