L'atelier Tools

[The Rusty Gear]

French? French-Canadian?

There are some socket sets on sale Craigslist and they are in red metal cases. I was hoping they were Gray, so I asked what brand they were and the reply was that the inside of the case said: l'atelier----the work centre.

http://edmonton.en.craigslist.ca/tls/1228737280.html

Was l'atelier a store? Like a French Home Hardware?

I'm assuming these are a Tiwanese set from the 70's or 80's and not some unheard of branch of Facom . . .

Anyone know anything about these. Are they worth checking out? They are quite a bit of a drive from the city.

[bgott]

An atelier is an artist's studio.

[The Rusty Gear]

Originally Posted by bgott

An atelier is an artist's studio.

OOOHHH Artist sockets! I thought atelier meant "Workshop" which *could* be interpreted as an artists studio. Perhaps a nuance between Parisian French and Quebecois.

I guess nobody from Quebec is on the board? I assume that's where these came from.

[lbgradwell]

Originally Posted by The Rusty Gear

OOOHHH Artist sockets! I thought atelier meant "Workshop" which *could* be interpreted as an artists studio. Perhaps a nuance between Parisian French and Quebecois.

I guess nobody from Quebec is on the board? I assume that's where these came from.

Yes, atelier means "workshop" in the general sense, although it is also used in the more specific "artist" sense...

I grew up in Montreal in the 1970s ('73 - '79) and lived there from 1985 through 1990. I do not recall ever encountering a L'atelier store...

New Brunswick maybe? Manitoba?

Raccoon is from (just off) Montreal. She's too young to remember a long-defunct chain, but she might ask her Dad or some such "elder".

[raccoon]

Originally Posted by lbgradwell

Yes, atelier means "workshop" in the general sense, although it is also used in the more specific "artist" sense...

I grew up in Montreal in the 1970s ('73 - '79) and lived there from 1985 through 1990. I do not recall ever encountering a L'atelier store...

New Brunswick maybe? Manitoba?

Raccoon is from (just off) Montreal. She's too young to remember a long-defunct chain, but she might ask her Dad or some such "elder".

Hey! Thanks

An Atelier is just where you work, and do your stuff, my dads an mechanic in a hospital, and he has his team of guys and they all work in the same big atelier.

Some stores might call their "entreprise" L'atelier.
But its just where you keep all your tools and do your stuff

As for the craigslist thing.

I have no idea what to say haha, i'd have to ask Moose if its a good deal or not.

I'll get back to you when i ask him

[lbgradwell]

Originally Posted by raccoon

Some stores might call their "entreprise" L'atelier.

But does your Dad actually remember a chain named "L'atelier"?

I remember "Le Castor" ("Beaver Lumber" for the rest of Canada) when I lived there, but I'm pretty sure that's long-assimilated into the RONA borg...