Hats off................to Opinel

waynorth said:
Sold Out!!! A lot of Opinel lovers out there!!
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On Opi's site it says coming soon back again. I asked to be warned when available.
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Nº8 Forge.............have one on order here in lill ol' UK - whether it arrives is another thing of course.!
 
I am super bummed I wasn't able to get my hands on one of these. There's one tempting me on the exchange here, but the mark-up is a little excessive, IMO.
 
Someone tried to resurrect an old thread from about 20 years ago regarding the age old swelling wood problem. I started to reply not realizing it was so old, but was thankfully stopped by the wise old moderator locking the thread. Here was my reply, nonetheless:

I long ago gave up on trying to seal the wood against moisture. Now I make my Opinels into take-apart knives by filing down the narrow end of the pivot pin. Then I break them down into their five parts, polish everything up, remove the stud on the inside of the Virobloc collar (using either a round file or a Dremel) and sand the inside of the knife where the blade tang rotates. I make them one hand openers that swing almost completely free when the lock is opened. I can open the lock with my thumb and as I swing it I can lock it open or closed all in one motion. This means if the wood does swell, it has a long way to go before impeding the opening and closing to any great degree.

If an Opinel truly gets soaked, I can take it apart and dry it out in the sun (Colorado is as dry as Arrakis) or in the toaster oven.

I truly love tinkering with Opinels!
 
Posted on another thread but had to share here!

😆 This finally arrived!

I couldn't find a US seller online who had them in stock, so it was ordered from a UK site, who didn't deliver it to US. So it was then shipped to Germany, where it was then sent over to me lol...Well travelled!

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Sorry, not the greatest photo...a deep black knife on a gloomy day
 
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