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

Chui said:
- just arrived by courier, very nice indeed, very happy.

Polished blade this time, still needs a sharpen/hone to get it up to standard.

Guess being born/brought up in Africa has kindled my love of woods, and these are really cool they way they've been spliced together, not just skin deep.

Another good'un, Opinel....! :thumbsup:





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Good looking knife. :thumbsup: As much as people (myself included) always talk about how sharp and slicey Opinels are, they don’t always come with the best factory edges, do they? Thankfully they’re easy enough to sharpen up.
 
BJE said:
I have carried opinels off and on over the last 10-15 yrs. They are affordable to a fault, and cut like none other, so easy to sharpen and take a scary sharp edge quickly. I love using them, but I don’t care as much for carrying them, they feel big in the pocket which bothers me moreso than a flatter knife.
However, if I could only carry an opinel for life I wouldn’t feel lacking for anything and would get used to the pocket bulge after a while.
I like them so much I bought the box set with all the sizes, I don’t use any of those, just have them to admire, plenty of others I do carry and use.

I need to pick up a model with fancy wood next. I did buy the utility model with the bits in the handle and wire stripper notches, it’s a nice model, but the notches sacrifice too much blade length IMO and it’s a pocket hog. They should have put only one wire stripper notch instead of two, I strip a fair amount of wire and don’t see the usefulness of the triangle shaped notch.
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I have been buying and using Opinels for going on 50 years now, but never liked to carry one in my pocket, for the very reason you cite. Now I carry one every day, usually a No.6, since I learned how easy it is to trim the flared pommel and flatten the sides. I carry a 6, but I have modified an 8 and a 10 to the point of tolerability.

Go back and read some old Opinel threads to get an idea what others have done. Some of the mods are merely practical, while others are quite artistic.
 
Chui said:
- just arrived by courier, very nice indeed, very happy.

Polished blade this time, still needs a sharpen/hone to get it up to standard.

Guess being born/brought up in Africa has kindled my love of woods, and these are really cool they way they've been spliced together, not just skin deep.

Another good'un, Opinel....! :thumbsup:





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A work of art. I just wish they had fancier metal to go with the fancy handle at the price range, but I’m sure it’s a perfectly serviceable and dependable knife… with a gorgeous handle.

Part of the allure for me is the low price of the more… “working man”… models.

Case in point, I’m on vacation right now, traveling with 19 more expensive knives and a simple no 6 in carbone is in my pocket.
 
BJE said:
I have carried opinels off and on over the last 10-15 yrs. They are affordable to a fault, and cut like none other, so easy to sharpen and take a scary sharp edge quickly. I love using them, but I don’t care as much for carrying them, they feel big in the pocket which bothers me moreso than a flatter knife.
However, if I could only carry an opinel for life I wouldn’t feel lacking for anything and would get used to the pocket bulge after a while.
I like them so much I bought the box set with all the sizes, I don’t use any of those, just have them to admire, plenty of others I do carry and use.

I need to pick up a model with fancy wood next. I did buy the utility model with the bits in the handle and wire stripper notches, it’s a nice model, but the notches sacrifice too much blade length IMO and it’s a pocket hog. They should have put only one wire stripper notch instead of two, I strip a fair amount of wire and don’t see the usefulness of the triangle shaped notch.
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That's why I and others have got turned on to the No.6 it's about GEC 15 size and not only light but not bulky either, plenty of interesting woods too. Check one out you may be astounded!

Thanks, Will
 
Will Power Will Power - and it’d be lovely to have you here too, my friend.
My sister’s place here in S France is unpretentious and divinely close to nature - sitting here on their roof terrace with Swifts, Swallows and House Martins wheeling overhead with their own pleasure-screaming ………..utterly mesmerising.

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Chui said:
- just arrived by courier, very nice indeed, very happy.

Polished blade this time, still needs a sharpen/hone to get it up to standard.

Guess being born/brought up in Africa has kindled my love of woods, and these are really cool they way they've been spliced together, not just skin deep.

Another good'un, Opinel....! :thumbsup:





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You are right it is a goodun😎
 
Chui said:
Will Power Will Power - and it’d be lovely to have you here too, my friend.
My sister’s place here in S France is unpretentious and divinely close to nature - sitting here on their roof terrace with Swifts, Swallows and House Martins wheeling overhead with their own pleasure-screaming ………..utterly mesmerising.

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The Amora mayonnaise is not one I have seen before. How does it compare with Hellman’s and Duke’s, the big names in mayo around here? No answer is called for: it’s purely a rhetorical question (unless you happen to know).😄 I throw it out there to head off the inevitable rhapsodizing over the prawns.
 
Will Power said:
That's why I and others have got turned on to the No.6 it's about GEC 15 size and not only light but not bulky either, plenty of interesting woods too. Check one out you may be astounded!

Thanks, Will
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This!

Since my introduction to Opinels in 1982, I have tried number 9, number 8, number 7, number 6, and number 5. Over the years I have gone to the number 5 and 6 as my go to Opinels, with the number 12 slim in a kitchen drawer as a fine slicer. The number 6, with the flared butt trimmed down with some sandpaper and the sides slightly flattened out , becomes VERY pocketable. The number 5 disappears when dropped in a pocket, and is so light you forget its there. Most the time I don't miss the lock. I just pretend I'm a French peasant in 1954, the year before they came out with the Viroblock.
 
I thought it was a question of SIZE ;) Shrimp small, Prawn big, Dublin Bay bigger, Lobster monster:D

Chui Chui Beautiful roof garden there! We get Swallows & Martins here, their screeching is the sound of summer but by mid August they flee the arctic wrath to come (sensible) Used to have Swifts nesting in a box in the garden but not for 10 years now sadly- they harvest the damned Horseflies that swarm.

One fact we can all agree on, the world's a richer place for having Opinels in it and you don't have to potentially beggar yourself getting them either, nor do they ever get boring - unlike most people :cool:
 
Henry Beige said:
The Amora mayonnaise is not one I have seen before. How does it compare with Hellman’s and Duke’s, the big names in mayo around here? No answer is called for: it’s purely a rhetorical question (unless you happen to know).😄 I throw it out there to head off the inevitable rhapsodizing over the prawns.
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Nobody's ever mistaken me for a gourmet & I suppose it's because of where I live, but outside of shrimp salad, in my 75 years I've never heard of shrimp & mayonnaise. Around here it's always been Old Bay, and cocktail sauce.:)
And a pic of Opie #07:
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Henry Beige said:
The Amora mayonnaise is not one I have seen before. How does it compare with Hellman’s and Duke’s, the big names in mayo around here?
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I can't compare with Hellman's or Duke's but i strongly advise Chui Chui to give the Maille mayonnaise a try. Way better.
Let alone the one i make.

Ironbut said:
I've never heard of shrimp & mayonnaise.
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Are you kidding ? Shrimp without mayonnaise ? Never !

Dan.
 
Only have this Opinel, which I lent my daughter for a Girl Scout trip. She has her own knives, but was instructed to bring a locking folder. I have traditional knives, and locking folders, but this is the only knife I had that seemed appropriate.

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She really liked it. I'll get her one of her own, something with a stainless blade and stainless Virobloc. This Opinel with its carbon steel blade and furniture is not so easily found and will remain mine.
 
Henry Beige said:
The Amora mayonnaise is not one I have seen before. How does it compare with Hellman’s and Duke’s, the big names in mayo around here? No answer is called for: it’s purely a rhetorical question (unless you happen to know).😄 I throw it out there to head off the inevitable rhapsodizing over the prawns.
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- rhapsodising over prawns, yes please, any day. Have you ever tried Nigerian Prawns…? They are utterly mahoosive, a better meal than lobster imho
jackknife said:
When does a shrimp, become a prawn?
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- when you can only, should only, put one in your mouth at a time….!?
 
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