Is the Opinel lock THAT hard to use?

Grebo, we all had them pop off just by trying to open the blade in the locked close position
 
Lavan said:
The Opinel is, bar none, the hardest to open, least intuitive, head scratching, klutzy, ill conceived, arbitrary, cantankerous, most senseless lock in existence.

But then it's French.

:D
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ohhh, snap, but its a good knife, I used one while working on a farm for about a year, took it camping and everything, great little knife. :thumbup:
 
A surprising number of knife retailers in my experience have not known how to close an Okapi lock knife .

I was given a new Opinel #12 by my wife , it has the new style lock that locks the blade shut , that surprised me , Im used to my older style one that will not lock shut .

My first liner lock took a good look to figure out too , I reckon everything that is new and different is well , new and different . I bought a handful for my friends , cheap chinese ones , and they all had to be shown how to close them .

The difference being , some folk are willing to look at a knife and figure it out , others are more ham fisted and meat headed in their approach to things .

I have trouble working out my computer ... my kids can fix it for me ... they cant unlock my knife tho :)
 
This reminds me of something that happened back when I was in the service. We had a cellular STU-III unit (secure telephone) that came in a briefcase. Very expensive technology in those days, most crypto devices are hugely expensive anyway. We lent it to a neighboring unit, and some retard couldn't figure out how to press a lever to release the handset from the cradle, and they just pulled on it until it broke. People are, in general, idiots.
 
I don't know how many of those "hot water/cold water" dispensers I've seen broken.

The ones with the red handles for the hot water... that has a safety button on it... that you... push in the safety to push down on the handle?

You always see some idiot pushing down on the Hot one, wondering why it won't go down. Then he leans his whole body weight on it.

*crack*

O.o
 
Esav Benyamin said:
On the other hand, there are some people who just have no feel for materials and equipment. You can't trust them in shop class. They pull a stuck kitchen drawer out and drop it on their foot. The transmission is grinding but they drive onto the highway anyway.

Besides, it's fun to see them sever nerves in their thumb, and have to break up a family dinner to drive them to the hospital.
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:D :D :D

Take away their man-card I say!!
Great stuff Esav, great stuff.
 
The best is to hand (even a knife knut) a Spyderco Meercat!

You always get it back, with the phrase: "Close This"

Once you know it, you can close it effortlessly, and no one is the wiser!
 
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These things confused the crap outta me
 
*scratches head* I was probably four or five when I saw my first Opinel. It was pretty obvious that the collar twisted to keep the blade open. While it is unique in it's design, it is so simple I would consider any adult, having had a minute or two to examine it, to have effectively failed an IQ test.
 
While it is unique in it's design, it is so simple I would consider any adult, having had a minute or two to examine it, to have effectively failed an IQ test.
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Oh I figured it out quick enough. It was just that the wood was so dull and holding that metal end cut my hand all to pieces.

:foot:
 
I can't remember the name of the lock, but it was designed by Barry Woods/Mike Irie and Pacific Cutlery used to make one.

Maybe Nakano knows a lil more
 
You think Opi's are bad?

Try handing someone who doesn't know them a Microtech Halo and watch as they ponder how to possibly close it.
 
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