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I have to say, looking at the "Corporate Gifts" options from Opinel, I really like the slim folding knives in Padouk. A No. 10 or No. 12 would make a fantastic steak knife for nights out. I'd be happy to buy two, and the minimum order is only 24 knives. If folks are serious about the Opinel option, and we can get Spark's blessing, I would absolutely be on board for an Opinel 2025 Traditional Subforum Knife.
 
abbydaddy abbydaddy

I like your idea. Unless a miracle happens, only something very inexpensive like an Opinel has a chance of happening. Since a minimum order is 24 knives, maybe we could spread out the risk. For example, I would be willing to back 24 knives. But more people would have to step up and assume a bit of risk to have more made. Since this would not be a GEC, we might only need one or two hundred.
 
Leslie Tomville said:
abbydaddy abbydaddy

I like your idea. Unless a miracle happens, only something very inexpensive like an Opinel has a chance of happening. Since a minimum order is 24 knives, maybe we could spread out the risk. For example, I would be willing to back 24 knives. But more people would have to step up and assume a bit of risk to have more made. Since this would not be a GEC, we might only need one or two hundred.
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It does look like it would be pretty straightforward, to do the Corporate Gifts approach, and since the customization is basically picking an option and then having the blade and/or handle engraved, the turnaround time is supposed to be just a couple weeks. I haven't done it myself, but here is a link to the Opinel USA Corporate Gifting Catalog.

I personally really liked the Effilé number 10 and 12 options in Padouk (see photo), but there are a number of different fun and uniquely traditional options like the mushroom knife. I am happy to do what I can to make something like this happen. I think it would be good to have a low stakes, simple Porch knife.
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This might be of interest.
A dramatised transcription of the log of events aboard the MV Porchantic 15th April 1912:
09.30 hrs Conditions were calm .The ship made good headway,her mighty engines chugged happily,driving 15 tons of Atlantic ocean water through the giant propellers every second. DING DING...the ships bell clanged ...10 o clock thought the men in the wheelhouse....time for tea and crumpets with raspberry jam...their minds turning to the sweet snack being carried up from the the galley by the white suited Purser...One mans view however was fixed intently on the gathering seamist directly ahead. Was there? Is that?...Get The Captain!...None of the men even heard the command as they busily slobbered down great mugs of steaming tea and laughed with schollboy hilarity at who could cram the most raspberry crumpets into his mouth in one go....
GODDAMMIT! LOOK YONDER 4 POINTS STARB'D AHEAD.!!
Emerging from the shroud of mist loomed an iceberg of titanic size....
Now will one of you fetch Capn Schlossberg?...
But he's sleepin in his cabin below...said one of the jam faced tea stained swabs.
Well you better go wake him up.....


What happened next remains un transcribed...stay tuned.
 
meako said:
This might be of interest.
A dramatised transcription of the log of events aboard the MV Porchantic 15th April 1912:
09.30 hrs Conditions were calm .The ship made good headway,her mighty engines chugged happily,driving 15 tons of Atlantic ocean water through the giant propellers every second. DING DING...the ships bell clanged ...10 o clock thought the men in the wheelhouse....time for tea and crumpets with raspberry jam...their minds turning to the sweet snack being carried up from the the galley by the white suited Purser...One mans view however was fixed intently on the gathering seamist directly ahead. Was there? Is that?...Get The Captain!...None of the men even heard the command as they busily slobbered down great mugs of steaming tea and laughed with schollboy hilarity at who could cram the most raspberry crumpets into his mouth in one go....
GODDAMMIT! LOOK YONDER 4 POINTS STARB'D AHEAD.!!
Emerging from the shroud of mist loomed an iceberg of titanic size....
Now will one of you fetch Capn Schlossberg?...
But he's sleepin in his cabin below...said one of the jam faced tea stained swabs.
Well you better go wake him up.....


What happened next remains un transcribed...stay tuned.
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Iceberg of Titanic size… very punny 😎
 
The squabbling fell silent as the voice of the First Mate rang out, "Helmsman! Hard to port. Starboard engine ahead full, port engine back one third! After a tense few minutes the iceberg drifted by the starboard side, the gap widening as they progressed.

"Helmsman, resume your course and speed. Ice watch aloft." The First Mate addressed the remaining crew, "So, what's all this, then?"
 
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dsutton24 dsutton24 ..Loving your authentic nautical gibberish.....further transcription underway...may need to consult you ...whats closest nautical gibberish translation for :
" For xx#$^&&** you stupid c@#&$...We are going round in circles!! Oh f#$%...noooo" ?😁👌 aside from that I'm pouring over the log now.....I should be more careful and pour it in to my glass...
The final chapter has been sighted in the fog.
Cheers.
 
meako said:
dsutton24 dsutton24 ..Loving your authentic nautical gibberish.....further transcription underway...may need to consult you ...whats closest nautical gibberish translation for :
" For xx#$^&&** you stupid c@#&$...We are going round in circles!! Oh f#$%...noooo" ?😁👌 aside from that I'm pouring over the log now.....I should be more careful and pour it in to my glass...
The final chapter has been sighted in the fog.
Cheers.
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I cheated. I was quoting from the movie version of the story starring Charles Laughton. That's the one where the first mate utters the sentence, "How many times can you hit the same blasted iceberg?"
 
meako said:
dsutton24 dsutton24 ..Loving your authentic nautical gibberish.....further transcription underway...may need to consult you ...whats closest nautical gibberish translation for :
" For xx#$^&&** you stupid c@#&$...We are going round in circles!! Oh f#$%...noooo" ?😁👌 aside from that I'm pouring over the log now.....I should be more careful and pour it in to my glass...
The final chapter has been sighted in the fog.
Cheers.
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All hands! What lubberly paddy westery is this? Avast you bunch of Jonah's! You've got the rigging all ahoo! The tiller is pinned hard aport! The foresail is hanging slack alee off the bowsprit and we're broaching to windward! Bear up lads, we're scudding all the way out to our beam ends! Hop to or its the bimmy for all of you boobies if we don't end up in Davy Jones Locker!
 
All hands about ship! Off tacks and sheets! Mainsail haul! Loose the main topsail. Haul up the weather leech of the forecourse. Sharp the bowlines, there! Bear a hand!

Beat to quarters!

All I have to do to get some nice sea jargon is open one of Patrick O’Brian’s books.
 
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