Lets see opinels - Pic Thread

[edbeau]

willc, are you talking about the No. 8 Garden Folding Knife pattern?

 

[Harry]

The simple things in life are always a pleasure to behold! The ingenuity and craftsmanship displayed in this thread has my admiration! Maybe one day I will buy another one see what I can do. I have a #8 stainless that I keep in my desk drawer at work for making my daily sandwich and fruit cutting.

 

[willc]

Best kind of present! Thoughtfull, personal and useful.

willc, are you talking about the No. 8 Garden Folding Knife pattern?

I think they are the same blade shape, but the newer garden knife is inox and has the weird stubby handle.
What I got back then was carbon steel with the normal no.8 handle.
I'll try to find it and post a pic.

 

[edbeau]

Three 8's, from left to right Garden Knife, Effile filet knife and Coghlan's.

 

[SAK Guy]

Great models Ed!!!!! I think the Garden and the Coghlan's No 9 are my fav Opies!!!!

 

[edbeau]

The handles seem the same.

 

[oldmanrunning]

Here is my little collection.

 

[edbeau]

Looking good!

 

[BrotherJim]

No. 8 Slim Inox in Bubinga that fell from my pocket onto the sofa and was gently gnawed by one of my dogs when he was a pup while I slept

MASON !!! ... shoot ... It's a keeper for sure now. So is Mason

 

[edbeau]

Bubinga must taste good!

 

[BrotherJim]

Bubinga must taste good!

Well there's that and I think he was after my scent since he was fond of my socks too for a period of time as a pup

 

[weo]

That pruner looks like it'd make a good mushrooming knife. May have to pick one up to go with my No.8. (pics will come when I finish re-handling it....)

 

[max_b]

I use my opinel 8 everyday as one of my kitchen knives.

Was in bad shape and just cleaned it with steel wool and wd40.

http://i.imgur.com/0QrxI1C.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/s0bTf5M.jpg

 

[mazdamattc]

Here are a few shots of some of mine.

A No. 5 Carbone with a tiny salt cellar spoon I carved with it:
Iphone5-dec-2013-tiny-spoon by mazdamattc, on Flickr

A No. 8 Carbone with part of my lunch:
Iphone5-nov22-2013-fromage-bleu by mazdamattc, on Flickr

A No. 6 and No. 8 with the beginnings of a coffee scoop:
Iphone5-dec11-2013-spoon-carving by mazdamattc, on Flickr

The No. 8 again, with the remnants of lunch, and after being stuck in an orange for awhile, creating the striped patina:
Iphone5-nov21-2013-Opinel6-lunch by mazdamattc, on Flickr

 

[edbeau]

Neat pictures of an Opinel in action. I keep a 8 slim handy to open mail.

 

[Paradiggum]

Here's my often carried #6.

 

[Macchina]

My No. 9 Carbon that was my lunch knife for a while:

 

[supratentorial]

 

[waltmc]

Here's an Opinel made with oak from the reconstruction of Lafayette's ship, l'Hermione.

 

[edbeau]

My three new ones in the last couple weeks. The Outdoor just got here.

All No. 8 Walnut Oak and Outdoor