Lets see opinels - Pic Thread

Thanks Pete. It came polished.

Originally I was planning to swap out the blade but I like this too much.

Kevin
 
Indeed, while I was suspect of the Slim model, it's really growing on me a lot, everyone at work loves it, says the blade looks wicked, I tend to agree. I hand sanded the ebony to almost a polished wood feel, it feels very very smooth and nice, pretty cool stuff, showed one guy he said wow that's sharp, then asked if it was sharp and of course I had to remove a patch of hair I didn't care much about any more, he was very surprised at how sharp it was.
I'd liked to have had a way to put a fob on there but there isn't much room, I carry it in my watch pocket, fits perfect :)
G2
 
From the looks and numbers of posts, it seems like we have enough members for, dare I say it, an Opinel cult.

Carl.
 
Quick shot of the Slim in ebony

It is such a slim slim folder!

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SweptEdge said:
Nice, those look pretty rustic. Do you have to tighten the blade pin when you make those slip joint?
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Yes, I did tighten the pivot with a ball peen hammer. The tighteness is a bit different in all of them, the shortest one with a spear point is the lightest to open. They are all friction folders now, not slip joint.
 
After using my 1890 I really prefer no lock. It just feels akward using an opinel with a lock. It gets in the way. Without the lock I have a spot for my finger to lock in between the blade and wooden handle.

Kevin

HFinn said:
Yes, I did tighten the pivot with a ball peen hammer. The tighteness is a bit different in all of them, the shortest one with a spear point is the lightest to open. They are all friction folders now, not slip joint.
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Modified my opinel, first one, go easy on me guys. Looks like crap but serves its purpose. Drilled a lanyard hole, removed material below the nail nick, softened the corners on the butt, removed the lock and carved my initials in it, upside down at that, haha.

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^ cool mod Machine

A couple things I learned. First the ebony they used is JET black. I sanded it all down removing the varnish and I am working now on getting the contours to make nice flowing lines from end to end. I showed the knife to my dad and he asked why I painted my knife black, that was when I decided the varnish from the factory had to go. It did look a little like paint.

The other thing I learned as I worked down the back square with a file is that this stainless is MUCH harder than the carbon. The same file was taking steel off the carbon like butter but barely removing steel on the stainless. I don't notice a difference when sharpening though, so its odd to me.

Here are a couple pics as I work along





Kevin
 
machine26 said:
Modified my opinel, first one, go easy on me guys. Looks like crap but serves its purpose. Drilled a lanyard hole, removed material below the nail nick, softened the corners on the butt, removed the lock and carved my initials in it, upside down at that, haha.
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You made it your own, and the utilitarian touches like your initials, the lanyard, and the EZ-open notch are all what 'modifying' a tool should be about. Nice :thumbup:
 
Thanks guys. Have a long way to go before I start modifying ebony or other fancy opinels like yall do.
 
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