LionSteel Opera in olive wood and D2

Humppa

Humppa

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Hi guys!

First of all - I have no idea, if the knife is traditional enough for being here in this subforum. But in my opinion it is a Traditional. It has wood covers, lockback and a blade of D2. But if is not, please feel free to move it to the correct subforum.

I ordered that knife yesterday from the Lionsteel dealer here in Germany. It arrived today... That´s great ;)

The knife came in a small package and had already a little leatherlanyard added and was sitting in a leather pouch. This is something, I´ve just seen on handmade kives before. The knife is made in Italy and it´s very popular in Germany for being a legal-carry EDC and gentleman´s folder.

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The etching is more an engraving, it sits very deep in the steel.

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The back, without any issues like gaps or bladeplay, everything is were it should be, a very strong long, which needs some pressure getting unlocked, but maybe it´s because the lockbar ends in the middle of the knife and not at the "butt"

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The blade sits centered in the handle.

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As I´ve seen on german forums, the handles are added to the knife with torx-screws so they can be replaced and the pivot-pin can be adjusted by removing a handle scale

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Behold this beautiful olive wood, fellows! :)

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The knife in hand

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And a size comparison to the #12 Powderhorn Jack made by GEC

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The knife has a very nice flair. Especially the olive wood seemed a little unique for me, I´ve just seen it on Böker Special Run until now. I love the look of this wood and it is my very first knife in D2. I´m a little excited of, how it would deal while getting sharpened.
The F&F on this italian knife is just great. No corners, everything well rounded and no visible gaps or bladeplay. A nice gentleman´s folder with a carbon steel blade. I liked the look of it, when I saw it first.

Please, your opinions :)
 
Traditional it is, for me. Looks great Andi, nice olive wood and Lionsteel does a great job with D2. Let us know how it fares the test of time and use. Best,


Kris
 
Thank you, Kris! I gonna give an update here about the steel and especially about that olive wood at the handles :)

Something to add more, I forgot to talk about this before: The grind is a very light hollowgrind, and the grinds on both sides very reall even, so I think resharping it would be easy. And bringing it back to flat grind might be a challenge because of the HRC of 60 ;) I´ve carried it beside my #12 Powderhorn Jack in the backpocket. Both feel great there.
 
Very nice Andi. I like the look of that one, and as Kris said will be interested to hear more as it gets put to work.
 
some might say thats not traditional, i think it has that feel and the scales are beautiful...
but then again ive always considered my rosewood Buck Dorado a traditional too:D perhaps im weird
nice looking knife
Gene
 
Thanks for the positive replies, fellows.. I was a little concered about the knife at all, posting it into trad-subforum.

However;

The knife has been in my pocket since and it well a well made piece of italian craftmanship.

@bemo:As I´ve already posted above - the hollow grind is nearly not to realize. But it´s there. I gonna take it to a flat grind. (Because I like it much better)

@gene: That´s the decision and judgement of the mods at this forum that have to decide between "Yes" and "No". Thank you for the nice replie about the knife at all

@kevin, Doug & jth: Thanks for the replie! I try the best as I can in any case :) ;)
 
It's traditional enough for me, Andi! Enjoy!
 
Andi,
thank you for showing this knife. I saw it many times and I was tempted many times. It's just a bit on the bulky side for me, but I do like the looks of it pretty much.
To me, maybe it's not really a traditional in the full sense of the word (cause it does not correspond to any Italian traditional pattern), but I agree with Gary, the feeling I get when I see it is traditional enough to have its place here :)
Lionsteel has a good reputation for their D2, and I'm looking forward to hearing your opinion after some use.

Fausto
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She's a beauty Andi, congrats! I've discovered I like olive wood very much, especially after my Boker stockman jack.

I've set my sights on some Italian designs, I got my first one last month from Fox. It has olive inlays on the handles but it's definitely not traditional as a one hander w/spyder hole. :D
 
Thanks for the ammount of positive replies :)

I had the knife in pocket ever since I got it, resting in that leather pouch. It feels great there and sliced and peeled an apple. It´s really well sharp ootb. D2 will need some time and regular use for deploying the patina. Until now there´s nothing visible...

Fausto: I think, it´s not designed for being a traditional italian knife. Imo it´s a nice gentleman´s folder with some very traditional flair. I´d like to have a very traditional knife, like the friction folders you show off from time to time :)
 
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