M tooth Opinel

[Ugaldie]

Recently, I saw this video:

I consider Alex a good source of information, so I took my No. 8 carbon Opinel, which I use at work, and gave it a try.



It has been my main workmate for more than a decade and I knew I could ruin it but if you want to learn, this is the way.

After trying it for a week I can say these teeth are too big for my use, but overall Alex is right. Teeth are more useful at the tip than at the heel and the aggressiveness of the teeth in that area helps with biting into and cutting materials like cardboard, fibers, and some plastics.



The knife was thinned years ago. While this is good for slicing, it also makes the teeth more fragile and the knife suffers when cutting zip ties.

Nevertheless, I would recommend anyone to try it.

Regards.

 

[eveled]

“More useful at the tip than the heel”. I’ve been saying that for years. Finally some validation! I’m not used to people agreeing with me, feels weird.

Good job on the modification. Opinels are great knives.

 

[enix]

Some of the Victorinox sak's are set up with the front serrations, I like em

 

[Ugaldie]

Thank you, eveled . Yes, Opinels have their place and they are great for it.

I’m sure there will be some applications where heel serration blades will be welcomed, but for all the cases I have used them and I can think of tip serrations are preferred.

All of this said, I continue preferring non-serrated blades for overall use.

Good to know, enix . Thank you for your response.

 

[knarfeng]

I have no interest in having a saw blade on my knife blade, but I do see benefit in serrations. But, I suppose it depends on what you are cutting.

I mostly use serrated blades on heavy rope. And for that type of cutting, using a blade with jagged serrations does not work as well as using one with rounded serrations. Jagged serrations get caught in the strands of rope and you end up having to rip through it. This slows the cutting process. Rounded ones don't get hung up, they just keep cutting the strands, and they work better at cutting heavy rope than a either a smooth blade or a blade with jagged serrations.

So, it depends.

 

[SharpBits]

I think sailors of old figured out serrations near the tip were best.