Opinel Knives

rdnzl said:
What's the issue? Fold it. Turn the lock, and lock it.

This is a brand new Carbone #8 after spending 24 hours in a potato.

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No. 5 doesn't have virobloc
 
Prester John said:
I have a No. 8 with a lock, but I never use the lock. Never had a problem carrying loose in my pocket.
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Oh, that's good. My first np. 5 actually shifted horizontally ever so slightly before closing (think blade play) and the friction wasn't as good as on others
So I would never risk my leg on [that particular example]
Trying my luck again
 
rdnzl said:
What's the issue? Fold it. Turn the lock, and lock it.

This is a brand new Carbone #8 after spending 24 hours in a potato.

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The 5 does not have the lock. The 6 is the smallest locking Opinel. (I recently picked up a 5, a 9 and a 12, to fill in some gaps in the lineup.) If you are going to carry a friction folder, tune the action with a hammer so the blade does not flop around, and carry it tip down.
 
Prester John said:
I have a No. 8 with a lock, but I never use the lock. Never had a problem carrying loose in my pocket.
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Same here. I barely ever use the lock on my Opinel knives. I'm used to using slip joint knives and the last time I engaged the ring lock was for cutting down some blackberry bush vines with an Opinel No. 15 Slim. Sometimes being incredibly thin and slicey is a lot better than being a big thick hunk of steel.

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I was doing the fairly common drop point mod to my last opinel and I guess I trusted the lock a little too much and BAM! the blade slammed on my fingers doing a pretty good cut.
I also remember cutting bread with Opinel 8 and the lock ring flies through the air and behind the radiator and I swear I never saw it again after hours of searching.
Never again.
 
A.L. said:
I was doing the fairly common drop point mod to my last opinel and I guess I trusted the lock a little too much and BAM! the blade slammed on my fingers doing a pretty good cut.
I also remember cutting bread with Opinel 8 and the lock ring flies through the air and behind the radiator and I swear I never saw it again after hours of searching.
Never again.
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I've done a 'drop point' mod on all my five Opinels (#10, two #9, #8 and #7) and never had a problem with the lock.
I also cut all sorts of things with my Opinels (around the house, boxes, food, wood, branches, plastic, ..you name it) and none of those locks flied through the air.
The locks on all of my Opinels are solid and won't let the blade move even slightly. I guess those locks won't hold 100 pounds but they are holding just fine for all cutting tasks.

I can't imagine how the lock would fly through the air when cutting bread. Well; I guess if the bread was hard as a rock and you were trying to cut it with a spine of the knife and you put enormous pressure on the knife the lock would fail .... but ...
Say; were you doing the drop point mod on bench grinder or belt grinder and grind against the point of the blade?

Ehhh; you got me. Reading your post again I realized you were just joking.
 
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TheOne45 said:
I've done a 'drop point' mod on all my five Opinels (#10, two #9, #8 and #7) and never had a problem with the lock.
I also cut all sorts of things with my Opinels (around the house, boxes, food, wood, branches, plastic, ..you name it) and none of those locks flied through the air.
The locks on all of my Opinels are solid and won't let the blade move even slightly. I guess those locks won't hold 100 pounds but they are holding just fine for all cutting tasks.

I can't imagine how the lock would fly through the air when cutting bread. Well; I guess if the bread was hard as a rock and you were trying to cut it with a spine of the knife and you put enormous pressure on the knife the lock would fail .... but ...
Say; were you doing the drop point mod on bench grinder or belt grinder and grind against the point of the blade?

Ehhh; you got me. Reading your post again I realized you were just joking.
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I wasn't actually. I had opinel 6 that locked perfectly but plenty of 8's that did not.
 
Opinels finished quality varies, some locks have great operation and the right about of resistance when turning, some of their blades have the right about of tension when opening and closing, some are not so much, I only know this because I've bought multiple 8's, 7's, 9's, and 6's and see a difference between them, some bigger than others
 
I've beat the hell out of a #7 and also have the #8 Gardener. The lock is fine. It's not a buck 110. I really dont understand what you are going to do with these knives that would jack them up, but if you do... You are using the wrong tool for the job. Stab a car with something else.

They are a handy general purpose knife. The lock will prevent accidental closing. I mostly like the lock to keep the knife closed in the pocket.
 
I don't understand why people need to beat their knives, they're not Hammers.
I also don't understand how virobloc ring flies off when cutting bread?
Sounds like a freak accident
 
TheOne45 said:
Still can't understand ''flying lock ring'' when slicing bread.
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I can’t see it slicing bread, but after 1990, the lock rings gained a cutout on the bottom that held the blade closed if you turned the ring. That notch made it possible while opening the blade to lever the ring off the knife and send it flying. The first time it happened to me, I was in my son’s back yard, and never saw the lock ring again.
The 1990 “improvement” was the answer to a question that nobody was asking; In the twenty-odd years prior to that time, I carried Opinels without ever having one open in my pocket. The answer to flying lock rings was the more recent design change that limits axial movement of the ring by a nub on the inner surface of the lockring that runs in a groove in the ferrule. It also limits locking rotation of the ring to one direction. This new setup works okay for a while, but I like to turn my lock-rings the other way, so I modify my new Opinels to permit that.
 
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