Opinel?

For the price, you can't beat them! I've had a #8 for about 10 years and no matter how many knives I carry off trail, this one is always with me. A few strops on the back of my leather belt and the edge is back. Makes a great camp and food prep knife.
 
Mine is a hybrid #7. Coghlan's branded, it has the normal blade shape in carbon steel in the slim handle design. I need to get more.
 
I am a bartender and use my opinel every day to cut lemons and limes for about 1/2 hour. It slices the citrus better than any other knife I've used for that task...... I got the carbon version too...... what a patina I've got going on!
 
A friend gave me this after helping him get a job where we both used to work. For daily use, I have a couple of number 8's - one in stainless, one in carbon steel. Mike
 

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I've got a carbon opinel 8. I keep throwing more and more forced patinas on it just to see what different foods do to it. It's my favorite food knife, sharp and slices like nothing else.
 
There are a lot of cheap knives that are absolute junk that will fall apart during the first few hours of use. Then there are Opinel knives - they are also cheap, but they are very functional and should be able to last for years. Opinel knives are great slicers - it is easy to get them sharp and they have a thin enough blade to make them great for many types of slicing tasks. If you want a good food prep knife, like your good kitchen knives, but a folding knife that you can keep in your pocket - Opinel is a good option! I've used Opinel knives to slice tomatoes and to eat steak - they are great value for the money. I love my #8 with stainless blade & walnut handles - very classy knife for under $15!
 
I carry an Opinel every day. Used to pocket carry everyday, for years, while working outdoors as an archaeologist and while living/working at Philmont Scout Ranch. Now I keep one as a spare in my notebook.

The first time I had ever seen an Opinel knife was over twenty years ago on a desert survival program, a knife-and-blanket type course. It was the instructor's knife.
 
For the money they are great knives. I have a few and use them for everything. The only other knife as "cheap & good" is a Mora. Get a few of each and enjoy. They are great for modding too!
Paul
 
I have a Opinel in carbon steel (Nr. 7) and one in Stainless Steel (Nr. 5).

Especially the carbon steel gets very sharp. With carrying and using as EDC it gets a real cute patina.
The Stainless Steel is in office for opening post. I like it.

BTW: The wooden handles feel very good. But don´t let them get wet, because it would be hard to open and close the knife. But a little bit of Ballistol Oil and drying the knife for a rather long time it will let it open and close easily.

Kind regards! (Sorry for my bad english, a little bit out of practice)
 
Humppa said:
I have a Opinel in carbon steel (Nr. 7) and one in Stainless Steel (Nr. 5).

Especially the carbon steel gets very sharp. With carrying and using as EDC it gets a real cute patina.
The Stainless Steel is in office for opening post. I like it.

BTW: The wooden handles feel very good. But don´t let them get wet, because it would be hard to open and close the knife. But a little bit of Ballistol Oil and drying the knife for a rather long time it will let it open and close easily.

Kind regards! (Sorry for my bad english, a little bit out of practice)
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Absolutely nothing wrong with your English, in fact it's better than some of the native English speakers around here. :)

Anyway, back to knives, I've found my #6 to be the most useful for my purposes. It's light and small enough to sit in the bottom of my pocket unnoticed and big enough to handle all the small odd jobs that come up from time to time.

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monger4142 said:
I like my opinel No9, good carbon steel nice thin edge.

Get it wet and you're screwed though, that's the only problem.
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Yeah, its a pain to close the blade just after shaving, and I didnt get any water on the handle, it was just from the moisture in my bathroom. but its not that bad, and I love the knife so much
I havent yet modified it, but Im planning to and I want to know if it would suck moisture so much after thorough oiling
 
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