Return of the Rhino: BNIB Opinel GAW

Dr. T's take on the Diamond Edge cattle knife with ivory handles. I carry it about all the time. Rapidly became one of my favorites when it came in.

Thanks for the GAW. Very kind of you.

Joe

 
When my grandson showed an interest in whittling a couple of months ago, I gave him my old Opinel #7 that I have had since about 1978 or 1979. This is the only pic I have of it. He was using it the other day to make some wood shavings and to turn a long piece of cord into several short pieces. Please include me.


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First off, Welcome Back and thanks for this Great gaw!

My Favorite traditional can't be bought, too bad for you! I call it my BK 11.5 (eleven and a half, since it folds). It wasn't a traditional, but it is now. It started life as a Becker BK11 and I cut it into pieces to make it a fiction folder while keeping the cap lifter capability. Nessmuk inspired blade shape with the heel pulled up to aid in slicing via a larger belly.

In keeping with the requests of this thread, here are some photos of before and after.

pics will be added tomorrow to show the patina gained over a week of daily usage. I only used it for the past week since I finished it a week and a half ago.
 
Hope I'm not too late!

Knife : Opinel No08 bubinga. That's my first and only knife, a user, that I bought a couple of weeks ago! Picture was taken this morning in the garden!

The slim Bubinga would be a nice brother to my Opinel no08!

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Update:

I will be accepting submissions until September 7th, or Monday. After that, the random member will the chosen and announced.

Please keep up the awesome work.
 
NICE Sir and Congrats Joe !!

and thanks again for sponsoring this give away !
G2
 
Congrats on winning that splendid knife, Joe! :thumbup::thumbup:
Thanks for your generosity, and welcome back, Rhino! :cool::)

- GT
 
Much thanks for a generous GAW. Some terrific pictures of folks' knives have been posted.

I'm curious to see how the slim Opinal feels.

Thanks again!
 
Contrats to the winner and many thanks to RampageRhino for the chance to win such a nice knife!
 
Received the Opinel in the mail and it's a great looking model. Nice long slim blade seems as though it'd make a dandy fillet knife.

I'll need to find something to use it on. Gotta be something around here that needs cut besides my finger. :)

Thanks again Rhino for the generous giveaway. It's appreciated!

Joe
 
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