Sebenza vs. Opinel?

tirod3 said:
Can some please explain how a closely fitted knife has superior cutting ability? I certainly admit a rock has more cutting ability than a jammed Opinel. Perhaps some comparison shots of the loosely fitted Opinel and tightly constructed Sebenza could explain where the edge performance is improved.

From previous posts here on Sebenzas, I may not need to use the 10 pound sledge on it, as the superior cutting ability should allow me to use simple hand pressure on the sample white oak cordwood I've selected. Or so I'm led to believe.

Anyone with pics of their Sebenza's cutting wire from their truck axles or prying open safe doors? I'm open to some hard use stories.
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Even a cheap $2 knife from china will cut aswell as a $400 if you sharpen it correctly, but a 1mm thick blade with wood handles is not as durable as a knife with a thick S30V blade and titanium scales and the blade retention will not match.

Sure 100 opinels will last longer than 1 sebenza but are you going to carry 100 opinels for when each one dulls or breaks?
 
Half a used hacksaw blade with a duct tape grip and a sheath made of used cardboard and duct tape will get most of your cutting chores done adequately without the expense or waste of resources involved in manufacturing Opinels.
 
Yes, admittedly, the Opinel is French. I doubt they use old growth trees, tho, as France has been cut over for hundreds of years, mostly by artillery shells. And CRK is an American company in the finest American tradition - a first generation immigrant. So was my grandfather.

As for the accusation this is a phishing expedition for a Sebenza, I'm shocked, just SHOCKED that someone would say that. It's simply a thought that couldn't be any futher than the truth. I already have two other titanium framelocks, I certainly would be adding to my carbon offset deficit by acquiring one myself. Free, no problem.

Considering the previous nature of Sebenza posts, I may have to reconsider my offer. I certainly don't want to start any flame wars between the heretofore polite Sebenza fanboys and congenial Opinel owners. I wouldn't want this discussion of the evident merits of each knife to deteriorate into something like those TGB&U things.
 
tirod3 said:
Can some please explain how a closely fitted knife has superior cutting ability? I certainly admit a rock has more cutting ability than a jammed Opinel. Perhaps some comparison shots of the loosely fitted Opinel and tightly constructed Sebenza could explain where the edge performance is improved.

From previous posts here on Sebenzas, I may not need to use the 10 pound sledge on it, as the superior cutting ability should allow me to use simple hand pressure on the sample white oak cordwood I've selected. Or so I'm led to believe.

Anyone with pics of their Sebenza's cutting wire from their truck axles or prying open safe doors? I'm open to some hard use stories.
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You're making this up all by yourself. No-one said in this topic that a Seb would outcut a Opinel.

You're making a fool out of yourself. I'd stop now if I were you.
 
I'm up for a couple more Opinels. Hard to argue against a decent blade that costs under ten bucks. Then nobody can say "you spent how much on a knife?" I don't care if my friends kill them, either. It ain't pretty, but works great.
 
Good post, sure you' re right with most points but I still prefer the Sebenza because that is what my hobby(or addiction, call it what you want...probably addiction:D) is about. Just enjoying the knives you buy, own and actually use. Whether the Sebenza or an Opinel gives you more joy, as long as it makes you happy it doesn' t matter. I hope you understand what I mean. So it' s just about what makes you happier and whether or not you' re willing to spend the money on it.
 
I should post this on April 1st. :D

In America this means all that follows is to be considered in the light of humor.

The comparison of the two knives and their respective merits as tools is the subject. Doing so tongue in cheek sometimes doesn't survive translation - but does emphasize the actual ability of each knife vs. the metaphysical "superiority" of one over the other.

And if I had a broken Opinel I could just toss it, go home, and pull another out of the box of one hundred. I wouldn't carry more than one. A broken Sebenza would have to be boxed, returned, waited on, and I would be without for some time period.

I doubt very much the neighbors or coworkers would suddenly perceive that I had a diminished social standing during my loss. Frankly, I don't want that to become part of the discussion. I might find out it's true. I'd be tempted to overcompensate, wear a Titanium Ecodrive watch, a gold class ring, Cross pens in my pocket, and shine up my Doc Martens. It doesn't help to dress better than management or the public in my line. They may get an inflated impression I'm a degreed graduate, veteran, and actually knowledgeable, or worse, intelligent.

I could get promoted or something (shudder.)

I'd rather just be nice and get along. Whirled Peas, and all that.

Which would be better in a Home Defense situation? A gang of meth heads kicking in the door home invasion kind of thing? Sebenza, or Opinel?

And please don't let this go off thread with a discussion of zombie knives. That's a much more serious discussion continuing in Practical Tactical.

This is humor.
 
tirod3 said:
And if I had a broken Opinel I could just toss it, go home, and pull another out of the box of one hundred. I wouldn't carry more than one. A broken Sebenza would have to be boxed, returned, waited on, and I would be without for some time period.
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The sebenza wouldn't break as often as a opinel. In the situation where the opinel broke, say for example it snapped when you were whittling wood with the tip, if you had a sebenza, the blade probably wouldn't have snapped and you could have continued on whittling the wood rather than running home to the opinel box.
 
tirod3 Which would be better in a Home Defense situation? A gang of meth heads kicking in the door home invasion kind of thing? Sebenza said:
Well, for what you paid for the Sebenza, you could buy a nice firearm of your choosing. I don't think any one person armed with a pocket knife could ward off a whole "gang of meth heads"; not the right tool for the job.
Although if you had a whole box of one hundred Opinel knives, and were very good at throwing them, maybe you could take them all down. But an Opinel seems a bit light for throwing, so I don't think that would work.
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Carbon Footprint !! ??? We don't mind no stinkin' carbon footprint!
Are you on Al Gore's payroll.
My carbon footprint, after eating burritos at Taco Bueno, is bigger than a titanium mine.
 
We seem to have two kinds of people contributing to this tongue-in-cheek thread.
The very serious ones, and the funny ones.

I like the funny ones.

BTW, I am having my CRK S30V blade retro-fitted with a lock ringed beechnut handle.

OPINENZA!
 
Tirod3 perhaps you could get a pimper to tiger stripe the blade on your Opinel and you wouldn't feel the need to get rid of it?:D
 
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