The Spanish Opinel?

[LKJW]

Sorry for the crappy phone pics. Blade says 'Joker C Albacete'. Made in Albacete, Spain. Can't find one like it online. They make a lot of knives though. I dig it. I only have one Opinel and it is bigger.

 

[Flying Guillotine]

Pretty cool. With such an iconic shape there must be an Opinel imitation made in many countries. Hell, even some "real" Opinels are copies of proper ones.

I like the character of the wood handle on the Spaniard.

 

[Knife Crazied]

That has a very nice handle shape. Looks like it would melt into your hand. :thumbup:

 

[Esav Benyamin]

That's not exactly an Opinel shape, though. It fits somewhere in the spectrum of the Spanish knife style known as "navaja".

 

[LKJW]

It IS really comfortable in the hand. I like the shape better than the Opinel standard I think. And the blade has some meat to it. This knife was a dirty swollen mess when I got it. Took me a few days to clean it, but I'm pretty stoked.

I like the shape closed, too. Curve helps hide the beef in the blade.

Daughter didn't think I was holding it right.

 

[Will Power]

Very nice simple shape, a typical European worker's knife. Like that.

Good to see you encouraging the next generation with pocket knives, she looks suitably reverential about the knife! Excellent start.

 

[Steve_Holt]

I've never seen one of those before- I like it!

Joker does make a huge variety of knives, but I haven't found a place that sells a very wide selection stateside.

 

[LKJW]

I've never seen one of those before- I like it!

Joker does make a huge variety of knives, but I haven't found a place that sells a very wide selection stateside.

Thanks man. I looked at a lot of their knives trying to find this one. They are DIVERSE.

 

[yobbos1]

Is that a friction folder?

 

[LKJW]

Is that a friction folder?

Yep, just like the small Opinels.

 

[Nightshifter]

There was just a good article on those knives and that town in Spain in one of the recent Tactical Knives magazine's issues.
Paul