The time line of my Opinel 8

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spydutch

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Here's the "life cycle of my Opinel 8 au carbon in the course of a year or so.

First I slimmed down the handle and dropped the point:



Then I got a little bored with it and found it still to big/long in my pocket, so I shortened the handle and altered the blade into a somewhat Okapi/ Saex shape:



Still not completely satisfied I just took the ol' file and made the blade into a sort of modified wharncliff.
Here the final result. Pictured with my beater kitchen Opinel 8 inox to give a comparison of how it started ;)





I'm happy with it now.
Don't have all that much material left to modify it more anyway LOL.

Hope you like it.

Thanks for watching :thumbup:
 
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One of these days I'm going to have to do a major mod with an Opinel. I've not done any more that rounding handle, drop point etc. Cool looking Opinel by the way! It reminds me of jackknives Resolza.
 
Looks good, a lot slimmer more compact package in the pocket. Very usable blade shape as well!:thumbup::thumbup:
 
Looks good, and I bet it was fun to tinker with along the way.

With that much material taken off, you should call it "inel Carbo"
 
Thanks for the WIP - pics and the evolution of this nice knife :)

Great work indeed... this is completelly natual I think. If something doesn´t fit your needs as you want it, it get modified, if possible.

Thanks for sharing!
 
spydutch said:
Nope Carl, hardly ever used it and without the locking ring it's a bit slimmer as well ;)
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Yes, it does actually look trimmer without the lock, and you'll just be joining many generations of penny knife using peasants who got by fine with no lock. I guess you could say that the friction folder is the ultimate traditional folder. All those barrows, stockmen, pens, jacks, are all new kids on the block by comparison.:D

Heck, that's almost worthy of a thread of itself.
 
jackknife said:
Yes, it does actually look trimmer without the lock, and you'll just be joining many generations of penny knife using peasants who got by fine with no lock. I guess you could say that the friction folder is the ultimate traditional folder. All those barrows, stockmen, pens, jacks, are all new kids on the block by comparison.:D

Heck, that's almost worthy of a thread of itself.
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You're right about that Carl.


And about the need of the locking ring:

When I worked as a flexographic printer, we were all issued with Opinels (no 7 or no 8) and I can't remeber using the lock while cutting heavy plastic foils, tie rips, cutting off the remaining foil from the card board cilinder or heavy card board.
Yes, maybe very occasionally on wood or or extremely thick card board where a box cutter might have been a better choice anyway.

Never cut myself with the Opi. We just took care ;)
 
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