Tourist Knives: Traditional Knives Bought abroad.

R.c.s said:
Hi mark . I have found a company called NICUL- NOVA INDUSTRIA DE CUTTELARIAS . it's in Portugal they do low end to highed kitching knives . and a small range of hunting knives . though I didn't find any folders in their catalogue . they were established in 1975 . so there is a possibility its one of there early ones . hope this helps . :)
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Appreciate the research mate, thanks a lot. It does look a bit 70's doesn't it. :thumbup:
 
Blake the Blade said:
Nice one R.B.B. Where better to pick up an Opinel.:thumbup:
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Before we left on the trip, I had decided that buying an Opi would be part of the whole experience. (The higonokami was a similar case.) Chief question was — which size? I appreciate the #6 Opi for what it is and represents, but a #8 or #9 would have made more sense. As you can tell, I've rectified the omission!
 
Got this Old Lag while on holiday in France in the previous century... A David in horn and carbon, nice filework on it and I use it frequently.

Come to think of it, nearly all of my knives are bought 'abroad' on the internet and each new arrival is a holiday in itself!

Regards, Will

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Will Power said:
Got this Old Lag while on holiday in France in the previous century... A David in horn and carbon, nice filework on it and I use it frequently.

Come to think of it, nearly all of my knives are bought 'abroad' on the internet and each new arrival is a holiday in itself!

Regards, Will

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I really love file work on the springs of folders . nice find :thumbup:
 
Thanks R.c.s. Filework is very common on French knives and I think they're masters of the art.

Regards, Will
 
AreBeeBee said:
Before we left on the trip, I had decided that buying an Opi would be part of the whole experience. (The higonokami was a similar case.) Chief question was — which size? I appreciate the #6 Opi for what it is and represents, but a #8 or #9 would have made more sense. As you can tell, I've rectified the omission!
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That works the other way as well mate. I got the #8 (which I love), but now I'm really hankering after the more compact #6, especially after seeing this. :D
 
Will Power said:
Got this Old Lag while on holiday in France in the previous century... A David in horn and carbon, nice filework on it and I use it frequently.

Come to think of it, nearly all of my knives are bought 'abroad' on the internet and each new arrival is a holiday in itself!

Regards, Will


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Like your way of thinking Will. Might order a couple in and take a well earned break. Really nice traditional knife that. :thumbup:
 
Blake the Blade said:
That works the other way as well mate. I got the #8 (which I love), but now I'm really hankering after the more compact #6, especially after seeing this. :D
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Well, you'll get a better #6 than I did. Today, all the Opis with lock-rings have a notch to lock the blade closed. This is a real improvement, making it all but impossible for a closed blade to open partly in your pocket — which could turn out messy. Mine, from 1995 (I think), lacks this feature (and I've been too lazy to file it into the lock-ring).

I also sanded, dyed (Rit clothes dye), and refinished (semi-gloss urethane) the handle, which accounts for its non-standard color.

Opis are THE user-customizable folding knife — the company even makes a #8 with an unshaped "raw" handle, just so you can get busy and carve your own. Google-image "Opinel handle carving" sometime! Or see http://michel.montlahuc.free.fr/lgerdil.htm
 
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AreBeeBee said:
Well, you'll get a better #6 than I did. Today, all the Opis with lock-rings have a notch to lock the blade closed. This is a real improvement, making it all but impossible for a closed blade to open partly in your pocket — which could turn out messy. Mine, from 1995 (I think), lacks this feature (and I've been too lazy to file it into the lock-ring).

I also sanded, dyed (Rit clothes dye), and refinished (semi-gloss urethane) the handle, which accounts for its non-standard color.

Opis are THE user-customizable folding knife — the company even makes a #8 with an unshaped "raw" handle, just so you can get busy and carve your own. Google-image "Opinel handle carving" sometime! Or see http://michel.montlahuc.free.fr/lgerdil.htm
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Right there with you mate. This is how my #8 ended up:Untitled by Mark Saunders, on FlickrUntitled by Mark Saunders, on Flickr

Forced patina to water damaged carbon steele blade with scratch carved, stained handle depicting Pike and Perch with lanyard bail and lanyard. :thumbup:
 
I'd like to share a thought for those who were killed on their holidays abroad last week. R.I.P.........Good will prevail over evil.
 
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I don't have it now, but when my father was stationed in Germany (I was an "army brat"), he bought me a nice Solingen sheath knife that had a deer hoof as a handle - the first sheath knife I ever owned. Perhaps these are no longer fashionable, but they would seem to be a popular tourist item way back then - back when Elvis Presley had been drafted and sent to Stuttgart to serve his tour.:D
 
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