Underwhelmed with new knives

[Wavester]

I saw a lot of talk about the "Opinel" series of knives - where it was cheap but in much demand and you "just had to have one". Well, like you put it, I was underwhelmed.
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Recently acquired several new knives. I was underwhelmed with most of them (although not disappointed in any way). They are all great on paper and if I were to make a checklist with what I wanted out of them, the boxes would be all or mostly checked off. Yet, these knives don't bring the "wow" factor to me that many of my previous (and unfortunately often more expensive) purchases did. I don't think it's a $ or luxury thing either, I don't find my more "expensive" (still under $250) knives that much nicer than my $30 knives.

Am I the only one?

 

[fsir]

I saw a lot of talk about the "Opinel" series of knives - where it was cheap but in much demand and you "just had to have one". Well, like you put it, I was underwhelmed.

I was also underwhelmed by the Opinel trekking knife, especially after owning the Opinel Outdoor no. 8 first. It is a more robust Opinel (if you don't mind the serrations).

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