Which Opinel for which task?

[Uncle Bill]

To those of you using Opinels: Which models are you using for which tasks? General hunting? Dinner table? Utility? Farm chores? Etc?

I have to order these via internet as no dealer is nearby. Can't look and touch before $$.

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[db]

I have the 6 and I use it for a pocket knife. It has a 3 inch blade that is very thin and cuts through everything. The locks on these are very strong and fail safe. For $10 they are great knives.

 

[knzn]

What the heck is an opinel, and where on the net can I see one?!

 

[db]

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jeantet/opinel.htm

 

[Marion David Poff]

I have used a #8 for utility, last time I bought a #10.

General cutting tasks.

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[Griffon]

What the heck is an opinel, and where on the net can I see one?!

It's a French twistlock folder. Flat ground, no edge bevel at all. The regular one comes in about a dozen sizes, from tiny to huge, in carbon steel or stainless.


This is a No.10, so it's 230 mm overall.

There are a couple of models with differently shaped blades too, hooked for pruning and slim (for fish?).

Cheap, cuts well indeed. I like the sizes 6-10 best.

See for example
http://savoie-maurienne.com/opinel/ ,
http://www.sav.org/fopinel.html or
http://www.toolshop.de/knives/opinel/index.html

(You can try feeding the URLs to
http://translator.go.com/
if you want the text in English.)
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Urban Fredriksson
www.canit.se/%7Egriffon/


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[mjjbecker]

I'll go with the sizes 6 to 10. Opinels are great using knives, well designed and priced very nicely.

mjjbecker

 

[db]

Griffon may be right and I may be wrong, but I believe the Opinel's are a ful convex ground blade, not flat ground.

 

[Griffon]

I'm wrong: The radius is large so it looks flat on the smaller ones, but on the larger I can see it's convex.

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Urban Fredriksson
www.canit.se/%7Egriffon/

 

[jeffj]

Does anybody know where to get the Bubinga handled models in the US (shipping costs on overseas orders are more that the knife)?

jj

 

[knzn]

Uncle Bill;

Thanks to you and this thread, I ordered me an op6 today. Sight unseen,just couldn't resist! Can't wait!

 

[johno]

I picked up a #8 Opinel yesterday and so far my impressions are that it's an elegant knife that's more than worth the $8 to $11 that you'll pay for one. The carbon steel blade takes a nice edge, the twist lock is much stronger than I expected, and it's very light in weight. It's a nice little conversation piece too as the design, much less the knife is not common in the US. One of the smaller models might make a better pocket knife but the #8 is ok with jeans as it's lightweight. The blade on mine is 0.073in thick, making it easy to sharpen and a nice slicer.