Would You Buy An Opinel Fixed Blade?

I'd jump on that in no-time. Even a small version, but I'd love an Opie fixed blade with a total length similar to a BK16. That'd be pretty awesome in the kitchen.
 
A Mora is better steel, I think. It is also a thicker blade with a Scandi grind. It's kind of comparing apples and oranges.

Now a Mora folder, THAT would be something.:D
 
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Ooooh a Mora folder would be cool. But I like the thickness on the Opinels. The steel is fine too. Maybe Opinel should just make some scandi ground opinels then. That'd be cool too! But I want the fixed blades more!
 
I would buy a few in a heartbeat. I have scoured for cheap fixed blades that were comparable. I know everyone loves moras but I just think they are too ugly (with the exception of the Forest Lapplander 90 that I can't seem to find for sale).
 
No, I don't see what making it a fixed blade would add. It has a more than sturdy enough lock for any task you could accomplish considering the very slender and thin blade, so making it fixed is just unnecessary.
 
Razdrazchelloveck said:
No, I don't see what making it a fixed blade would add. It has a more than sturdy enough lock for any task you could accomplish considering the very slender and thin blade, so making it fixed is just unnecessary.
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I am inclined to agree with this. Opinel use very thin blade steels with full flat grinds. The design has been around for donkey's years and works beautifully. It is not a blade designed for bushcrafting and certainly wouldn't cope with batoning or any other heavy task. It excels at slicing, food prep in particular and that's why they developed the fixed blade range that they have for the kitchen alone. What benefit would the same knife be if it didn't fold? The only one I can think of is aesthetic - you prefer a knife in a sheath. Which is fair enough :)

Incidentally, I love my Opinels. They are great slicers and I tend to use them for gardening, and barbecues. Lightweight, simple and very cheap folders.

Paul
 
pmew said:
I am inclined to agree with this. Opinel use very thin blade steels with full flat grinds. The design has been around for donkey's years and works beautifully. It is not a blade designed for bushcrafting and certainly wouldn't cope with batoning or any other heavy task. It excels at slicing, food prep in particular and that's why they developed the fixed blade range that they have for the kitchen alone. What benefit would the same knife be if it didn't fold? The only one I can think of is aesthetic - you prefer a knife in a sheath. Which is fair enough :)

Incidentally, I love my Opinels. They are great slicers and I tend to use them for gardening, and barbecues. Lightweight, simple and very cheap folders.

Paul
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I tend to agree with Paul.

The Opinels I have are nice folding (!!) knives that provide a great edge at a lightweight and cheap "frame". A fixed blade Opinel would find regular use in the kitchen, for sure. But I have almost some of the Vic standart kitchen knives that replaced all those others kitchen knives. I don´t have any need for a fixed blade Opinel. Maybe I would buy at least one to add to the collection :confused:

Have a nice easter monday everyone :)
 
There are many schools of thought on fixed blade bushcrafting knives. There is a good amount of disagreement about blade thickness, grind and tang style.

IMO, a full tang Opinel in a n9, n10 and n12 size would make perfect sense to me.

Personally, I don't think you need super thick blades. The stock on an n10 is plenty thick.

What's missing is a low cost decent steel convex fixed blade. This would compete with the Condors more than anything else.

Would you buy a Condor with Opinel's steel? I would.
 
The thing about an Opinel FB is that it would do some light batoning and other chores a little easier than would the Opinel folders. Also, many people, myself included, just prefer fixed blades to folders.
 
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