OPINELS

[edcgear]

Opinels are great knives!

Easy modded, easy maintained, great users!

To avoid wood swelling you can take it apart (which is not so hard) and dip it in some natural oil/turpentine mixture...

[sparky415]

Never had one of these.

Do have the tacticool Cold Steel Twistmaster tho.

Pictures please Ben   

[Zed]

that hand pic is freaky    i  just got in from the town as needed another backpack  i walked in and the SS#8 was on the floor         pics soon 

[Gogoas]

I have a 8 and 9 Carbon steel, the 8 is scratched up, so I'm going to buy a number 8 SS as a back up while I'm still in Europe!

[django.cj]

How does that locking mechanism work?  The collar twists up?

[Sazabi]

How does that locking mechanism work?  The collar twists up?

It doesn't twist toward the blade, but it does rotate to where the lip of the collar prevents the tang from vertical movement, thereby locking the blade in place.  Newer Opinels have a cutout on the handle-side, too, to allow locking the blade closed, too.  This, of course, only applies to the Opinels that have the locking collar.

[Gogoas]

Oh God I have to wait t'ill friday, how will I survive!

I'm such an addict!

[Zed]

Oh God I have to wait t'ill friday, how will I survive!

I'm such an addict!

the lock is a fantasticly solid lock that is very basic in idea but works so well, no pics yet but the SS #8 is so pretty, im not sure on what wood the handle on mines is as thought it was beech like the others but its much lighter in colour 

[Zed]

ok a quick pic taken indoors while the wife was upstairs  according to HH it is a beech handles so i guess they do them lighter in colour on the SS version  its very nice, ill take a nicer pic on thursday plus get some action out of it 

with #8 carbon above

[Gadget Guy]

I love opinels but hate the wood handles. Anyone have any links to where I can get the ones with plastic or other non-shrinking handles? 

[Sazabi]

Are you sure you aren't thinking about the Peasant Knife, GG?  I don't think Opinel (the company itself) has non-wood handle Opinel knives?

[Zed]

Are you sure you aren't thinking about the Peasant Knife, GG?  I don't think Opinel (the company itself) has non-wood handle Opinel knives?

yeah i think other than horned custom versions there is no plastic models, you might be thinking of svord peasant knives   

[Gadget Guy]

Nope...    I know they make a plastic one, just have to find it.   

[Zed]

Nope...    I know they make a plastic one, just have to find it.   

please post a link GG when you find it because ive done a study on them over the last few weeks and checked lots of info on the net and not seen any plastic models yet 

[dks]

http://www.opiknife.com/products.asp?cat=Opinel+Color+Handles

I knew I had seen some somewhere....

I need to get a stainless stell one, the Carbon steel ones I have are not really suitable, in my opinion, for cutting food.