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Two Opinel Mods - No 8 with Copper Pommel and Shorty 8

Offline Jibs182

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Two Opinel Mods - No 8 with Copper Pommel and Shorty 8
on: January 17, 2018, 01:19:11 AM
Finished this copper work today and wanted to post pics. Lighting isn’t the best. Formed this copper pommel or handle end cap from a scrap piece of 2” diameter copper pipe - which is fairly thick walled.

I cut the pipe lengthwise and flattened with a hammer.  Bent the copper at a 90 degree angle and worked it first with a bench grinder to a rough shape. Then I fine tuned the shape with a file to match the dimensions of the Opinel handle. Finished the piece with 800 grit sandpaper and secured using a flexible gorilla glue product. Adds a nice weight to the handle.

Also pictured is a No 8 I shortened. Blade patina is vinegar. 


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Re: Two Opinel Mods - No 8 with Copper Pommel and Shorty 8
Reply #1 on: January 17, 2018, 01:24:11 AM
Very cool mods !   The copper looks great  :like: :tu:


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Re: Two Opinel Mods - No 8 with Copper Pommel and Shorty 8
Reply #2 on: January 17, 2018, 02:57:27 AM
Very cool mods !   The copper looks great  :like: :tu:

+1 What Steve said :like: :like:


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Re: Two Opinel Mods - No 8 with Copper Pommel and Shorty 8
Reply #3 on: January 17, 2018, 03:54:29 AM
Nice!

I never had the chance to use an Opinel before!  I won one here on a GAW but it never made it to me!  Sometime I will have to pick one up, maybe a #6 size one.


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Re: Two Opinel Mods - No 8 with Copper Pommel and Shorty 8
Reply #4 on: January 17, 2018, 07:45:21 AM

Nice work Jibs  :think:
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Re: Two Opinel Mods - No 8 with Copper Pommel and Shorty 8
Reply #5 on: January 17, 2018, 08:57:25 AM
 :salute:

I need to see more pics of that fatty at the end.......that might be the coolest Opinel mod I've ever seen!  :like:


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Re: Two Opinel Mods - No 8 with Copper Pommel and Shorty 8
Reply #6 on: January 17, 2018, 09:18:35 AM
Nicely done and welcome to the forum!  :cheers:
That chubby Opinel could become a new range.  :D


gb Offline Steve Kenny

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Re: Two Opinel Mods - No 8 with Copper Pommel and Shorty 8
Reply #7 on: January 17, 2018, 10:52:40 AM
:salute:

I need to see more pics of that fatty at the end.......that might be the coolest Opinel mod I've ever seen!  :like:

Ditto here, looks cool  8)


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Re: Two Opinel Mods - No 8 with Copper Pommel and Shorty 8
Reply #8 on: January 17, 2018, 11:40:06 AM
Good work! Love the stubby nº8.

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Re: Two Opinel Mods - No 8 with Copper Pommel and Shorty 8
Reply #9 on: January 17, 2018, 11:41:28 AM
I've seen similar mods on bigger models:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHYEW_lLO8c
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Re: Two Opinel Mods - No 8 with Copper Pommel and Shorty 8
Reply #10 on: January 17, 2018, 11:44:47 AM
Check this out, for a deeper mod:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsphPoUmRDE
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Re: Two Opinel Mods - No 8 with Copper Pommel and Shorty 8
Reply #11 on: January 20, 2018, 12:27:01 AM
:salute:

I need to see more pics of that fatty at the end.......that might be the coolest Opinel mod I've ever seen!  :like:

The lighting in my house sucks. I’ll get it outside and take some more pics tomorrow.  Thanks for the kind words everyone!


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Re: Two Opinel Mods - No 8 with Copper Pommel and Shorty 8
Reply #12 on: January 20, 2018, 09:30:56 PM
Couple pics of the copper end piece.  It definitely adds weight to the handle and balances it out nicely. Pictured is the “before” - a piece of copper refrigeration tubing.


 

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