Opinel make some fairly distinctive knives. I suppose I got here to the get together a bit late on this one, however I’ve two of them in my hand proper now and they’re magnificent! First I purchased the Opinel No 6: as a result of a reader (Tim) really helpful it (on this submit), as follows: ‘Opinel #6 has a lock blade of about 72mm at 27g. Simple to sharpen, very good to make use of with its full flat grind to zero. My favorite folding knife when weight issues.: https://www.opinel.com/en/tradition/stainless-steel/n6-stainless-steel‘ He advised the stainless mannequin however I discovered the carbon metal one low cost so I purchased it: It value me solely A$16.99 (delivered) on eBay. An excellent purchase.
Then a good friend (Jock) occurred to offer me a No #8 stainless for my latest birthday, so I’ve two to check. Riches certainly. The No 6 is 27 grams and the No 8 has an 8.5 cm (3 1/3″) blade and weighs 59 grams.
The very first thing I found was the distinctive blade lock. I had seen them within the store and handed them over as I believed they didn’t have one. As an alternative they’ve what may be a superior one. At the least there isn’t a means this blade lock goes to fail and depart you with severed fingers – as can occur. You’ll be able to see within the pictures I took under how the ring-type lock they’ve works. They name it the ‘Virobloc security ring’. You simply have to rotate it to make the bade keep within the open or closed place. Simply hook it round along with your thumbnail (as proven) although because it wears a bit it would turn out to be simpler to rotate.
You’ll be able to see the way it strikes into place fully blocking the motion of the blade in both the open or closed place.
Now fully blocked.
That is the No 6 Carbon). It has a 7 cm (2 3/4″) blade.
My arms are nonetheless fairly scratched up from practically every week of bush-bashing I see.
It’s a very engaging little knife with its distinctive and comfy beech deal with. A rounded deal with like that is nice on the hand when you’ve got massive job to do (akin to a lot of whittling, pruning or butchering maybe. For many butchering the bigger no 8 may be higher however this little fellow would get the job performed.
As you may see (under) the No 8 fills the hand significantly better.
This is able to be a superb knife for butchering a sambar deer – until you don’t know easy methods to sharpen a knife (perhaps with certainly one of these) by which case you may attempt the Olfa I discussed right here.
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Then a good friend (Jock) occurred to offer me a No #8 stainless for my latest birthday, so I’ve two to check. Riches certainly. The No 6 is 27 grams and the No 8 has an 8.5 cm (3 1/3″) blade and weighs 59 grams.
The very first thing I found was the distinctive blade lock. I had seen them within the store and handed them over as I believed they didn’t have one. As an alternative they’ve what may be a superior one. At the least there isn’t a means this blade lock goes to fail and depart you with severed fingers – as can occur. You’ll be able to see within the pictures I took under how the ring-type lock they’ve works. They name it the ‘Virobloc security ring’. You simply have to rotate it to make the bade keep within the open or closed place. Simply hook it round along with your thumbnail (as proven) although because it wears a bit it would turn out to be simpler to rotate.
You’ll be able to see the way it strikes into place fully blocking the motion of the blade in both the open or closed place.
Now fully blocked.
That is the No 6 Carbon). It has a 7 cm (2 3/4″) blade.
My arms are nonetheless fairly scratched up from practically every week of bush-bashing I see.
It’s a very engaging little knife with its distinctive and comfy beech deal with. A rounded deal with like that is nice on the hand when you’ve got massive job to do (akin to a lot of whittling, pruning or butchering maybe. For many butchering the bigger no 8 may be higher however this little fellow would get the job performed.
As you may see (under) the No 8 fills the hand significantly better.
This is able to be a superb knife for butchering a sambar deer – until you don’t know easy methods to sharpen a knife (perhaps with certainly one of these) by which case you may attempt the Olfa I discussed right here.
See Additionally:
Ultralight Knife Sharpener | The Ultralight Hiker
OK, so you have your ultralight knife (eg the Kabar Johnson Adventure Piggyback I have recommended so often (Carry a Knife) which you have used so many times for cutting up your lunch on the trail (Lunch on the Trail) or splitting twigs to make a fire in the wet (How to Light a Fire
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