I can't believe they sell these "junior" machetes in my local go outdoors.
I have also been called upon to slice a haggis with a cutlass.
It is with increasing frequency that my caviar spreading halberd is needed at the table.
Victorinox Alpineer?
One handed opening, serrated lock blade and a corkscrew. Only thing it lacks is a bottle opener..
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^ these are decent. Pretty bomb proof and hold a nice edge too.
What about legendary skater, turned hunter Geoff Rowley!!
https://civilware.com/
I keep a knife like the one I linked to in a bag on my bike
That's all well and good, but does it have a good decant? And what about a choil?
I picked up one of these for similar requirements as yours OP, simple but effective - https://www.victorinox.com/global/en/Products/Swiss-Army-Knives/Large-Pocket-Knives/Alpineer/p/0.8323
I've also got an Opinel which is great, but has others have mentioned they do discolour pretty quickly. I've used it for a food a few times but it always feels a little dirty, even though I know it's clean.
Only thing it lacks is a bottle opener..
So what friggin' use is it?
While a workmate is faffing with his Opinel, I've done the job with my Leatherman Sidekick.
For a simple pocket knife, I'm still trying to find a Mercator Black Cat.
Hmm this is interesting, I carried various 4inch and more fixed blade and lock knives as a kid, through the teen years until I went away to uni.
However my cousin is a senior cop on the met and recently told me that the CPS advice is to charge everyone in possession and let the courts decide on what a good reason constitutes.
Law [url= https://tinyurl.com/ybjzbrjm ]here[/url].
A fruit eating pensioner prosecuted [url= https://goo.gl/P7t7cY ]here.[/url]
I have decided to not risk it and now only carry a UK legal sub 3 inch folder, [url= https://tinyurl.com/y7cuzvwt ]Non locking opinel[/url], and there are lots of great ones [url= http://preview.tinyurl.com/zphxbfy ]Hennie Hayes website.[/url]
My sister uses the peasant svord which I really like, the tang/lever thing on the blade makes opening and closing really easy, and the lever goes under your palm when using which adds to the safety.
I would argue though that a non locking knife is safe, it has one direction to cut in which is inherently safe, and coincides with the sharpest bit of the blade.
DrJ - Member
Only thing it lacks is a bottle opener..
So what friggin' use is it?
Can't you open a bottle with back of the blade and your knuckle?
5plusn8 - MemberI would argue though that a non locking knife is safe
They're completely safe, til you forget, and try and do something with the point, and it folds up on your finger and damn nearly cuts it off. Don't arsk me how I knows, I just knows.
They're completely safe, til you forget, and try and do something with the point, and it folds up on your finger and damn nearly cuts it off. Don't arsk me how I knows, I just knows.
See really lock and fixed blades are dangerous as they teach you that it is OK to use the point past about 50degrees...
Impromptu picnics often dealt with courtesy of Victorinox in our household, mainly as I quite like them. Sometimes something fancy, but swiss army knives are cheap, cheerful, inoffensive and great. Always legal and foldable generally
The Kuhn Rukon little brighly coloured kitchen knives with a plastic sheath are useful. I take one to self catering places as I know i'll have a sharp knife with us as least, it lives in the self catering box of goodies (we use them regularly!).
Opinels are available in the stainless steel variety too
For picnicking, I'd go for a svord peasant - cheap and cheerful so not the end of the world if it gets lost in the grass.
Otherwise, any Victorinox... Opinel are nasty, characterless and cheap in every respect. They do the job, but unpleasant to hold.
For me, a pocket knife is something that lives in my pocket every day and gets used several times a day. So I want something that looks nice and is a pleasure to use...
For your needs, as mentioned up there ^, Laguiole or an A. Wright & Son would be lovely - quality feel, stylish and a pleasure to just fiddle with!
I recently treated myself to a Böker Plus Gordito which is absolutely gorgeous. Not UK carry legal, but I'm a middle-aged white male - why would I ever get stop-and-searched??
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Not much chance of being stopped, but then look at the 61 year old caravaner..
Why risk it when you may get a criminal record.
i have a nice Michael Morris folder (uk carry safe) made from a file. it’s lovely, looks a bit like this one
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Fruit eating pensioner prosecuted, was that the pensioner who had also been threatening to kill people?
Fruit eating pensioner prosecuted, was that the pensioner who had also been threatening to kill people?
Can I check, did you read the article? I couldn't find the references to threatening to kill.
I did, and then I googled his name and found this!!!!
http://www.devonlive.com/paedophile-jailed-30-sex-crimes/story-11728475-detail/story.html
Which makes you wonder if the cops were after him in the first place. Hmmmmm.
Why risk it when you may get a criminal record.
As I said, I use it for my daily work, and I wouldn't want to use a non-locking folder. I'd also struggle with something that wasn't one-hand opening and closing.
If it ever came to it, I could reasonably argue that I have just cause to carry it, but the chances of a 40-something smartly-dressed white man in a rural market town getting stopped between car and work are realistically, barely more than nil!
The Kuhn Rukon little brighly coloured kitchen knives with a plastic sheath are useful. I take one to self catering places as I know i'll have a sharp knife with us as least, it lives in the self catering box of goodies (we use them regularly!).
One of those (or similar) is what comes with us in our camping box. I've got a Laguinole but find the handle too thin to get a good hold on for, say, cutting up vegetables.
The Victorinox looks useful though -
https://www.heinnie.com/victorinox-sentinel-one-hand
i have a nice Michael Morris folder (uk carry safe) made from a file. it’s lovely, looks a bit like this one
I've got one of his friction folders too.
The twelve month waiting list probably rules it out. Unless we're talking Summer 2018 picnics.
The lambs foot Wright looks like the thing. Not really bothered about a point for cutting pork pies...
Opinel are nasty, characterless and cheap in every respect. They do the job, but unpleasant to hold.
Deary me, they're a cheap, utility knife designed to be abused and cheap enough to almost buy in bulk for when they get lost or broken, what they're not is some boutique hipster toy. They do, however, develop character by virtue of the nature of the materials used in their manufacture: carbon steel that stains and colours with age and use, the same with the handle, just a single piece of wood that also wears, and stains and patinates with continued use, which is what all good utility tools do over time.
That Boker looks just like a dozen other similar knives, it's well made, of course, and I'm sure it's lovely to hold and use, but, unlike someone who loses an Opinel in the grass, I'll bet anything that you'd be royally pissed off if that went missing while out camping.
Yeah, you bloody would be! Comparing a s****y knife that costs £82 with one that costs around a tenner really is just plain daft!
When I go camping later in the year I can promise you that I'll be taking my two cheap, utilitarian but sodding sharp Opinels with me, like I did last time, and not one of the various Spyderco knives that each cost around the same as that Boker, for the reason stated; I'll be cross if I lose one, but I'd be steaming mad if I lost a knife that cost eight or nine times as much.
I'll also be taking my Opinel folding saw as well, and an axe, for cutting up driftwood and dead branches from hedges.
None of which that posh Boker would be the slightest bit of good for.
It wouldn't be much cop for slicing bread and spreading butter, either; the blade is too thick and short, the Opinels are pretty good for that, that's what mine got used for as well.
carbon steel that stains and colours with age and use, the same with the handle, just a single piece of wood that also wears, and stains and patinates with continued use, which is what all good utility tools do over time.
And those, dear boy, are the very reason one would be better off with a better quality knife if you're using it for food!
I also HATE that light weight feel of Opinels, I want a knife to feel like a knife in my hand, not a length of balsa wood!
Obviously, an 80-quid knife is going to be a bigger loss which is why I recommended a Svord or the A. Wright & Son.
Another lovely knife for everyday use is the Buck Canoe. The cheaper Bucks are now made in China, but it's still a fantastic quality knife for not-a-lot-of-money... Can be had for less than 30 quid.
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CountZeroDeary me, they're a cheap, utility knife designed to be abused and cheap enough to almost buy in bulk for when they get lost or broken, what they're not is some boutique hipster toy. They do, however, develop character.......
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Cheap utility knife but don't you dare go against the herd and say a bad word against them or you'll be subject to a rambling diatribe full of half truths and strawmen and you yourself will be subject to lazy mischaracterisation and insults.
Standard singletrackworld inverse snobbery; you can't have something nicer than I can justify having.
Hundreds, if not thousands of knives out there which are better than opinels for opinel money. Almost unlimited variety of styles, blade steels, handle materials and sizes, many even come with radical features like a thumb stud or hole so you can open them with one thumb or finger. Some have (gasp) pocket clips, to clip them into your pocket. Liner locks, frame locks or back locks so they lock up securely without faf and can be put away safely with one hand. Imagine 🙄
Standard singletrackworld inverse snobbery; you can't have something nicer than I can justify having.
I know, I should have known better! Pocket knives are the last bastion of the "gentleman's trinket", of a similar ilk to fob watches, snuff boxes etc.
The modern equivalent is obviously the mobile phone, but there's very little personality in a ubiquitous slab of glass and alloy.
All men should carry a pocket knife (legal of course) and it should reflect their character and taste.
My everyday carry around the home grounds is a very non-legal Ontario Knife Company RAT - it's a very good quality but utilitarian knife that is useful for everything from rope-cutting, whittling and pruning.
For outdoorsy walking, kayaking and bikey stuff, I have a little Böker Magnum - cheap, cheerful and a nice blade shape with a built-in cord-cutter and window breaking stud (the latter I've never had the need for!)
But the little Gordito is one of a selection of "gentlemen's knives" that I carry for work - they're stylish, in some cases over-engineered, but they're all lovely to use.
All men should carry a pocket knife (legal of course) and it should reflect their character and taste.
The word 'should' should customarily be taken with a pinch of salt.
I'm firmly of the opinion that only snobs (inverse included) actually give a damn about your cutting a tomato with either a Rolson or something befitting the Court of [s]King Louis XIV[/s] Singletrack.
Important:
Did it unfold and then cut the damned tomato???
only snobs (inverse included) and/or knife geeks
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go big or go home
The only reason he has a knife that big is so he doesn't need to use those readers in his breast pocket. Ugly knife anyway 😉
Standard singletrackworld inverse snobbery; you can't have something nicer than I can justify having.Hundreds, if not thousands of knives out there which are better than opinels for opinel money. Almost unlimited variety of styles, blade steels, handle materials and sizes, many even come with radical features like a thumb stud or hole so you can open them with one thumb or finger. Some have (gasp) pocket clips, to clip them into your pocket. Liner locks, frame locks or back locks so they lock up securely without faf and can be put away safely with one hand. Imagine
Really? Well I'm damned, I never knew that? Shocked and stunned I am!
🙄
Patronising git.
Here's my little collection of pocket knives, other than the two Opinels which are upstairs:
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The oldest is close on 115 years old, the next oldest, which was my dads, probably close on 70, the rest are mostly Spyderco knives, a couple of CRKC, oh, there are three other Spyderco knives I'd forgotten about, a Tasman Hawksbill Salt, a Ladybug Hawksbill Salt and the standard Ladybug that's on a key ring.
Of course, I know bugger-all about any of them, the clips, whether they're liner-lock or not...
The point I've been [i]repeatedly[/i] making, which seems to be ignored during a bout of one-upmanship, is that the OP wanted a cheap, simple knife suitable for use at picnics, a rôle the Opinel was pretty much invented for.
I wouldn't take any of the above to a bloody picnic, because a), none are really suitable, and b), most are too damned expensive to want to risk losing in long grass.
Again, 🙄
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Nothing like a good old-fashioned pocketknife off!
I call a winner ^
What's the one with the wooden handle in that last pic ?
Looks like an EKA Masur
Three pages and no-one's asked,
WTF do you need a folding knife for on a picnic? Grab a steak knife out of the cutlery drawer and hoy it into the picnic basket.
Here's my little collection of pocket knives
I like knives and I admire your collection. But I can't help but think, if you'd found the right one, you wouldn't have a collection. (-:
Until the knife law revision I'd carried a (now massively illegal) lock knife since my early teens, mostly because my granddad carried a pen knife and it seemed a sensible (and at the time 'grown-up') thing to have with me. As an adult geek I carry all manner of crap around with me these days, but my pen knife is a SAK.
my favourite is my kershaw ken onion
I was into him before he was famous.
Wow, having that many pocket knives isn't creepy at all 😯
Moreover, how many pockets does CZ have?!
(Especially if you include pocket torches...)
How has this thread gone on so long?
Just buy an Opinel.
Or just buy the tomato ready sliced 😆
MrSmith - Member
go big or go home
That's not a knife... 🙂
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Same dress sense though. 😆
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