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I have an Opinel knife. Doesn't come out with me much as it's got a locking blade so I've not really used it in anger yet. In truth though I'm a little scared of damaging it as it looks relatively flimsy; am I worrying unduly?
I think so.
Opinel started making knives in 1890, selling as many as 20 million by the start of WW2. They're popular for a reason.
In 1985 the Victoria and Albert Museum in London selected the Opinel as part of an exhibit celebrating the “100 most beautiful products in the world”, featuring the Opinel alongside the Porsche 911 sports car and the Rolex watch.[1] The Opinel was also selected as one of the 999 classic designs in Phaidon Design Classics,[1][6] and has been exhibited by the New York's Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) as a design masterpiece.[1]
Picking up on Mattbee's verse; I know someone that sells knives (both kitchen and "hunting" knives) who uses the following ditty when selling on various markets:-
"By a knife for the wife, get another for her mother"
Not entirely PC
Just seen mmannerr's post. Depending how you use them, maybe they don't last, and if you get them wet, the wood swells and they're hard or impossible to open until you've dried them out.
They are cheap, though!
Do think it's bit of a non-question, and a bit sad that it's being asked. Not just by the OP, but in general. I've got a whole bunch of stuff around the house I could kill people with, but I'm not sure anything with a blade would be top of my list.
My wife brought me back a Sirupate Kukri from a work trip in Nepal. Slightly surprised that she wasn't pulled up at customs. It's very useful and versatile, you can cut meat, chop firewood, split kindling, strip branches, prune trees. Used it for all those things, and it's a shame it's not acceptable to have it along on a camping trip, when people wouldn't blink at a hand axe.
The stories this could tell:
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/countzero1/11785969943/ ]Dickie Hillier's pocket knife[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/countzero1/ ]CountZero1[/url], on Flickr
That right there is a thing of beauty.
Hey maannneerrr
Comparing tasks with a leatherman and a full tang fixed blade isn't really a fair comparison. Like comparing a toffee hammer with a sledgehammer. And yeah the warranty is no good while you are out but then I wouldn't be using the leathrman blade for twisty things when I have a fixed blade (cold steel recon tanto).
Mike yeah I know WA is woop woop.... Soon we're getting fm radio! 😉
joolsburger - MemberPrompted by this thread I went looking for a decent Sheffield steel kitchen knife, it's a shame that there do not seem to be any UK manufacturers anymore.
Chris Cane's parang is made in Sheffield.
This small one ... [img] 
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You can see it made on Youtube.
CZ - is that knife a family heirloom?
Not sure why I like knives. I just always have. I rarely use them but find myself staring at shops with them in the window and have on a number of occasions just bought them for the hell of it. I have a number of throwing knives (and stars) and a couple of hunting type knives but even love a good kitchen knife. Most people don't know I like them, and I rarely feel the need to talk about them but I've used the hunting knife a lot while camping (7 inch, decent weight and cuts through branches well when prepping a fire) and the throwing kit is fun evening entertainment with a beer around a camp fire. Don't feel the need to carry one on the bike or in the car though. Doing otherwise normal tasks with a lovely curved overkill evocative knife is strangely rewarding.
Slightly irritating but I suspect carrying something like the size of my hunting knife even while camping would raise an arrest these days even if only used while camping.
Just seen mmannerr's post. Depending how you use them, maybe they don't last, and if you get them wet, the wood swells and they're hard or impossible to open until you've dried them out.They are cheap, though!
That's what I remember about the ones I had as a child, the latest versions (oak and beech handled one stainless one carbon) go through the dishwasher and come out working fine.
Hey maannneerrrComparing tasks with a leatherman and a full tang fixed blade isn't really a fair comparison.
Sure it is if you have only one tool with you... but I admit that I don't like folding knives in general, too many "oops nearly lost my fingers" moments. 😳
Yes, Dicky was a relative, my dad was named after him. The blade had been really worn, mainly because it kept getting closed up on the lanyard ring, which has deep gouges in! Took a lot of work to get an edge back on it, and the can opener pointy bit was badly corroded at the end, and the tip was broken off. otherwise it's as it has been for many years, just lying around in a kitchen drawer. It had been given to my dad, then after he died just got put into a box of odss and sods in a drawer. Judging by the wear, Dickie had probably had it since he was a lad, and he wasn't that old when he was killed,around 19-20, I think.CZ - is that knife a family heirloom?
Nice to have it back in use again. It was made by Ellis Ltd, Sheffield.
We visited the town of Laguiole in france a couple of years ago and every other shop was a knife shop, real things of beauty [url= http://www.laguiole-french-knives.com/en/?gclid=CN2fxba47LsCFVMdtAod9yYAeQ ][/url]
Swiss army knife.
Why?
To cut stuff with, of course.
Plus, it doubles up as scissors and screwdriver and bottle opener and whatnot. TBH I used it more for this kind of thing than as "a knife".
I'm sure I have seen similar threads somewhere on American MTB threads about carrying firearms 😀
Found a better linky
You need to watch this. This guy is very scared of Dwarves!!
😯
Also not sure what the mini clear plastic Dildo is for ???
I'm sure I have seen similar threads somewhere on American MTB threads about carrying firearms
"Every Day Carry", they call it, the stuff you take everywhere as a matter of course. In the UK it's a wallet, phone, keys, and if you're really rangy maybe a pen. In the US they'll also typically have a military-grade flashlight, some sort of Bowie knife and a 9mm pistol. As EDC. 😯
He took all that to Disneyland?
Seriously messed up person in seriously messed up country....
...with pudgy hands...