Knife review: Opinels - an overview of these affordable classics

Opinel knives are on the market since the 1890s - a truly classic design that was so to the point that it's still very popular to this day. Here we have a look at various different models and their characteristics.
Note that the end of this clip is edited a bit brutally, but I had to trim it to make it fit the Youtube length limitations, hence I had to dispense with my usual summary.

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[bazlur]

The opinael knife is from 18th century and still like Luis de Funtes like. Not good looking and low quality steel.

[MrDagon007]

@bazlur I respectfully disagree. I think that its classic design looks much nicer than all those black G10 handled monstrosities. And, it cuts like a devil.

[BushcraftHolland]

@MrDragon007. Indeed but isn't the corn blonde one of the luxurey models with rounden butt, where the plastic handled ones have the normal style handle and are of the 'funline' and cost about the same as the normal wooden handled ones?

[MrDagon007]

@BushcraftHolland The handle of the blonde horn Opinel is the same form as the normal Opinel 8. By the way, I am not sure what you mean with plastic handled Opinels. The handles of the brightly colored no. 7 Opinels are in fact painted wood.

[BushcraftHolland]

Very nice review! The viroblock starts with the no. 6. It is a very good design and looks a lot like the much older Nontron knives. Previous to the Gardning series they made a model with the normal handle but the spearpoint blade. They later changed to the new handlestyle. And also you have the Opninel with plastic handles.

[MrDagon007]

@BushcraftHolland And, of course, the luxury model in corn blonde as shown in the clip!

[MrDagon007]

@Mindgrid If I am not mistaken, the lock for closed position was introduced in the late 1990s.

Enjoy your fine Opinel, the size 7 is very practical and lightweight.

[SalsadeJindungu]

@MrDagon007 It's the "twelef" that gives you away. Limburg?

[bazlur]

@MrDagon007 It depends of people, who never saw good Japanese knife or many knifemakers in the USA and Japan. I do sell Japanese kitchen knife, but I have all types of Japanese knife and they built with high tech and they have good hands and best steel in the world. Even German companies now using Japanese steels and doing work with Japanese knife maker. Did u watch or used high quality Japanese Damascus knife? That opinel are cheap knife mostly and used boring european woods.

[DaiReborn]

When I saw this video the first time I ordered a carbonne #8 immediately. Now I carry an inox #6 in olive wood every day and I am ordering another carbonne #8 to give to a friend that has no good knives.

[MrDagon007]

@RisingGreySun Flemish !

[avengedtheater]

@RisingGreySun I think he is Dutch..