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Opinel Traditional No.08 Stainless Steel Pocket Knife - Beech

Opinel Traditional No.08 Stainless Steel Pocket Knife - Beech

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Opinel Traditional No.08 Stainless Steel Pocket Knife - Beech. The traditional and iconic No.08 pocket knife with stainless steel blade. Both smart and simple, the Opinel knife is composed of 5 elements: the blade, the haft, the fixed ferrule, the rivet and the rotating ferrule that was added in 1955. This classic features a sharp 8.5cm blade and a comfortable 9cm beech wood haft.

The No. 8 pocket knife is also available in Walnut, Olive, Oak, and Special Edition.

Features

the brand story:

Hailing from two generations of edge-tool maker's, Joseph Opinel, born in 1872, worked in the family workshop when he was 18 years old. He had a passion for new machines and innovative technologies which led him build his own camera and then eventually turn his focus to an object he could manufacture with modern techniques, even though it was against his father’s wishes. He spent his free time refining the shape and manufactured a small pocket knife: the Opinel was born! Joseph had the idea of making his knife into different sizes which would be suitable to different hand sizes or used for various tasks. So, in 1897, he developed 12 different sizes numbered from 1 to 12. Commercial success followed and he soon left his father's blacksmith workshop. His factory, located at Chambéry in the heart of the Alps, is still run by the descendants of Joseph Opinel and manufactures items whose quality has made the brand famous for nearly 130 years. The collection contains knives and pocket tools for DIY, sport, outdoors activities and gardening as well as kitchen knives and table knives.

you are making a difference:

  • Family run business.
  • People-centric approach with a focus on maintaining and developing jobs in the local area.
  • The company respects the environment with the aim of reducing the impact of the business on nature by sorting and recycling of waste and their anti-waste policy.

features:

  • Strong and efficient.
  • Folding pocket knife design.
  • Classic Opinel blade with a Yatagan shape, inspired by a traditional Turkish saber, ensures the strength of the blade and allows efficient regrinding.
  • Natural Beech wood handle from France.
  • Virobloc safety ring was invented by Marcel Opinel in 1955, and is fitted to all folding knives. In addition to locking the blade open (safety in use), it is now possible to lock the blade closed (safety in transport).
  • Sandvik 12C27 modified, corrosion-resistant stainless steel blade requires no special maintenance. Its carbon content of at least 0.40% gives excellent cutting edge. Blade hardness 57-58 HRC.
  • Multi-purpose; used both at the table and in the field, to cut up dried sausage, for dinner times and for doing DIY as well as sculpting and gardening.

dimensions:

8.5cm blade.

end of life:

Steel is recyclable, wood can be returned to the earth.

Made in France.

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The No. 8 pocket knife is also available in Walnut, Olive, Oak, Beech, and Special Edition.

Ingredients / Materials

Sandvik 12C27 modified stainless steel and beech wood.

Made in

France

Brand story

Hailing from two generations of edge-tool makers, Joseph Opinel, born in 1872, worked in the family workshop when he was 18 years old. He had a passion for new machines and innovative technologies which led him build his own camera. Soon after, against his father's wishes, he began to combine his passion for (what were then) modern manufacturing techniques with his family's blacksmithing heritage.

He spent his free time refining the shape and manufactured a small pocket knife: the Opinel was born! Joseph had the idea of making his knife into different sizes which would be suitable to different hand sizes or used for various tasks. So, in 1897, he developed 12 different sizes numbered from 1 to 12. Commercial success followed and he soon left his father's blacksmith workshop.

His factory, located at Chambéry in the heart of the Alps, is still run by the descendants of Joseph Opinel and manufactures items whose quality has made the brand famous for nearly 130 years. The collection contains knives and pocket tools for DIY, sport, outdoors activities and gardening as well as kitchen knives and table knives.

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    Oldfield A.
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    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    7 months ago
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    I bought this as a gift so haven’t used it myself but it’s well made and I think it will be useful.

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    My order - Helen P, but when I put my shipping in, it changed my order to the person’s shipping n.
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    Rated 3 out of 5 stars
    2 months ago
    Opinel traditional no 8 stainless steel pocket knife - Beech

    I probably didn’t read the description properly, so I was a bit disappointed in how my knives came - they were just rolling around loose in a box, and then I also found that one was also wrong. I had ordered all 5 to be no 8’s, however there were 4 no 8’s and 1 no 7. I was going to get them engraved but there wasn’t enough time to get the wrong one sent back and changed so I have just kept it. I probably won’t be ordering again and I’m sorry because it came highly recommended.

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