Opinel N Degree7 Stainless Steel Knife, 8 cm Blade
March 3, 2018 - Comment
THE Opinel FOLDING KNIFE WAS BORN IN THE Savoie REGION OF FRANCE IN 1890 AND HAS BECOME A UNIVERSAL OBJECT DUE TO ITS WIDE USE AND POPULARITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. A GENUINE TRIGGER OF MEMORIES, IT IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BEST KNIVES IN THE WORLD. WITH THE SAME ATTENTION TO SIMPLICITY AND RELIABILITY, Opinel HAS DESIGNED OTHER RANGES OF KNIVES AND TOOLS FOR ALL THOSE WHO APPRECIATE EFFECTIVE CUTTING. A SIMPLE, ROBUST AND FAITHFUL TOOL, THIS ESSENTIAL LITTLE KNIFE HAS BEEN IN THE POCKETS OF THE GREATEST ARTISTS, ADVENTURERS, NAVIGATORS AND MOUNTAINEERS INCLUDING PABLO PICASSO, ROGER Frison ROCHE, Alain COLAS, ERIC Tabarly, JEAN-LOUIS ETIENNE, ELLEN MAC ARTHUR, PAUL Bocuse AND MANY MORE. A CONSTANT LANDMARK, CITED IN COUNTLESS BOOKS AND SONGS, Opinel HAS RISEN TO THE STATUS OF A TIMELESS CULT OBJECT, AN UNAVOIDABLE SYMBOL OF FRENCH CULTURE.
Product Features
- Made in France
- Beautifully crafted
- Made using the highest quality materials
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Highest quality knife in its price point I’ve ever used. I’ve owned, carried and used alot of knives. Enough to know there is no such thing as the perfect knife. For daily use and carry I think the #6 with stainless steel blade is probably the best folding knife there is out there, at least in the sub 100 dollar market. As I’m sure others have pointed out it is easy to sharpen and holds its edge very well. Not surprising considering Opinel uses premium blade steel in it’s designs. What I think sets it apart from many other highly…
A really nice knife! When I ran across Opinel I was intrigued. French, designed in the 1890’s and the design hasn’t changed. I had to have one! I saw the Bubinga wood special edition and bought it. Even though it cost twice as much, these knives are ridiculously inexpensive. This worried me, until I received mine in the mail!First impression: This is a really nice knife. It is light. The wood is finished fairly well and the Bubinga is a beautiful wood. The blade is stainless steel and is fully…
GAWD … now I have to get more. I just love this pre-turn-of-the-century design. So old-timey! Most Americans are not particularly familiar (I certainly wasn’t) with French-made Opinel knives which, as it turns out, were historically considered a “penny knife” or peasant’s pocket knife. Inexpensive, dutiful, durable, practical, ingenious by design. The blades are fairly thin and the Virobloc blade-locking ring (patented in 1955) is absolutely brilliant in its simplicity and effectiveness. No high-tech, futuristic,…