The Opinel Folding Knife - Stainless Steel is a handy pocket folding knife that will take and keep a good edge. There are better knives for carving, but these are great general duty knives.

Six sizes to choose from at Woodsmith, please select from the drop down box:

• Opinel No.6
  • The N°06 is the smallest available Opinel with Virobloc® double safety ring. Ideal for outdoor activities and sports, N°06 is also practical and efficient for daily manual work (small crafts and sewing). Its size is particularly suited to capable smaller hands under adult supervision. Please see the Opinel Junior knife range for rounded knives for young people starting craft work.
• Opinel No.7
  
  • N°07 is a popular camping and picnic knife.
• Opinel No.8
  • The N°08 is the most popular knife in the collection. This multi-purpose tool is a real must-have to carry with you day-to-day.
• Opinel No.9
  • Reliable and robust, a good multi-use tool.
• Opinel No.10
  • The N°10 Stainless Steel is used for outdoor activities but also in more difficult tasks such as trimming branches and working dense materials.

Steel

• Hardness 55-57 HRC. European origin.
• The stainless steel used in Opinel blades is a grade optimised to guarantee both high corrosion resistance and high mechanical performance.
• The blade offers excellent sharpness and high resistance to abrasion (wear) which allows it to withstand regular contact with hard materials, such as ceramics, before requiring re-sharpening. Stainless steel has the advantage of requiring no special maintenance under ordinary conditions of use, unlike carbon steel. Nevertheless, it can meet its limits when it is put in prolonged contact with an aggressive environment (acid, salt water, detergent...).

The classic Opinel blade has adopted a Yatagan shape. The Yatagan shape is inspired by a traditional Turkish saber, the toe up. The blade is ground to an exclusive convex profile that ensures the strength of the blade and allows efficient regrinding.

Handle

Opinel Folding Knife - Stainless Steel has a natural wooden handle in beech with locking ring. Locks in both the closed position and in the open position.

Safety Ring

Invented by Marcel Opinel in 1955, the Virobloc safety ring is fitted to all folding knives from the N° 06. Cut out of stainless steel, the Virobloc has two sections, one fixed and one sliding. In addition to locking the blade open (safety in use), it is now possible to lock the blade closed (safety in transport).