opinel droppoint

[ripley]

Hi everyone,

I just noticed that Opinel has a droppoint model (8VRP). Blade is 8,5 cm long.
Anyone ever used this one? I know Opinel has good quality and not expensive.
Maybe I'll get me one like that

Have a look at http://www.opinel.com/FR/catalogue/index.htm and go to "catalogue" and check under "Les utilitaires".

 

[Realgar]

That might do nicely for gardening and mushrooming. I have toyed with the idea of getting one of the 22cm blade ones, for no reason at all.

What do you rekon to their kitchen knives? no 102 looks like it might make a nice fixed blade for the woods.

 

[Paganwolf]

Good for fishing too as they float good knives most people on here will have one or two i would think, i have :roll:

 

[Buckshot]

Hi everyone,

I just noticed that Opinel has a droppoint model (8VRP). Blade is 8,5 cm long.
Anyone ever used this one? .

My uncle in law used to swear by them.
He was a farmer and said they were much easier to use when cutting the string off a bale of straw, you can just put the knife in a drag. Or cleaning out the cleats in your boots. Quite a specialist use though.

Not totally sure they would be good as a bushcraft knife, but then, at that price...

Cheers

Mark

 

[C_Claycomb]

I think that you were looking at the top two knives with the curved blades. The third one down is a proper drop point, rather than the usual clip point. Looks good.

 

[leon-1]

Does look good, wonder where we can get one from in the U.K.

 

[ripley]

What do you rekon to their kitchen knives? no 102 looks like it might make a nice fixed blade for the woods.

The 102 fixed model looks a bit tiny to me for heavy duty, but I guess it could be a very good second smaller knife for the more "fine" jobs. Could probably take some light batoning as well.

The droppoint folder could be a good skinner or just a backup knife. Especially because it's lightweight, quality steel and pretty cheap compared to other folders.

 

[Buckshot]

I think that you were looking at the top two knives with the curved blades. The third one down is a proper drop point, rather than the usual clip point. Looks good.

Oops sorry - wrong again

Cheers

Mark

 

[Keith_Beef]

The 102 fixed model looks a bit tiny to me for heavy duty, but I guess it could be a very good second smaller knife for the more "fine" jobs. Could probably take some light batoning as well.

The model 102 is a "couteau d'office". Hard to render this in English, but the "office" is more or less "back kitchen" or "pantry". Good for cutting small veg. These should be quite inexpensive, say around £2.50 to £3.50.

This sort of knife typically had a stub tang, that is about half the width and half the length of the handle, held by two rivets.

The tang wouldn't go much further back than that second rivet. Usually, the tang is visible along the top edge of the handle, but not the underside.

I think the nearest Bushy blade would be what's commonly called a Woodswalker, in terms of size and strength. OK for skinning, cutting twine, maybe shaving spells and making fuzz sticks.

If anybody's interested, I can look out when I'm next in "Pantry Knives 'R' Us".

Oh, and maybe you'd be interested in these:
http://couteaux-courty.com/cgi-bin/...ction=view_product&productID=0187&category=20
http://couteaux-courty.com/cgi-bin/...ction=view_product&productID=1086&category=19
http://couteaux-courty.com/cgi-bin/...ction=view_product&productID=0193&category=19

Keith.

 

[Keith_Beef]

As promised, I dropped into "Pantry Knives 'R' Us", and I picked up three of the little buggers, along with a couple of Opinel folders I'd been promising myself

So, here they are, in all their glory.

These are three "pantry knives", known as "couteaux d'office" in French.
One is made by Opinel, like the model 102, but has a stainless blade (where I went, there were none in plain carbon steel).

The other two are made by Parapluie.

The larger one has a carbon steel blade, the smaller is stainless.

As you can see, the stub tang goes to the back (spine?) of the handle, but only about half way along the length, just beyond the second or third rivet.

All three have beech handles, which could benefit from a little rub down with 000 steel wool and a soak in linseed oil.

There's a centimetre measuring tape to show scale.

Prices:

Opinel €5.50

Parapluie
large €7.90
small €6.70



I can get these in just about any quantity, since they're widely available in shops.


Keith.

 

[ripley]

TNX for the pictures.
If I get to a shop with opinel knives, I'm gonna have a closer look... :biggthump

 

[JimH]

Does look good, wonder where we can get one from in the U.K.

I routinely convert mine with a file - takes about 5 mins. I much prefer a drop to a clip-point, and it seemed the obvious thing to do, along with removing the backward pointing spur at the end of the handle.

The steel is good, but files neatly and easily with a good mill-file.

Wahey! I'm a custom knifemaker :rolmao:

Jim.

 

[Hoodoo]

Well, the thing that really caught my eye on that site was the large folding saw. I've used the small one for years but that's the first I've seen a large one. Won't be getting one anytime soon though because with shipping, it would cost me almost $80 USD! :shock: Such is the weakness of the US dollar. But good for most of you guys.

 

[leon-1]

Hoodoo, the large folding saw gets my vote, I have had one for a while and they cut very well, they are light as well.

 

[Hoodoo]

Hoodoo, the large folding saw gets my vote, I have had one for a while and they cut very well, they are light as well.

Sure. Rub it in.

 

[davek]

I routinely convert mine with a file - takes about 5 mins. I much prefer a drop to a clip-point, and it seemed the obvious thing to do, along with removing the backward pointing spur at the end of the handle.

The steel is good, but files neatly and easily with a good mill-file.

Wahey! I'm a custom knifemaker :rolmao:

Jim.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-1/932710/opinel3.jpg

Gotta love Opies.

 

[ChrisKavanaugh]

If Mora and Opinel went out of business tommorow some custom maker would replicate both at 3 times the price with a 6 month waiting list.