View Full Version : Opinel saw?
anthonyyy
29-06-2006, 12:44
I'm thinking of getting one of these:
http://www.eknifeworks.com/large/knife/OP165126.jpg
http://www.eknifeworks.com/webapp/eCommerce/product.jsp?Mode=Cat&Cat=51&SKU=OP165126
6-3/8" Folding Saw.
What do you think? If it's of the usual high Opinel standard it should be good. I want a saw thats small enough to take for walks and be good for light work; perhaps getting fuel for a Kelly Kettle.
I've been carrying one for years now. They are reasonably priced, lightweight, and excellent cutters. You can't go wrong with one.
bogflogger
29-06-2006, 12:53
Opinel Saws are Really good!
To save on Shipping one back across the pond, try Outdoorcode first, as I know Andrew stocks them:
http://www.outdoorcode.com/
bogflogger
29-06-2006, 13:04
You can also get them from:
http://www.opinel-musee.com/uk/idx_magasin-uk.htm
anthonyyy
29-06-2006, 13:17
You can also get them from:
http://www.opinel-musee.com/uk/idx_magasin-uk.htm
I just tried that site.
Good price for the saw: 16.85 euro
but postage to Ireland 17.28 euro
er :lmao:
bogflogger
29-06-2006, 13:24
LOL :p :twak: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
Love mine - and more aesthetically pleasing than the alternatives, if that bothers you!
queeg9000
29-06-2006, 13:39
The Opinel range are good value, and you can modify the handles a bit too, to make them more comfortable.
Try this link as well when you're looking:-
http://www.outdoorgb.com/c/opinel_knives/?gclid=CJvEiJHD64UCFTZSEAodEQp 8Hw
:)
Looks like a nifty saw.
How would it compare to an SAK saw?
Cheers,
Adam
bogflogger
29-06-2006, 16:15
They cut exactly the same as SAK Saws, there's just the major advantage of them being much longer.
http://www4.gvsu.edu/triert/images15/opi_saw1c.jpg
Ahhh....that explains it. Thanks, guys.
dommyracer
29-06-2006, 18:58
Anyone have any experience of these versus a laplander?
anthonyyy
29-06-2006, 19:06
There are 2 distinctly different Opinel saws.
One is comparable to a Laplander and has an 18 cm blade.
The other looks just like a normal Opinel knife when folded. This one has a 12 cm blade.
http://www.opinel-musee.com/uk/idx_magasin-uk.htm
Click on “Utilitaires” then “Saw"
Buckshot
30-06-2006, 08:43
The new ones have a slightly different handle shape. The top of the handle at the end hasn't got the flare out, only the bottom part has.
Mark
Keith_Beef
30-06-2006, 17:14
I replied to this thread yesterday, and not find my post has disappeared!
The handle shape changed in 2005; what used to be the same as the N°12 handle (as shown in Hoodoo's picture) now looks like this:
http://couteaux-courty.com/images/F161.jpg
The bigger saw looks like this:
http://couteaux-courty.com/images/F160.jpg
K.
Very intersting Keith. Is that bottom saw larger?
I bought one very similar to that bottom saw and giave it to a friend. He broke the blade the first time he used it. I've never had a problem with mine and I have two.
It looks to me like that bottom saw might be a redesign of the larger saw I bought.
Keith_Beef
01-07-2006, 03:27
Very intersting Keith. Is that bottom saw larger?
I bought one very similar to that bottom saw and giave it to a friend. He broke the blade the first time he used it. I've never had a problem with mine and I have two.
It looks to me like that bottom saw might be a redesign of the larger saw I bought.
Hoodoo, the Opinel saw in your picture has exactly the same handle as the N° 12 folding knife. The saw blade is 120 mm (4.3/4"), the same as the knife blade.
The new saw, which replaces this one, also has a 120mm blade. The locking ring and ferrule beneath it are the same (and may even carry the N° 12 stamp, I can't say for sure).
The other, larger model with a latch that hooks the back of the blade has a 190mm (7.1/2") blade.
I discovered the change in the handle at the Nontron show, in 2005, where I snapped up the last few for sale at the Opinel stand. Then I got the last two from Courty's shop in Paris just before coming over to the US.
I don't like the new shape.
K.
K.
Here's a photo of what I think must be the old version of that larger saw you posted.
http://www.eknifeworks.com/large/knife/OP687.jpg
Here's a photo of what I think must be the old version of that larger saw you posted.
http://www.eknifeworks.com/large/knife/OP687.jpg
Yep that is the older version, I have one and they compare very well against the laplander (I actually think they are better, but that is just me).