This modification has significant drawbacks. The Mora Companion blade is designed for heavy-duty tasks like working with wood, while the handle and locking mechanism of the Opinel are not built for such stress. The Opinel’s wooden handle and simple Virobloc lock are not designed to withstand heavy use. The mechanism could fail quickly, and the knife might become unusable. Opinel is known for its blade geometry, with a fine edge perfect for precision cutting, not for hard-use tasks. Replacing the blade with something thicker or meant for different purposes defeats the knife’s original design. This modification could weaken the overall structure and functionality of the knife, making it uncomfortable and even unsafe to use.
The hollow spaces are deliberate, for rat tail or hidden tangs it give the tang flex room to absorb impact. Without the dead space the blade is more likely to break.
Also helps stabilize and anchor the polymer layers on the knife...the material flows into the voids and works like its own epoxy. Those little knives are tough
Your right, I've plenty of half assed that'll do projects in my shed until I took the time to think them through properly! Happy to say there's less of those taking up space. Everyone has to start somewhere, good on him.
Cobalt drill bits with a plasticine ring around the area to hold cutting fluid - much easier than faffing about with a blowtorch & risking the blade temper.
It's weaker than the Morakniv he started with, sure. But that's an inherent weakness to all folding knives. I'd wager it's a fair bit stronger than the Opinel though.
From the amount of them he says he's broken, I'd wager he uses his Opinel for a bunch of stuff you'd usually only ever use a fixed blade for. He said the tip broke off some of them, so I'm guessing he used them as a pry bar. Which is a bad idea even with a fixed blade. In fairness though it's a $15 knife so he's definitely not the only one to abuse them and treat them as disposable.
Wish you would consider selling me the Carbon Ops knives you broke the tips off of. I just need one actually. Don't want to cut a new knife in half just to make what I want.
Some of us do this for fun. Don't be such a stick in the mud. But since you already seem to be a bit of a douchebag, where can you find a pukko style folder like he just made?
И нахрена? Мора крепкий фикс страгалка, опинель легкий резак, теперь и не резак и нагрузку такую как на фикс при строгании не дашь. Переделка ради переделки. Шопопало.
If you ever want to try this again, mora does sell knife blanks for 13-15 dollars so you can save time and money not having to cut one out
This modification has significant drawbacks. The Mora Companion blade is designed for heavy-duty tasks like working with wood, while the handle and locking mechanism of the Opinel are not built for such stress. The Opinel’s wooden handle and simple Virobloc lock are not designed to withstand heavy use. The mechanism could fail quickly, and the knife might become unusable.
Opinel is known for its blade geometry, with a fine edge perfect for precision cutting, not for hard-use tasks. Replacing the blade with something thicker or meant for different purposes defeats the knife’s original design. This modification could weaken the overall structure and functionality of the knife, making it uncomfortable and even unsafe to use.
The hollow spaces are deliberate, for rat tail or hidden tangs it give the tang flex room to absorb impact. Without the dead space the blade is more likely to break.
Also helps stabilize and anchor the polymer layers on the knife...the material flows into the voids and works like its own epoxy. Those little knives are tough
Next video : use the leftover opinel blade to build an Opinora.
a morel
an opirel
an opa🤷♂️
an opira/opra
an omirel!
@@fockoffThe "morel" is a mushroom knife, I assume? ;)
Never underestimate the brainwaves a fella will have in a shed ☺☺
Your right, I've plenty of half assed that'll do projects in my shed until I took the time to think them through properly! Happy to say there's less of those taking up space. Everyone has to start somewhere, good on him.
if you build it, they will come... nice job all around. fantastic use of what you had on hand....
Who?
Absolute genius and class A craftsman - let the creative ideas continue! marvellous vid - thanks for posting
That's brilliant! 👍
Cobalt drill bits with a plasticine ring around the area to hold cutting fluid - much easier than faffing about with a blowtorch & risking the blade temper.
Best video on UA-cam. Keep it up
Best of both worlds. 👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌
I had to torch mine for a bit longer at bright red to soften enough for carbide drill!
Nice!
Esespecially cause there are no many scandi grind folding knifes!
Morakniv should really consider making a folding knife
Opinel is good knife, mora is good knife so let's destroy them both to make one not so good knife :)
As long as the pin stays true and straight, it should be pretty ok. No batonning with this fella
I literally dreamt about it and you did it!
Enjoy!❤❤
Better blade but ultimately still has the weak point at the hinge. Pretty cool though
Mess up 2 perfectly good knives to make a POS knife.
It's weaker than the Morakniv he started with, sure. But that's an inherent weakness to all folding knives.
I'd wager it's a fair bit stronger than the Opinel though.
There's nothing peasant about the Mora.
Its litterally the definition of pesant in sweden
My Companion & I were almost offended, but realized he didn't mean it in an offesive way?
Now you have to do the Opirakniv
that was the plan but i killed the mora handle.
Тоже была такая задумка,когда клинок 9 го опинэля сломался
Nice video 👍
Viking and French mix... It's a Normandy Knife hahaha
I noticed you cannot lock the new blade open.
That's beautiful man, obviously opinel is already perfection but I get it.
Volgen keer leg het op een aambeeld en sla er op met een zware hamer !!
awesome mod Ian
Try a cobalt bit to drill your pin out, maybe? What do you use your Opinel knives for? Best regards. 🙃
From the amount of them he says he's broken, I'd wager he uses his Opinel for a bunch of stuff you'd usually only ever use a fixed blade for.
He said the tip broke off some of them, so I'm guessing he used them as a pry bar. Which is a bad idea even with a fixed blade.
In fairness though it's a $15 knife so he's definitely not the only one to abuse them and treat them as disposable.
"Fuckin' hell"...can I quote you on that?
Mega cool!!!!!
It would be intresting a buck-pinel (buck 110)
Nice video. I really want to make a folding mora 106 or 120 (the small spoon carving / sloyd knifes )
511 blades work
Genius.
Nice!!!
Safety first and then he uses the angle grinder 😂
why destroy two knifes?
Yeah, kind of pointless.
I agree but he's having fun let the man enjoy himself
Красавчик
Wish you would consider selling me the Carbon Ops knives you broke the tips off of. I just need one actually. Don't want to cut a new knife in half just to make what I want.
Is. The mora. Carbon. Steel. ?? If it is why. Bother. ?!!!!
😊
try put cpm 3v in opinel
заздрю людям, в який повно часу і їм немає чим зайнятися
LMAO
Alternative title: "How to make an opinel resharpen slower and wedge sicnificantly more when cutting? Scandi!"
Too long
🤮🤮🤮
Just buy a knife that meets your needs. Clearly you have too much time on your hands and time is money. Anyway thanks for the laugh.
Some of us do this for fun. Don't be such a stick in the mud. But since you already seem to be a bit of a douchebag, where can you find a pukko style folder like he just made?
Why buy whe you can make one.
@@HPBurstyn there's always gotta be that one turd of self-righteousness in the punchbowl. You sir would be that turd.
И нахрена? Мора крепкий фикс страгалка, опинель легкий резак, теперь и не резак и нагрузку такую как на фикс при строгании не дашь. Переделка ради переделки. Шопопало.