Scott, I'm always the guy who looks for quality and value in one package. It's just smart shopping and money management. like milsurp rifles, many of those rifles have quality and features a person would pay a lot of money for these days, they are fun to collect as well. Just like those Opinel Knives. - peace out dude - Dave
Opinels are excellent knives for the price. The No. 8 size "Garden Knife" has a stainless spear point blade so it's very good for food prep and opening packages. And according to the instructions it works on lettuce too!😁
@@Gungeek Yes, that's the one. Sometimes you can find a good price on a Bulgaria made Manly Wasp or Comrade - the blade shape & thinness allows these to be good slicers too. More expensive (4X) than a Opinel but the cheapest entry if you want to try a CPM super steel.
@@GungeekThere's a Manly factory tour video on Ytube. Interesting to see that they do a cryogenic blade quench - so they aren't above doing a bit of extra work to get a few points in hardness. Its nice to see they are making an effort to get blade performance instead of flash. FYI, You need diamond stones to sharpen S90V - everything else isn't hard enough. The Patriot is pretty nice fixed blade too. The kydex sheath is high ride and tight to the body so it stays out of the way. Comes with wood scale option too for the traditionalist. 😉 Thanks for entertaining the discussion, Cheers,
Nice knife, GunGeek. ... The Big Opinel knife in the pocket would have all the gals saying, 'Are you carrying the Big Opinel or are you just happy to see me?' ... My brother's father-in-law would favor using a car-bone bladed, Opinel knife, when we'd go out fishing together. ... The car-bone blades will furiously rust, if they get wet and neglected. ... He'd use hardware store 3 in 1 oil to clean up and lubricate the rusted knife. ... His Opinel would be left locked open and used for bait slicing, while fishing. ... I always told him; he'd catch more fish if he soaked the knife in hog-grease or fish oil, rather than petroleum oil. ... But, when do old geezers ever listen to young whippersnappers? ... The knives were so inexpensive, that he'd just buy a new one, when the one he had was too rusty. [The Opinel is a great inexpensive knife for impressing the gals at the local bistro.]
I've had several, one of my favorite apple slicing knifes. No pocket knife slices an apple as well or as effortlessly, some come close. And it's light. A little bulky, and they sometimes open in your pocket when they dry out and get loose, so... get em wet now and then to stiffen em up or they'll open in yer pocket and poke yer pecker.i don't carry them as much as I used to. More of a jacket pocket knife now
Scott, I'm always the guy who looks for quality and value in one package. It's just smart shopping and money management. like milsurp rifles, many of those rifles have quality and features a person would pay a lot of money for these days, they are fun to collect as well. Just like those Opinel Knives. - peace out dude - Dave
youre very right :)
Opinels are excellent knives for the price. The No. 8 size "Garden Knife" has a stainless spear point blade so it's very good for food prep and opening packages. And according to the instructions it works on lettuce too!😁
is that the one with the different handle also?
@@Gungeek Yes, that's the one.
Sometimes you can find a good price on a Bulgaria made Manly Wasp or Comrade - the blade shape & thinness allows these to be good slicers too. More expensive (4X) than a Opinel but the cheapest entry if you want to try a CPM super steel.
@@emilychippie2771 very cool thanks :)
@@emilychippie2771 those are nice looking knives 😃
@@GungeekThere's a Manly factory tour video on Ytube. Interesting to see that they do a cryogenic blade quench - so they aren't above doing a bit of extra work to get a few points in hardness. Its nice to see they are making an effort to get blade performance instead of flash.
FYI, You need diamond stones to sharpen S90V - everything else isn't hard enough.
The Patriot is pretty nice fixed blade too. The kydex sheath is high ride and tight to the body so it stays out of the way. Comes with wood scale option too for the traditionalist. 😉
Thanks for entertaining the discussion, Cheers,
Nice knife, GunGeek. ... The Big Opinel knife in the pocket would have all the gals saying, 'Are you carrying the Big Opinel or are you just happy to see me?' ... My brother's father-in-law would favor using a car-bone bladed, Opinel knife, when we'd go out fishing together. ... The car-bone blades will furiously rust, if they get wet and neglected. ... He'd use hardware store 3 in 1 oil to clean up and lubricate the rusted knife. ... His Opinel would be left locked open and used for bait slicing, while fishing. ... I always told him; he'd catch more fish if he soaked the knife in hog-grease or fish oil, rather than petroleum oil. ... But, when do old geezers ever listen to young whippersnappers? ... The knives were so inexpensive, that he'd just buy a new one, when the one he had was too rusty. [The Opinel is a great inexpensive knife for impressing the gals at the local bistro.]
great story :) totally true the inexpensive knives sure do get neglected.
I've had several, one of my favorite apple slicing knifes. No pocket knife slices an apple as well or as effortlessly, some come close. And it's light. A little bulky, and they sometimes open in your pocket when they dry out and get loose, so... get em wet now and then to stiffen em up or they'll open in yer pocket and poke yer pecker.i don't carry them as much as I used to. More of a jacket pocket knife now
i still carry the 7 around once and awhile :) it stays shut with the lock ring pretty good ,
Working class Europeans-- especially Frenchmen-- swear by those knives.
reason its been around so long i guess :)
They're good cheap folders, but if you want a good cheap fixed blade...It's Mora for me.
yeah i do like the moras also :)