>>2837836 > Are they really decent? They cost next to nothing
For the price their proprietary stainless and carbon steels are pretty good. Easy to sharpen, steep angle, last a moment. Hair-whittling easily under 1000grit. I just hone mine when it flattens.
> the metal fittings look so flimsy.
They're solid. Tighten them.
> I use a Kershaw auto.
I use my opinel mostly for food prep because roommates can't sharpen knives.
Don’t fall for the meme they just don’t feel right in the hand. The blade is thin and wants to turn and the handle gets slick and feels like you’re going to drop it.
>>2837838 >Solid lies... first time picking one up I went to tighten one up and it fucking broke, just by trying to tighten the flimsy-ass locking mechanism on the damned thing, these things are only used by gay/euro-trash lightweight- backpackers that can't get or use a real knife because it's too heavy for their limp wrists.
>>2837853 >reaches for opinel instead of hunting knife Confirmed for gay.
>food prep try to slice anything harder than cheese and you're fucked.
Cheap is literally the only thing they have going for them, and I'd rather have a Mora that I can stab an opinel bitch user with.
>>2837859 > Classic design > Beautiful, comfortable and secure handle shape > Razor-steep clip point as fat as the handle can fit > Total of 5 part-dissassembly, metal and wood
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>>2837866 > first time picking one up I went to tighten one up and it fucking broke, just by trying to tighten the flimsy-ass locking mechanism on the damned thing > tighten steel > breaks
Whatever retard thing you were doing... Just watch a youtube tutorial on how to take apart those things.
> these things are only used by gay/euro-trash lightweight- backpackers that can't get or use a real knife because it's too heavy for their limp wrists.
When you actually go out your realize that less knife is often better than more knife.
> try to slice anything harder than cheese and you're fucked.
You legit have no idea what you're talking about. Get a cleaver if you want to fruit ninja cheese.
> Cheap is literally the only thing they have going for them
Yeah, they offer a practical, handy, quality traditional folding knife for a good price.
>>2837867 Nope, a 99 Jeep Wrangler, 4.0 engine, 4.11 gear ratio, KC lights, Jack and shovel. Desert pinstriping all fucking over it.
F-150's are work trucks, not trail trucks, but they'll do if you've got nothing else. >>2837877 >watch a YT video it's a fucking knife it doesn't need instructions, it just needs to not be gay and flimsy.
>>2837879 I’m assuming you mean newer trucks but….Every TTB front end bronco/f150 desert truck disagrees with that comment. They’re a pretty solid platform for the prerunner crowd.
>>2837877 yep classic america right a dainty little folding knife with a fancy mechanism in a place where the most basic tool is a hatchet thats the kind of person you think of
>>2837838 Cool. I really don't need another knife, but I like their conservative look. For hikes, though, I prefer small multitools like a Victorinox Classic. More use for the weight.
1. Baste and bake handle in olive oil at 175°C for an hour or more (stable process) 2. Clean blade with alcohol, dry and boil in white vinegar for patina (unpredictable finish) 3. Heat metal lockring parts on open flame until reaching desired tone, let sit in white vinegar if it get's too much of an oxodized brown hue (very unstable, have little experience with this, it just came out nice the third try)
>>2837978 Use a booger sucker or turkey baster and shoot it up your urethra then piss the soup into your mouth. Do I have to teach you zoomettes everything?! This is basic /out/
>>2838469 >heavy duty Yes they are fine for gay-ass little picnics, but you have to be able to violently and with extreme prejudice put down any skinwalkers you see, permanently.
>>2837836 The fittings are exactly what they look like. I broke the metal collar off one and almost cut my finger off the first day I had it. I bought a second one since they're so cheap. If you're not retarded like me they're fantastic and very sharp. I usually carry an opinel no 8 in my fishing kit because they're exceptional for fish stuff. For general innawoods activities I bring my cold steel outdoorsman.
opinels are boy scout knives and picnic knives at best. subpar to anything american made. if i got one for a gift i would assume someone is being a cheap ass for not spending at least 30 on a first knife for someone.
>>2838530 >>2838925 yeah if you're going to have a folding knife that is flimsy and small then may as well keep a multitool and if you're going to have a multitool may as well have one that has pliers and a philips head
>>2839394 no that could work on flat heads not philips which are more about the triangular depth you have two openers on this thing and you're talking down on pliers the most versatile mechanical tool there is
>>2837828 Can anyone compare - is carbon really worth it? It looks like a hassle to take care of it. I have a stainless steel one and I'm happy with it. You probably won't find another knife that feels comfortable and weighs less than 37 grams.
>>2839460 I like the carbon, i also have a few stainless models, ehat I like about the carbon is that i can get is scalpel sharp on basically any river rock I find. Stainless is fine, and my "fishing opinel" Effilé is stainless, makes sense
Yeah more or less. Perfect for light weight tasks, doesnt weigh much and holds an edge pretty well. Like everyone else is saying, just remember its limits. If that blade comes down on your fingers its gonna be a bad time.
>>2837828 I use one as an eating utensil and keep a Mora for anything else. However, if you are not bushcrafting and stuff like that you wont use the Mora at all. So it’s a nice little knife.
>>2837836 I love them for what they do they're great for food. I use this >>2839478 all the time in the kitchen if you are having a picnic or a stroll somewhere they're all you need locking mechanism is simple but it works well enough that you don't fear it snapping back on your hand like a SAK don't lend one to normies because they do not have the intellect to understand there's a lock and will pull with the force of a gorilla with downs until the lock ejects itself into outer space Actually just don't lend anything to anyone in general, I think people try to break shit that's not theirs on purpose. if you give them a knife they'll immediately drop it on the nearest hard surface.
>>2839460 I dont know how to say it. I had one and is just a food knife. I had a mora for bushcraft that broke in half while cutting fire woods. First time this happens to me. A restaurant knife would be better then some consumer survival knife.
I see many Opinel using anons having a no. 8, yet I have a 9 and it's just the perfect size for my hand. Then again I am a borderline manlet, so unless I have big hands or you all have tiny ass hands, I don't see why you'd be comfortable using such a small knife as the no. 8, let alone a 7
>>2840803 7/8 are almost too small and kinda useless outside of cutting food or opening boxes, but they're by far the most common to buy and the bigger ones take lot more place in your pocket
>>2840812 >kinda useless outside of cutting food or opening boxes That's all they're meant for. You keep the big jobs for your big knives.
I personally don't get the opinel hype though. The wood handle looks nice but it won't hold up to moisture and time. I use a Grohmann folder with a light-weight plastic handle and it's all I'll ever need for small jobs. It's so light I don't even notice it in my pocket.
i think butterfly knives are the best folding knives the fact that the blade is held by two joints means it will not lever itself out when excessive force is applied which makes it stronger than regular folders and it doesn't require complex locks to keep it open and it's compact like any other folder
>>2840998 They really are both the sleekest and safest knives out there. I forever damn governments for being gay pussies and banning them everywhere because they watched too many action movies.
my grandpas opinel, I stole it from him because I fucking hate him, anyway it's my fishing beater knife, I treat this thing like shit, just occasionally sharpen it, don't even bother cleaning the fish guts off it most of the time, dunked it in saltwater constantly, still holds up really solid, golds fine, locking ring still smooth, great knife
desu the best part is how thin the blade is, sharpening takes literally 2 mins
Lost my ss08 recently and i miss it dearly. Great for daily use, as well as field dressing everything up to red deer. Lasted for years before losing it and you hardly even notice its in your pocket.
>>2838366 >svörd Are they for real? Ridiculous >>2838964 Whose tradition? Never heard of it, sounds awful. And anon is right, water gets on the handle when cleaning opinels, and that can make it swell. You can be careful but it's inevitable.
Best acessible folding knife you can buy here in Brasil, there is also a version with a tip, i like this one cause mom got me one as a gift. But i would love t have a opinel also...
>>2842470 >Whose tradition? Never heard of it, sounds awful I heard this one in the Alps from co-workers and oldfags, probably a memory of the times when there was only carbon blades You just wipe the knife clean with something, typically on your pants if you're out and it's all good
>>2842470 I have a friend who's a pro cook. He carries an opinel everywhere, and uses it whenever he cooks away from work. Washes the thing in the dishwasher if one is around.
>>2837828 Answer me this if you really are an Opinel guy:
Is the Paduak handel knife more resistant to moisture, as people have said? I have read that the properties of the paduak wood stop it from swelling and becoming too stiff to close.
Is this real or just another meme? I had the wallnut version.
I have a Walther whateverthefuck Quite possibly the ugliest knife ever made, but I bought it as a retarded teenager and now I like the holster, that it opens with one hand and that it's got both a good length of blade in front for meal prep and a good length of serrations at the back for cutting rope. Basically it's a good knife to keep around while I'm out climbing. It was also dirt cheap if I remember correctly, but that was more than 10 years ago, so who knows.
Maybe I'll try my hand at making some new scales someday, but in the mean time it also doubles as a fine bottle opener.
>>2838515 American cryptids are a mix of native american bedtime stories and ameri/k/ans thinking shit up they'd either have to shoot or be able to pass off as a real story to anyone who will listen, which is everyone EU 'cryptids' are a mix of fucked up stuff they'd tell the kids in the past so they wouldn't play near rushing water(see Näcken and Bäckahästen, literally just creepy shit to keep kids away from deep water), and aaaaallll the shit that no one genuinely believed in at any point but it's kinda funny or cute to imagine so it sticks around. Like Santa.
Unless you're hunting, I consider anything other than a SAK to be for larping. Even looking into other knives is cringe /in/ behavior. I've never once even thought "huh it'd be nice if my knife were way bigger and didn't have a bunch of other useful things with it." (Opinel is fine if you live in Europe, as I understand it they're a common thing to have.)
>>2848602 >whittle the handle That'll probably just fuck it up, they are nice as they are, I wouldn't go messing with it. Also if you have small hands just get over it.
I just got a new No.8 but I returned it for being too small for food prep. I always end up getting butter and stuff stuck in the hinge due to the short blade - not the type of thing you want with a wooden hinge.
I like how lightweight they are and the shape of the blade so I'll get a No. 10 for future trips.
>>2849207 Whittle it to fit your own hands. Not important but if you are using it frequently you want it to be able to fit snug in the hand, it is the reason to buy a knife with a wooden handle like this.
Opinels are slicey little bastards, hard to beat that thin geometry in production knives. Hard to imagine it not meeting someone’s home/work needs. Only downfall is it’s a little delicate, but if you need something you can whack through a branch with, you probably want a fixed blade anyways.
>>2839845 >Actually just don't lend anything to anyone in general, I think people try to break shit that's not theirs on purpose. if you give them a knife they'll immediately drop it on the nearest hard surface.
Sadly this does appear to be the case. Fucking retarded monkeys.
>>2849208 you could get one of those victorinox folding tomato knives with the linerlock, they're good for that sorta thing. but not for whittling. or an opinel No12 Explore since it's got a plastic handle, but it's fucking huge (it's a no12 after all, though with a blade more like a no10).
>>2837828 Yes, but they are only perfect because they are dirt cheap. You won't mind losing it or fucking it up. They are also really light. You won't even notice the weight in your jeans pocket and you can just throw one into some pocket of your backpack.
>>2850580 You get 1 knife with most of those sets, and then you can buy another one if necessary. Maybe get a serrated one and a normal one, to justify carrying 2? I got 2 titanium spoon-forks on chinese ebay for a few bucks each and they are lighter than plastic so whatever.
I'm from the valley they're made in, they have a whole museum there (though it's pretty small). The creator used to smith tools for his alpine village and would also make knives for his friends, eventually he decided to make a folding knife that would be cheap to produce and easy to carry in the mountains. Nowadays it a cultural phenomena here, everyone I know carries one at all time.
>>2850696 >Nowadays it a cultural phenomena here, everyone I know carries one at all time. That's pretty cool. What's the popular size? I would guess #8.
>>2850701 Got it right, everyone uses the n°8. Usually it'll even be the first knife you gift to your kid, I still have mine and use it. I have a special one for mushroom foraging too.
>>2850966 Very nice though aren't they? For me it's the kind of thing I'll buy once, a Buck knife of my choosing, and then I'll keep it until I die. But I just bought this one and it wasn't cheap, it's as heavy as a Buck despite being titanium.
Opinels I appreciate for their lightness and the fact that they are like very sharp butter knives in the hand haha.
>>2850976 Titanium is twice as strong as aluminum, but 1.6x heavier. So, theoretically, an osbourne 940 could use titanium, but 1/2 as much material as the aluminum model and be lighter and just as strong, but if you use the same amount of metal, it's going to be 160% the aluminum weight and twice as strong.
>>2851122 it might be a meme, shitty skeletonized scales, but i still want it, and when i find somewhere to buy it in my shithole without retarded shipping cost i will, but, in my completely uninformed opinion, most of them are going to ´murica
>>2851122 The file is a better design than previously and the package opener tool is arguably more useful than the old can opener that used to be in its place.
>>2851119 i've batoned a bit with grand harvest sak clone just don't bend the knife to lever the wood apart because it's not stiff like a mora and flexes hard feel like batoning doesn't even put that much pressure on the joint if you can make it all the way through
>>2851551 Honest question. Why? I have thought about batoning with a good knife in my hand, but the folding saw was so efficient in cutting logs that perfectly fit my stove, there seemed like no reason to do it. The saw is lighter than my knife too.
>>2851566 its just what i had in my pocket just needed thin sticks out of small spruce boards no thicker than an inch to start a fire was sleepy and didn't feel like fetching it was just at home not even outdoors
>>2846762 i don't get the point of the holes, they don't appear to serve a function which is very un-victorinox. male it flimsier for no gain and look kinda dumb too. am a bit torn on the package opener, on one hand I never used the can opener and it does have the upside of not gunking up your main blade, but IF you need to open a can now you're shit outta luck and have to abuse the blade, , whereas previously you could open a can and also open a package with ease. >>2851483 liner locks have been a thing on vics for ages, and it's good they're finally adding pocket clips like modders have for years. no more bouncing around at the bottom of pockets.
>>2837836 >Are they really decent? for sharpening sticks as a kid yeah pretty decent, i got mine from france, i assume they are french knifes, i associate them with fishing so good for filleting, i've found if you stab one into the mud/ground and step on it it will snap where the blade meets the handle, the metal bit is a swivel which locks the blade.
>>2837853 >My trusty no. 9 Based, i think i snapped my number 8, and still have my number 9, i actually used the number 8 to shave the handle of the number 9 to make it look not so new.
also when i was in the french alps i saw a number 29 or number 30 on a pedistal, it was fucking massive, like full on beefy hand sized slasher.
i have a no.5 carbone that i got 11 years ago for my 18th birthday from my girlfriend, whittled the handle down with one of my other opinels and coated the blade in mustard to give it a solid coating. it is my go to around the house for little tasks like opening boxes and shit, i also have the no.6 inox that i use as my go to when camping, as i'm not doing much more than a little whittling, feathering sticks, cutting food and cutting thread/cord if needs be. i have a few mora's too but they see no use other than whittling in my yard now and again
i've always found my svord uncomfortable, handle is too curvy, feel your fingers creep up on the unprotected back edge of the blade. the tab sticking out the back is uncomfortable. it does have the benefit of being britbong legal though. not as positively held open as you would be led to believe.
The locking mechanism is prone to getting grit in it, they're not waterproof and in fact particularly susceptible to the grip swelling and locking them up. The construction is fairly weak.picnic tier.
>>2853524 >they're not waterproof the fuck you mean water proof? you could tool it in a pool for a day, pick it up, dry it off and it would be fine, sure the carbon version might change colour but, waterproof? what?
>>2853558 just whack the heel on the table, its literally what its designed for, also, of course it isn't a maritime knife, someone with an above room temp IQ would know that
Just got myself a new one, top is one I got 3 years ago. Since then it's become my EDC knife, it's great for my uses. Sure if I need pliers I'll take the leatherman, and if I know I'll need to cut thicker wood or want easier cleaning when gutting larger fish I'll take the mora, but the opinel is just right to fit into basically any pocket without being uncomfortable, does most jobs I need it to, and is overall a joy to use. Got a friend the olive wood handle version, saw how nice it looked, and now I got myself one too.
>>2853524 >picnic tier I was with you until there, but that's just wrong. They are cheap and good enough for 95% of uses the normal person needs a knife for. I use mine primarily as edc. I don't have to baton with my knife or do self defense on a regular basis (not bri'ish), I need it to cut fishing line when fishing, kill the occasional catch, open packages, prepare food etc. None of those requires a full tang knife, or a super easy to clean knife. Sure I pay attention when killing larger fish to not get too much guts and blood on the handle and mechanism because cleaning it is a bit of a pain and not good for the wood, but that's easy to do. I just oil it once a year and that's it. It's not zero maintenance, but it's not like they can't last or are hard to take care of either.
>>2855595 Yeah, a real dealer like bladehq, smkw, knivesshipfree, knifecenter. Never buy knives on Amazon or alibaba. You could always buy from the company's website too. A Carbone #8 is $22 on their official website.
>>2837836 It's an amazing design honestly. The handle and steel are decent for the price, which is to say they are nothing special. The locking mechanism is a lot more sturdy than you'd imagine, but obviously it won't compete with a full tang or something like that. It's essentially the answer to an optimization question, where it's decent at almost everything for little money. Go into either extreme away from it and you have to make general sacrifices for a specialty usecase (which can still be worth it for someone, but it's going to be the minority). The truth is for all the "this knife can be put into a hydraulic press and survives" memery people do, how often does a extremely sturdy construction actually matter?
Most of what I use a knife for when out is preparing fish I caught, cutting line or cordage, maybe cutting some tape to fix something, preparing food etc. For all of these uses, having a thinner blade and a more nimble smaller knife is an advantage. If I do want to baton some wood I still carry a beefier knife sometimes, but I rarely use it anymore.
So to summarize: It's cheap, it's good at almost everything that matters, it looks good while doing it. My main complaint is that they are a bit of a bitch to clean, so you want to pay attention not to get too much disgusting shit (mostly fish guts in my case) into the mechanism or on the handle. Similarly the mechanism doesn't do too well with sand. Not hard to fix if it gets in there, but still annoying. Neither complaint invalidates what makes it great, just stuff you have to pay attention to. If I hunted or had to kill larger fish the cleaning issue alone might be enough reason to use a easy to clean knife with a plastic handle. For the kind of fish I catch, it's fine.
I use a taylor's eyewitness folding penknife, black plastic handle, held open by a spring, brother's got a couple of opinels so I've used them. Not really a fan of opinels all that much, kinda flimsy and too many space to pick up gunk from all the shit and silage mine gets shoved in.
but I sharpen my knife on a brick so it's not like I care that much about the thing
>>2860383 >>2860384 they're like £20, don't know what that amounts to in dollars but they come with a lifetime guarantee, which I've never actually been able to claim on because they inevitably get lost before I can wear one out. 2 1/2 inch blade. I like the grippy handle the smooth ones tend to slip from the gunk on my hands, I use it for cutting and whittling sticks whn I need one, but mostly it's cutting bale plastic, baler twine, slicing plastic barrels, being being used as an emergency screwdriver/hammer, probing gaps, scraping rust and crud off stuff and anything really I need it for. I grease it occasionally by melting beef fat into it. I do use it for camping stuff when I need one because I use what I've got and it's not failed me yer. I think it's a pretty decent solid and versatile knife with the one downside that I've lost like three of the little buggers over the years
>>2860388 Oh and they can be a little hard to open if your hands are cold or slimy but I can generally manage somehow, I've got a shitty fixxie if I can't as backup in the truck, literally just some old bit of mower blade with tape one side for a sort of handle grip
>>2839355 multitool with pliers and philips isn't needed desu. i would think nothing of it if I saw a leatherman in the wild, but a victorinox is more than enough.
for my urban carry a philips driver is a requirement, I carry a victorinox climber. the 2D phillips on the can opener is legit, you can really crank down on philips screw with it.
>>2837828 I have one with an olive wood grip It's like a 5/10 on everything but looks >folding mechanism is garbo >blade is too thin for pretty much anything I want to do >gets sticky really quickly and doesn't want to open or close without a lot of maintenance >two handed open and close is always annoying especially during the winter months when it's cold The grip feels nice tho
>>2842139 >>2842438 I posted the original message about douk douks. Anon is wrong, the Higonokami precedes the douk douk, but there was barely any civilian market exchange between japan and france, so most likely no link. The douk douk was conceived as the most practical EDC knife you could have, the carbon blade is thicker than the opinel, super sharp out of the box but can get razor sharp. It was made with the colonies in mind, so it needed to be super simple (a bent sheet of metal, a blade, a flat spring, two rivets), super sturdy practical to be carried. In my opinion, the flat profile is a plus. The bade profile was inspired by scimitars, and honestly I think it's better than the higonokami as curvier edges cut better, AND it also has a better point. The higonokami is just inspired by traditional japanese knife blade profiles
>>2861619 thanks for this update. i post on this board once every 5 years but since I use Kuroba it updated me and I saw your reply. much appreciated anon.
>>2837923 I have the Tiki version. Between that, my k55k, and my jap knockoff of the douk douk (hirogakami or whatever they're called) I'm set for any pocket knife related emergency.
I like my Tiki. Great for slicing sausage on the trail.
>>2861807 I have a skeletool, and the blade material is soft as fuck. I used it to cut some nylon webbing once and was so disappointed I threw it into a drawer. Dunno, maybe I got a bad one.
My favorite folding knife is the lionsteel skinny. Tied with the mini adamas, but benchmade is so fucking overpriced I can't recommend it to anybody.
>>2861829 Damn if that didn't have that big ugly logo on the blade that'd be a beautiful knife. The current way ruins the aesthetic; it's like a trashy tattoo on a beautiful woman.
i'll settle it once for all opinel does the best all purpose folding knife laguiole does the best food related folding knife victorinox does the best swiss knife and multitool yes multitool too, leatherman isn't half as good as it used to be
>>2837828 I have a few of these, my first knife was a number 5 that I picked up on holiday in France when I was about 13. When I'm out camping I tend to go for a fixed blade knife for "I just need a knife" situations and a Victorinox for "I need something to fit in my pocket" situations. But if "I just need a knife" and "I need something to fit in my pocket" both arise, then the Opinel comes out. Cheap, simple, light, good edge and comes in different sizes for different pockets. What's not to like?
>>2861829 based. i have pic related and a mushroom knifefrom antonini, both as a gift from my gf. i soak them in linseed oil so i can take them to my grave. the mushroom knife can even be taken apart because it has a screw instead of a rivet
>>2837828 I bought one when I was 16, because it was cheap and the carbon blade was appealing. Now, 17 years later I still have it, surprising that I didn't lose it, it has been used a lot, I've sharpened it frequently too. The mechanism has gotten a little loose but only in the 'closed' position, the blade still sits solidly when opened which is more important. The lock mechanism tho is very mysterious to a lot of people, I've let people use this knife on many occasions, many times they just glare and wonder how to open it, and frequently they just force it open and the locking ring gets ejected and flies off into space. It's not a design flaw but it has made me cautious to hand it out.
All in all, I've had it for so long that I am very attached to it.
>>2863639 I had one, personally i really hating holding in metal, made my hands sweaty and clam or whatever you say in english, gave it to my brother since he is a huge weeb
>>2865461 I don't really use folding knifes, i have had a few but i got rid of them since i just use my hunting knife when outside and my mora when i need a knife at home. I do own the opinel mushroom knife but i just rip the mushroom out of the ground so i really just use the brush.
>>2865580 Any time i took a folding knife with me i have always taken a fixed knife with me as well. I stopped bringing my victorinox because i never used any of the tools on it, as for benefits i guess since my fixed knife is in a sheath on my belt i can just grab it and pull it out instead of taking my hand into my pocket and having to fold it open, if you can call that a benefit. Really i think the reason i choose a fixed knife is simply for the satisfaction of having a big knife on my belt, makes me feel real manly and free.
>have a puukko for hiking >Have an opininel no.8 for garden work >Have big fucking hands evolved for throwing rocks at the English >Always worry that my hand will slip from the grip of the opinel when working because the wood grip is barely enough for my hand
Is it worth getting one of the larger ones with a flared grip? I don't use it for anything really intense in the garden, mostly harvesting vegetables. I just worry one of these days I'm going to slice my fingers.
>>2866633 I use a 10 and it's the perfect size for my big manly hands It is significantly bigger than the 7 or 8 so it takes more place in your pocket but I also need the bigger blade for wood carving and stuff, I also just use it for cooking every day cause again the longer blade is better for cutting stuff
>>2866633 A pukko has just as much slippage imo. I like ethnic knives but so far the opinel is my least favorite. I was also evolved to hurl rocks at the dastardly English, however, 90 percent of the time a decent litttle jack knife is all you need.
>>2866635 The 9 is already pushing what can be considered a pocket knife and the 10 is just a full sized folding knife. At that size why not just get a full tang knife?
>>2837866 >these things are only used by gay/euro-trash lightweight- backpackers >because I broke it >>2837877 >that's retarded >>2837909 >yep classic america right >a place where the most basic tool is a hatchet >thats the kind of person you think of even ignoring the mobile closet not being nearly as stealthy as you'd hoped you really are just full of insecurities, aren't you?
Knives are realistically useless for backpacking, so you're larping anyway, may as well use a cool wood one like an Opinel or one with sentimental value instead of overpriced tacticool trash.
>>2837828 Why not buck 110 with s30v blade? More robust. More ergonomic. Less likely to fail Blade geometry makes it not as easy to sharpen but also less of an issue with dulling over time. Opinels are great for skinning out deer and cutting small sticks but for most knife tasks its suited for light work. Something fench sissy hands are known for, being lazy sissys. (Historic military prowess not withstanding)
>>2868237 Welcome to the club. Tamper your expectations, it's not a premium knife or god's gift to edc. It's just a really solid knife at a really solid price. Use it for that and it'll serve you well.
>>2869745 The internet age changed the knife-o-sphere significantly. People in the US never would have heard of Mora, Laguiole, Fallkniven, Pukkos, etc without the peer-to-peer interface of the internet. Before the internet age, people were limited to what was in the store and maybe what was in the magazine (also in the store.)
I got a stainless No.8 specifically for food prep and it does the job well enough and was reasonably priced. I'm just surprised I've never seen this mentioned about the Opinel locking design before though; if you have a habit of choking up on the back of the blade with your thumb it pushes the whole locking ring down into the open grain of the handle and causes it to split/crack a little bit. Not a dealbreaker for a low-priced beater knife but a definitely annoying and something to be aware of.
>>2866119 it's just a pun bro. an example of reddit humor is replying to each other over and over iterating on the same nonsensical shit for no reason or circlejerk virtue signaling shared disapproval over someone doing a h*ckin racism
well the 2nd one is only funny if you're observing it, but still