Thoughts on my Opinel knives

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My newish # 6 disassembled 6 pounds of chicken wings at friend's house on Superbowl Sunday. With the greatest of ease.
 
I have a couple questions for those that own these knifes...

1- any problems with rusting?
2- do they keep their edge pretty well?
3- are they difficult to sharpen?

Thanks for your help!
I have not had a problem with my carbon steel Opinels rusting-- but I live in a Los Angeles suburb about 25 minutes from where Marineland used to be which became a Trump project although I have had the wood handles expand but they do hold an edge and are easy to keep sharp
 
My wife LOVES her no. 6 that I got for her on Valentine's day. She wanted a good little knife for using normal household jobs and this one fit the bill. She wanted small enough to carry, purple handle, and stainless blade. That sucker was sharp right out of the box and has kept the edge so far.
 
Love mine has a built in whistle in case I'm lost. Plastic handle doesn't swell but the plastic feels cheap. But I mean I paid $30 for it so can't complain.
 
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$30!

Last I bought one in le super marché I paid more like $3.
I paid in francs come to think of it.

God, I'm getting old.

If you use them enough they get just as fast to open as a switchblade, a flick of the wrist and a turn of the lock by the thumb and you have 3" of sharp steel ready to use.
 
As a german kid, i did several vacations in Bretagne and Normandy when very young. My dad being passionate about fishing and collecting mussles gave me a 8° carbon when i was 5.

I have bought and given away at least a dozen since then.
The one i currently own (besides the ol rusty beaten up one my dad gave me)
is a 12 carbon, that sits in my car. It usually serves as a camping kitchen knife.
But it sure is up to pretty much anything.

As a knife nerd you need at least one Mora and one Opinel.
There is no way around it.
 
I love Opinels too. Two years ago a local camping store got a shipment of Opinels with exotic handles. I bought a bubinga handled #8. It has beautiful grain. I use it as my gentleman's steak knife. I later bought another beautiful olive handled #7 to use as a nice pocket knife. Together they cost less than $100. I've tried to buy nice handled knives in the past, at far higher prices, but it is hard to find something with matching scales on both sides. Because the Opinel is a single piece of wood it always matches.
I also have a birch #8 that I like a lot too. It does stick a little when it gets wet though, but not that much.
My go to work/camping/woodcraft knife is now a Mora Garberg. Not cheap but beefy and nice.
 
What I like about my Opinel(s) is that they look and feel "right."
I find the steel excellent and the operation (locking ring) superbly useful.

Opinels speak to me of picnics in the park, hikes in the mountains, whittling round a campfire---good times.
Is it any wonder that I associate Opinels with good times?
 
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