Found Opinel #8

Going over my stuff while in the process of moving to a new place, I found my long lost Opinel #8. I misplaced this knife about 2 years ago and never found it in my clutter of things.


Made in France. This model can be locked when opened and closed. I have an older model that locks only when opened. The Opinel locking mechanism was later modified around year 2000 to also lock when closed.


The 1095 carbon steel blade is really badly rusted.


I removed the rust with emery cloth and a lot of elbow grease.


And with a little honing and stropping the knife is as good as new again. Did a try stick easily.

That's all folks! Thanks for reading.