The Opinel No.08 Garden Folding Knife differs from the other No.08 knives typical of the Opinel range. The No.08 Garden Folding Knife has a spearpoint blade and tapered handle, which make it very slim and a delight to carry. This tool is as beautiful as it is functional, and will be right at home in the most elegant of gardening tools. And like most Classic Kit, it will only get better with age.
The spearpoint blade is made of 12C27 Sandvik Stainless Steel and is 8cm long. The grind is an almost imperceptibly convex grind that cuts like a full-flat grind but reflects light in a more beautiful way.
The iconic Virobloc is present to lock the blade, and the blade will lock in both the open and closed positions.
The tapered wood handle is varnished beechwood and features a hole near the pommel for a lanyard if you want one. If you like colors, this same knife with a beechwood handle with an eggplaint-purple stain is available as part of the Opinel Stainless & Carbon Steel Garden Knife Trio, 3 Colors.
Dimensions are 11cm folded and and 19cm deployed.
Made in France.
The No.08 Garden Folding Knife is part of Opinel's beautiful "Garden" line of cutlery that includes:
Keep all of your Opinel gardening tools in top working condition with Opinel Maintenance Oil. Maintenance Oil will protect the steel against corrosion and keep the Virobloc turning smoothly. Maintenance Oil will also penetrate the beechwood handles and prevent them from cracking when dry and rotting when wet.
Keep all of your cutlery nice and sharp. Not only will your blades be more effective when they are sharp, they will actually be safer to use because they will cut with less pressure than a dull blade and behave much more predictably.
There is no single or "best" way to sharpen cutlery, because we all have our different preferences and skill levels. Different sharpening methods will also suit different blade shapes and sizes, and you probably would not use the same sharpening tool on a pocketknife and sword. To make the matter even less universal, some prefer to sharpen at home while others sharpen in the field, so the "best" sharpening tools will necessarily differ. Excellent ways to sharpen include:
Opinel Part Number - 133080
Universal Product Code - 3123841330802
