Opinel No.08 Mushroom Folding Knife (001252)

The Opinel No.08 Mushroom Folding Knife's unorthodox appearance makes sense when you first learn that this knife is designed for harvesting mushrooms. This tool is as beautiful as it is functional, and will be right at home in the most elegant of gardening tools. And it will only get better with age.

The curved blade is made of 12C27 Sandvik Stainless Steel and is 8cm long. There is jimping on the rear of the blade for the thumb to rest against if desired, or for scraping and cleaning of mushrooms. The blade's grind is an almost imperceptibly convex grind that cuts like a full-flat grind but reflects light in a more beautiful way. The brushed finish on the blade is always perpendicular to the cutting edge, which highlights the beautiful radii of this knife.

The iconic Virobloc is present to lock the blade, and the blade will lock in both the open and closed positions.

The curved wood handle is varnished beechwood and features a hole near the pommel for a lanyard if you want one. On the pommel is a small brush made from genuine boar-bristles that is used to remove dirt from your harvested mushrooms.

Dimensions are 13cm folded and and 21cm deployed.

Made in France.

The No.08 Mushroom Folding Knife is part of Opinel's "Gourmet" line of food-oriented specialty folders that includes:

• Opinel No.06 Folding Peeler
• Opinel No.07 Chestnut & Garlic Folding Knife
• Opinel No.08 Mushroom Folding Knife
• Opinel No.09 Oyster & Shellfish Folding Knife
• Opinel No.10 Corkscrew Folding Knife With Bottle Opener
• Opinel No.12 Serrated Camp Folding Knife
• Opinel No.15 Padouk Handle Slim Stainless Steel Folding Filet Knife

Keep your Mushroom Folding Knife 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:

• Edge Pro Sharpening System
• Hults Bruk Grinding Stone
• Opinel Manual Knife Sharpener
• Opinel Small Natural Sharpening Whetstone from Lombardia

Opinel Part Number -  001252
Universal Product Code -  3123840012525