Opinel No.10 Corkscrew Folding Knife With Bottle Opener (002578)

The Opinel No.10 Corkscrew Folding Knife With Bottle Opener is one of Opinel's most charming products and it just may be the perfect picnic knife.  The corkscrew enables easy opening of your favorite wines, and the blade enables easy cutting of your wine's foil, as well as cheeses, fruits, vegetables, breads, and other typical picnic foods.  This tool is as beautiful as it is functional, and will be right at home in the most elegant of picnic baskets and field kitchens.

The blade is made of 12C27 Sandvik Stainless Steel and is 10cm long.  The blade shape is the classic Yatagan Style that was inspired by a Turkish saber.  The grind is an almost imperceptibly convex grind that cuts like a full-flat grind but reflects light in a more beautiful way.

The blade locks in both the open and closed positions via the iconic Virobloc locking system designed by Marcel Opinel in 1955.  The Virobloc comes into play more on this Corkscrew Folding Knife With Bottle Opener than on other Opinels because the user will want the blade locked closed when using the tool as a corkscrew.

The wood handle is varnished beechwood.

The corkscrew's worm is full-sized and noticeably larger than the worms found on most home corkscrews.  The worm snaps open and closed very deliberately and with an audible and tactile click.

Dimensions are 13cm folded and 23cm with the blade opened.  When the corkscrew is hinged open, the worm extends 65mm beyond the handle.

Made in France.

If you like the design of the No.10 Corkscrew Folding Knife With Bottle Opener but want even more food prep ability for meals rather than snacks, take a look at the Opinel Nomad Cooking Kit With Bottle Opener Knife, which mates the No.10 Corkscrew Folding Knife With Bottle Opener with the Opinel No.12 Folding Serrated Knife, Opinel No.6 Folding Peeler, and beechwood cutting board.  The entire package is very compact and wrapped with a French Blue microfiber cleaning cloth for easy transport.

The No.10 Corkscrew is a straight-pull style of corkscrew where you pull the cork straight out.  This style of corkscrew requires more strength and skill and there is a higher risk of spilling wine onto your clothing.  If you prefer the mechanical leverage and greater control of the lever-style of corkscrew, look at the Snow Peak Wine Tool.

The No.10 Corkscrew Folding Knife With Bottle Opener is also 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

For suitable wine glasses at your picnic, look at the GSI Nesting Red Wine Glass Set.  The Nesting Red Wine Glass Set is constructed of virtually unbreakable copolyester, and the stems and bases unthread and nest inside the bowls for easy storage transport inside cramped picnic baskets and field kitchens.  For those who claim that the GSI glasses fall way short of Riedel Superleggero or Sommeliers glasses, the obvious answer is that the GSI glasses easy to transport and are miles ahead of Dixie cups.  And they are.

Keep your Corkscrew Folding Knife With Bottle Opener 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 a 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 Apex 4 Sharpening System
• Hults Bruk Grinding Stone
• Opinel Manual Knife Sharpener
• Opinel Small Natural Sharpening Whetstone from Lombardia

Opinel Part Number -  002578
Universal Product Code -  3123840025785