Absolute Best Knife For Cutting Plugs

[mingc]

IM READY. SEND ME UR PLUGZ N ROPE.
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Haha, needs beget more needs! Send the man something to slice!

 

[dcon]

I fell for this, too. I have just used a single edged razor blade for years. I have always thought about a purpose specific knife for this and this thread pushed my button. I have the Opinel #10 Carbone arriving tomorrow. I was leaning toward the number 9 but, they were not going to be in stock for a couple of weeks. Since it is going to be just for plugs and cakes and not EDC, I think the size will be fine. I opted for the carbon over stainless. As inexpensive as these knives are, I can afford a little trial and error if I am not totally satisfied.

 

[SpookedPiper]

Not even sure what it is called but I’m going with cheese shaver? It isn’t really a slicer or grater. ?

A Mandolin?

 

[BROBS]

mouli?

 

[davek]

They are addicting, aren't they?

IM READY. SEND ME UR PLUGZ N ROPE.
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[BROBS]

They are addicting, aren't they?

Yes!

 

[BROBS]

I fell for this, too. I have just used a single edged razor blade for years. I have always thought about a purpose specific knife for this and this thread pushed my button. I have the Opinel #10 Carbone arriving tomorrow. I was leaning toward the number 9 but, they were not going to be in stock for a couple of weeks. Since it is going to be just for plugs and cakes and not EDC, I think the size will be fine. I opted for the carbon over stainless. As inexpensive as these knives are, I can afford a little trial and error if I am not totally satisfied.

well then I would probably get a 5, 12, 9, 6, etc just to see

the 8 is a really good size for pocket and they have some nice "special editions" like that black one shown above.. that's an 8.

 

[dcon]

We will see how this first one goes. After watching a bunch of YouTube videos I felt I might want to mod a couple. I am so far behind on my cob mods that I am sure that is a bad idea...

 

[davek]

We will see how this first one goes. After watching a bunch of YouTube videos I felt I might want to mod a couple. I am so far behind on my cob mods that I am sure that is a bad idea...

 

[verporchting]

Rabbit trails! Everywhere I look!

Nooooo.

Must buy tobacco. Not knives. Not more pipes. Noooooo....

?

 

[BROBS]

I would say you probably need a set from #3 to #12. They sell a box that comes with every size.

 

[cshubhra]

After much deliberation...I finally bought an Opinel #12 Carbon. I have never owned something like this before. Very gingerly, I sliced a potato into two, washed the blade, and put it in the kitchen drawer.

Next, I am planning to gift a Ulu to my wife.

 

[bullet08]

if you guys like opinel, look into "gec #71". good old fashioned american sod buster in carbon blade. it's a slip joint, no need to rotate and lock.

 

[BROBS]

I have a Bear and Son knife just like that.. so close in fact that they must have copied the GEC. Don’t like it nearly as much as the Opinels.

 

[sisyphus]

I use something a little like this

 

[BROBS]

This little puppy wanted me to use my eBay bucks. Olive wood handle!

 

[bullet08]

This little puppy wanted me to use my eBay bucks. Olive wood handle!
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olive woods look awesome.

 

[F4RM3R]

+1 For the French opinel knife.

Cheap. Thin, strong, sharp blade. Comes in every size. Also check out the rounded tip version, which can be used for bowl reaming/cake removal.

 

[subsalac]

My primary hobbies are cooking and Chinese tea brewing, so I use a paring knife which is always sitting by my desk for cutting a plug or breaking into a traditional "cake" of Chinese tea(huge, stone pressed rock hard disks or bricks of tea which you need to chip off with a sharp flat instrument).

The tea looks like this, if you're curious:

puer - Google Search

 

[BROBS]

check out the rounded tip version, which can be used for bowl reaming/cake removal.

Called “my first Opinel” ?