They have a lifetime warranty with some limitations. I need to go back and look at it again, but sometimes there is a cost incurred. I do remember that.
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Bladesmith, I've not seen that yet (I will later in the day) but those guys were often known as 'little mesters', beavering away in tiny workshops. Oftentimes folks would get together and agree that one group would make knives, another forks and another making spoons, all to a similar pattern. This led to the cutlery sets that were sold in the larger department stores!
Regards,
Jay.
Regards,
Jay.
This clip was filmed by my pal Steve and the smithy is right next to my house! The smith is called Richard and is a lovely chap. Here he is making a ram's head poker.
Regards,
Jay.
Regards,
Jay.
I could watch stuff like that all day
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I always carry 2 pocket knives. One is a small buck knife that i bought my father as a teenager, when he passed i took it back. the other is a case knife i have carried since a teen. We always had a rule at the house you never gave a pocket knife as a gift by itself (bad luck). My dad would always wrap the pocket knife in a dollar bill.
An old tradition/superstition that has morphed into several forms. Traditionally a coin was given with a knife. The superstition was that giving a knife as a gift would sever the friendship, so it was given along with a coin. The recipient would then give the coin back to the “gifter” as a form of payment for the knife, making it a sort of purchase rather than a gift.
Recovering collector here, realizing he had more knives than he would use in his lifetime and thus giving a few away.
I have charged a penny for every one.
Also bad luck to give a knife back to a person who handed it to you in a different open/closed condition.
'Course, my dad told me it was bad luck to be superstitious.
Damn it! Now I’ve got a hankering for a knife! Now I remember why I was staying away from this place. 
My Old Bear Knife is on its way according to tracking from the Chicago Knife Works in Morton Grove, a suburb I know well. I'll report if I have impressions when it gets here, although I'm hardly a expert. Yes, though I have a yin for carbon steel, my "carries" for years have been stainless, and now a little of each. To be honest, I savor the patina on carbon blades, that they look a little disheveled to the uninitiated, as with high end kitchen knives. My wife is an ardent chef, and her knives are sacrosanct. She welcomes me to use them, but I avoid them. I use my old Chicago (brand name) knives. Yes, the Opinel locks securely, and I like the simplicity of its mechanism. Basic is good.
My Opinel with a 3" blade is a tad bulkier in pocket than other pen knives but about the lightest knife I own. It has a carbon blade that has a good edge and holds it. A senior guy with loose fitting clothes has no problem with a few items in the pockets. Younger guys with spiffy duds might not like it as well.
Mine arrived today, I got the big boy. Strictly going to be using it for plugs.
I got an xl too. Big ass!
the handle gets really nice if you treat it with oil a few times. I used butcher block oil. Also keeps it from getting any implanted grunge.
medium oiled.. XL not yet.
Hey Jay! I’m doing great, just needed a break from the forums for bit.
I hope you’re doing well?
Yea I own an opinel and do like it. There's just always this thought in the back of my head with folders that the locking mechanism is going to fail. Also I just love batoning with my kabar lol.
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