Opinel 2024 No.6 Locking Safety Stainless Blade - Oak, 7 cm

It's an Opinel #6. Cheap to buy, small foldable knife, with a turn locking collar. Easy to sharpen carbon blade, beware, it is not rust proof, so unless you put a patina on it, you need to treat it with oil or similar, or it WILL rust. The blade is delicate and the tip + blade will break easily, if not treated with care. It is not a prying knife, like say a Mora would be. The #6 is a good, cheap knife, which I think is UK EDcarry legal. Cheap enough to lose and buy again. Other blade sizes are available, the #6 is the smallest in the Opinel range.

Absolutely love this little knife, it’s sharp as a razor straight out of the box, I use a diamond sharpener on all my knives and it’s kept it’s edge with just an occasional top up, it’s brilliant to sharpen my sketching pencils and opens any parcel at the flick of a wrist, I also use it to cut my food. brilliant little tool.One thing I’m not quite sure about, and it hasn’t been a problem up to now, is the locking collar, don’t get me wrong, it works very well, holds the blade shut in your pocket and open when you’re using it.That’s the issue, UK knife law doesn’t allow locking knives, that said, there are many fold up knives with a release catch which to my mind could be classed as ‘locking’ sold every day so I’m hoping that if my knife ever comes to the attention of authority that they take a similar view, I’d hate to lose it, it’s become an essential part of my daily carry kit.

Great knife very sharp excellent quality

Although it is rather thin and potentially flimsy. This is the reason why it's so good for whittling. I would recommend

A great little knife. Locking collar can be easily removed to make it EDC and very sharp. Blade looks a little thin but with reasonable use shouldn't let you down. Stainless and carbon steel versions available. I have the 9 in carbon and this in stainless. The carbon steel needs a little more care, cleaning the blade and regular oiling to prevent rusting.

Bought as a spare, as I lost my original, now have 2! Beautiful handle and very sharp blade! Does exactly what I need it for! ( work on a farm) great size and price!

These knives are made to an incredibly high standard. I've used opinels all my life. Tried other knives but I always come back to this little beauty! It arrives sharp and stays sharp. The locking mechanism is simple and reliable. This particular one is a good size for an everyday knife to keep in the pocket for all those little jobs that spring up around the house or in the garden.

this knife is well good like I used it at work to chop lemons and limes for drinks and it cut my thumb tip clean off which meant a trip to hospital to get it reattached. They said as the cut was so clean that it'd heal fine so that's good. It has a well nice handle and the blade doesn't need sharpening! Cheers opinel if the blade was less sharp I probably wouldn't be able to continue my career as a hand model