Just given a new opinel 7 by my father in law, this is my first time handling this unique knife. I spent a week with this knife alone, thus i get few thing to note (for my review) :
- the blade is hard to be open/close => this raise a concern that i need to use too much force to do it, therefore there is chance to danger my hand if it slips. (I CUT my hand twice just open/closing the blade within this week).
- the lock-ring is super tight to turn. It creates mark/bump in my thumb.
- the back edge of the knife is rough, uncomfortable.
- the wood swell in water. This knife shouldn't be use "outdoor" in humid/wet environtment.
- the sharp edge grinded only one side, or just grinded unevenly?
- the blade is thin, flat grind, i think it is more of kitchen blade, which is good for those kind of cutting.
- the does the work to lock the blade.
- inox, kind of victorinox, rust resistance, edge wear not that great but easy to resharpen.
I like the "unique" value. But i can't stand the negative points above. Therefore i disassembled the knife, sandpaper the inner wall to free the blade movement, bend out the lockring (loosen up the lock) and sandpaper the back edge to make it smooth. Now it works better!
