Re: Confessions
I confess that, as a pocket knife lover, I decided that it was high time I owned a world-famous Opinel No 8.
It is beautiful. There is no doubt why it has won many design awards. But it is a flimsy piece of shit that I would NEVER even consider trying to use, for fear of it breaking in my hand. No tang, whatsoever... just a blade pinned into a wooden handle. I must admit that the locking mechanism is rather ingenious, but I can't believe that this is a design that has survived for more than a century without changing... This is the very same knife that Picasso used in his sculptures...
I confess that I am disappointed.
I rarely buy a knife to display on a shelf rather than carry... I confess that this is one.
Give me a Case, Boker or Moore Maker, any day... American (or German, in the case of Boker) handmade utility over French handmade beauty for this redneck.
I confess that, as a pocket knife lover, I decided that it was high time I owned a world-famous Opinel No 8.
It is beautiful. There is no doubt why it has won many design awards. But it is a flimsy piece of shit that I would NEVER even consider trying to use, for fear of it breaking in my hand. No tang, whatsoever... just a blade pinned into a wooden handle. I must admit that the locking mechanism is rather ingenious, but I can't believe that this is a design that has survived for more than a century without changing... This is the very same knife that Picasso used in his sculptures...
I confess that I am disappointed.
I rarely buy a knife to display on a shelf rather than carry... I confess that this is one.
Give me a Case, Boker or Moore Maker, any day... American (or German, in the case of Boker) handmade utility over French handmade beauty for this redneck.
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