On Monday, August 19, 2013 4:03:58 PM UTC-4, Rex Kerr wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Deacon Patrick <lamon...@mac.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Carbon blades are the only reason to get Opinel knives that I can see, >> other than good value for a stainless blade. Carbon holds a sharper edge >> than stainless, but requires actual care (oiling as needed) to prevent rust. >> > > Only reason? I bought my Opinel (discovered them a few years ago) because > they are SHARP, and easy to keep that way, cheap, good blade lock, > lightweight, don't look like a military grade weapon (what's with knives > these days?), and classic. > > > Tell it brother. I too despise that cheesy faux military/weapon look most pocket knives seem to have taken on in the past decade or so. I blame it on movies and TV. I keep an Opinel folding saw in my camping panniers and it's the bees knees. That or a pocket chainsaw and a fixed blade can do serious work and keep you warm (only use them on dead wood of course). I'd be buying a hatchet from Riv right now but already have one which is more than enough (they're not like bikes :)
When it comes to little folding knives I do like my little spyderco knife. It's only about as big as my thumb, fits in my jeans coin pocket and opens with one hand. It seems at least half the knives spyderco makes are of the dumb weapon variety, but the little one I have is fairly innocuous and frequently useful. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
