Opinel pocket knife No.12 with thin blade - olive wood handle

Opinel pocket knife No.12 with stainless steel blade is a reliable and elegant helper in any situation. The smaller Opinel blades are ideal for cutting fruit and vegetables, the larger ones for filleting fish. Made in France.

Features:

Blade

The Opinel No. 12 knife has a blade length of 12 cm. The blade is made of 12C27 stainless steel, modified by Sandvik and adapted to Opinel knives, and is renowned for its extremely high quality and easy daily maintenance. The steel is hardened by heat treatment with martensitic hardening. The carbon content of this steel is at least 0,40 %, which makes the blade of high quality and resistant to corrosion. The blades are polished to give a mirror effect.

Opinel thin-bladed pocket knives have a slightly flexible blade and are not suitable for cutting or chopping hard objects.

Handle

The handle of this Opinel pocket knife is made of fine Mediterranean olive wood. The colour varies from yellow to almost orange, with dense wood veins.

Virobloc safety ring
The Opinel No. 10, like all other Opinel curved knives starting with the No. 6, has a Virobloc safety ring invented by Marcel Opinel in 1955. The Virobloc ring, which is cut from stainless steel, consists of two parts: a stationary and a sliding part. The blade is locked in both a folded position (for safe handling) and a folded position (for safety during transport).