Opinel N°12 slim line beech
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Product detailed description
Opinel inox 12 slim line (effile) is a simple closing knife with a beechwood blade. The design with a thin blade works as an ideal tool for fish preparation. The swivel lock serves to safely control the knife without the possibility of unexpected closing.
Blade length: 12 cm
Steel: stainless steel blade
Scabbard: beechwood
Sandvik stainless steel 12C27. Its carbon content of at least 0.40% guarantees an excellent edge.
Handle:
Beech is the most commonly used wood for OPINEL handles. Sourced from France, our beech is hard, durable and easy to work. Its colour varies from yellow to pink depending on the lighting. It is characterized by many small dark strokes.
Safety ring
Invented by Marcel OPINEL in 1955, it is called Virobloc and all closing knives from size N°06 onwards have it. In addition to locking the blade in the open position (safety in use), it is also possible to lock the knife closed.
Additional parameters
| Category: | Classic folding knives |
|---|---|
| Blade material: | stainless SANDVIK |
| Blade length: | 10 to 15 cm |
| Handle material: | wood |
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The first Opinel knife was made by Joseph Opinel in his father's workshop in the small village of Albiez-Le-Vieux near Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne in France. From 1896 onwards, with three employees, he produced around 60 pieces a day. By 1901, the original workshop was no longer sufficient, so Opinel built a new one, employing fifteen workers. Eight years later, Opinel registered a trademark with the company's logo: the hand with the crown (main couronnée), which has marked all knife blades ever since. The knives were first sold by travelling salesmen, and later Opinel itself began exporting its production to Belgium and Italy. In 1911, one of his knives won a gold medal at the International Exhibition in Turin.
In 1920, production expanded to a newly built factory in Cognin near Chambéry. By the beginning of the Second World War, the company had sold 20 million knives. The company is still owned today by the founder's family. There is also a museum (Le Musée de l'Opinel) in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne. The company employs around 100 people at its plants in Cognin and Chambéry and produces between four and five million knives a year.