Opinel - Colorama - N° 08 - Black-brown

9 cm stainless steel blade

The Sandvik stainless steel developed for Opinel is renowned for its sharpness and ease of maintenance. Stainless steel that can undergo the heat treatment that gives it its good hardness is called martensitic. It has a carbon content of at least 0.40%, which allows for a very satisfactory edge without being susceptible to corrosion.

Hornbeam handle with colored stain

Source: France. A medium-sized tree with dense foliage (toothed leaves) and a fluted trunk with thin, smooth, greyish bark. Very hard and very resistant wood, light greyish. Used for making tools, billiard cues, and formerly butcher's stalls and yokes.

9 cm Yatagan blade

The name Yatagan originally referred to a saber used in Turkey. When creating his folding knife, Joseph Opinel designed a blade with a so-called Yatagan shape (curved at the tip) and a domed profile, which guarantee incomparable cutting quality.