I understand your reasoning on all but the Opinel. I frequently carry slip-joints with blades longer than the #8. Never found a locking blade necessary.
I've dealt with stuck blades like that. You have to oil it, work it open and closed a ton, clean off the black gunk that gets pushed out, more oil, more working, more oil, and so on until no more black gunk comes out. Took me 5 or 6 hours to get literally years of dust, dirt, and god knows what out of the action of a blade I used to abuse while landscaping for years and never once cleaned out until I dug it up a couple weeks ago and got sentimental.
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I understand your reasoning on all but the Opinel. I frequently carry slip-joints with blades longer than the #8.
Never found a locking blade necessary.
I used to carve a lot of sticks haha. A locking blade makes me feel more at ease...
I've dealt with stuck blades like that. You have to oil it, work it open and closed a ton, clean off the black gunk that gets pushed out, more oil, more working, more oil, and so on until no more black gunk comes out. Took me 5 or 6 hours to get literally years of dust, dirt, and god knows what out of the action of a blade I used to abuse while landscaping for years and never once cleaned out until I dug it up a couple weeks ago and got sentimental.
I’ll give it another shot, thanks for the tip!
The Opinel sticking is also rather unique due to wood handle absorbing moisture causing the blade to bind.