#54 Restore, modify and sharpen an Opinel no8 folding knife 🔪 ( Carbon steel )
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- I picked up this rusty old Opinel No8 at a carboot sale a few weeks ago
In this video I show how I repaired and sharpened a blunt Opinal knife with a broken tip, these are all the stages I went through to make a nice EDC knife from an unloved beater knife.
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I think the locking ring was patented about 1950. The blueing he used contains mercury so keep it away from food especially any acidic foods or you may need to be treated for heavy metal poisoning. The bad news being that permanent damage may already have been done. Since I do use my knives on food I'd trash that thing if it was mine. I don't need a knife with a poison blade.
Thank you Dwight! The internet is a great place to learn,
Opinel added the ring in 1955,
The Gun blue contains no Mercury, It's an acid that changes the surface of the steel once it has done it's job and then cleaned off it is safe to use.
Yup, the blue patina is oxide, like the one that you get from heating it up to 700 C
Wow ! Just getting into exploring the Opinel line. This is one of the best restorations I've seen ! I really like what you did with reshaping the blade design
Enjoying the good work from Southern California.
Thank you very much Eliel, They make a very nice knife for not very much money 👍😊
Great job Sparky 👍👍
She is a looker now!
Hey Thanks DT 👍 👍 👍 😊
I didn't spot the pin in the handle at first. Rather I thought it was going to be solid.
The turntable is great!
Opinal make a really good knife at a very reasonable price 👍Old broken Microwaves are always useful for something 🔨👍😉
Turned out very nice! I like how you pay attention to detail!
Thank you very much Dan, its a fun little project if you ever find an old one over there 👍
That is a top drawer reno on a classic folder, mate!
Thank you very much Stan 👍 😊
I usually don't like music in videos like these, but this was actually really good.
Thank you, I always find it hard to match music to my videos 👍
@@Everythings_Adjustable nice work, and choice of music - what is it we're listening to?
@@harpo5420 Thanks Mate, I have just added the details in to the description, I chose the music from the youtube selection when I uploaded the video I hope this is useful to you
@@Everythings_Adjustable cheers, I'm always looking for new long form ambient music, and this has echoes of both Boards of Canada and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, two of my favourites 👍
...in fact you just got another view so I could hear it again! (and see your work)
Wow. I'd definitely trade my brand new one for that in a heartbeat!
Thanks very much Climbsic 👍
hello my talented friend. I watched a magnificent restoration work. congratulations. nice work. Thank you for sharing...
Thank you very much Sahane, They are a nice knife to work on and not too expensive to buy 👍
Great job, looks brand new.
Hey Wire, Thank you 👍
You truly are a master craftsman sparky! And I love watching you build and fix things. Bravo 👏! Cheers mate!
Thanks very much Neil! The knife wasn't too hard to do it just took a lot of patience 👍
Well that was relaxing as hell. Thanks for the video.
Thanks very much Bret, that's my most popular video
Getting into the opinel mod scene!
Beutiful job sparkle.
Turbo 👍 😊
Lovely mirror shine on that blade. Great job on the restoration.
Thanks Mate, fun little job 👍
Very impressive restore. Looks better than new!
Thanks very much Guys 👍
Sparky not sure how I missed this video in the past but really well done!
Thanks very much Tom, It is my most viewed video 👍 😊
Mate what a great little project you done a spanking job on that it looks fantastic 👌🏻
Thanks Dave, they are a nice little knife and you can get them shaving sharp 👍
It may be a year after you published it, but this just popped up on my suggested videos. Really nice reworking of a classic Opinel. Top work Sparky 👍
Thank you very much Phil! I was very pleased with that video and it has always been my most popular one 👍
Good work! Looks brand new 😍
Thanks Mate 👍
Great video sparky
Thank you Mate 👍 😊
Excellent work and very well shown step by step.
Hi Alvaro, Thank you very much! 👍
Knife looks great
Thanks Antonio 👍
That turned out great! I like the small features that you added like the recessed part of the handle so you can fit your fingernail in better. I want to find one of these now too.
Thanks Mate, They make a great very affordable knife 👍😊
Nice job restored it back to its brand new condition
Thanks very much Tristan 👍
Nice work, enjoyed the video a lot and what a beautiful result. Incidentally this must be the longest video you have made so far.
Thanks very much Bob, I wanted to show all the steps and the minutes added up, anyone can do this it just takes a lot of patience (That's a lot of different evenings work as I only have a small amount of patience 😊 )
Beautiful beautiful work my friend. Great video 😊
Thank you very much Lev, They are a nice knife to work on 👍
Turned out very nice indeed
Thanks James 👍 😊
Nicely done !
Thanks Mate 👍 😊
Nice work! Shiny blade.
Thanks Andy, I like shiny 😊
Great work man! Finally have time to catch up on all your videos! :D They're great!
Thanks Kirk I do have 'allsorts' of stuff in here 😀
Excellent job, beautiful restoration.
Thank you very much, Opinals are a nice knife to work on 👍
Looks great Tony, nice job !
Thanks Mate, You've got to love an Opie 🔪 👍 😊
Very cool. Its even worth giving a new one that kind of treatment.
You are not wrong MJ, when they are new the butt of the handle can be very uncomfortable and you almost cut yourself on the side of the slot 👍 😊
very fine craftsman work.. awesome video
Thanks very much Wayne 👍 😊
Hello dear. nice work. Thank you for sharin
Hi Engin, Thank you very much 👍
Very good work... nice detailed video!!
Thanks Dubious, I was very pleased with that video as I wanted to show people how it's done 👍
Très beau travail filiation tu et Un grand artiste chère amie
Merci beaucoup, je suis content que ça vous ait plu
Cool knife turned out awesome!
Thanks Mate, they are a nice knife to work on if you get a chance to pick one up 👍
Looking great! love knife videos 🤘 Try to make your own knife from scrap metal 😮🤘👌
I made this one from an old leaf spring if that's any help?th-cam.com/video/SbUnJXf0ESw/w-d-xo.html
I like those Opinel knives. Adding the lanyard hole was a nice touch. I've been hoping to come across a carbon steel blade model at the right price. (aka cheap!)
That one was a couple of quid as it was so beat up, Good luck in your search 👍
Nice restore job
Thanks Rusty, it's great steel they will take a nice edge 👍
Very nicely done 👍👍👍
Thanks very much, Opinels are a great knife to work on 👍
Opinel France wow haven't seen one of them in a long time
As you can guess there's a lot of them over here in the UK 👍
Have a look on Amazon or farming supply shops 👍
Well done man, tnx for sharing
Thank you very much, they are a nice knife to work on 👍
Yes I finally watched it. Well worth it 👍
Thanks Mate, I am really happy with how this one turned out they are a nice knife to work on 👍
Cool project and Great job buddy 👍Subscribed👍
Thanks Mate, Opinel's are a great knife 👍
Opinel are cracking knives. I carried a small one all the time when out in the woods, not too expensive so wasn't worried about losing it. Personalising it like this is great, although, I would now be worried about losing it. Bit of a catch 22 going on
Thank you Roland, Well I'm off camping next weekend so I might take it with me and see if I loose it 😁
Thoroughly enjoyed. What was the music by the way? Very soothing.
Thanks
very much, It's from the youtube audio thing, It's called 'I don't
see the branches I see the leaves' by Chris Zabrinsky
That's an interesting sharpening "stone" block with different grit sides you used... what kind is that ?
Looks like it comes with a tray for collecting water and residue ?
Great job on the knife... Those opinel knives make for fun projects... I just customized an Opinel No.8 with a Sambar stag roll... had so much fun with that, I picked up an old used No.7 to also do, but it has a little surface rust and pitting... thinking on trying your techniques for cleaning up the blade !
Thank you, The stone is a cheap 4 sided diamond stone, I think it was about £10 or £20
I do like a good knife project good luck with yours 🛠️👍😊
Is it on your pocket right now? If not it should be! Man that's beautiful!
Thanks you, It's not in my pocket but I do have a lot of knives here, they are a lovely little knife to work on 👍
Amazing! 👍
Thanks Rob, They are a great little knife 👍 😊
Отличная работа мастер!
Большое спасибо за добрые слова (Thank you very much for your kind words) 👍
Like that little tip of notching to get finger in to open blade , For some reason these knives when aged, have this problem of blade disappearing into handle ,possibly blade cuts into handle when closed .
Thanks Jack, I've been doing that for a good few years now with all my Opies, I like these knives very easy to work on 👍 😊
I had just made a number six with leather covered handle and copper on the locking collar it fell in the canal through a hole in my back pocket and i hate Primark
RJ, That's a real shame Mate, it's always sad to loose a knife but worse when you have worked on it, What will you be replacing it with? another Opie?
Good video ^^
Thanks very much 👍 😊
Top job well done.
Thank you very much, they are a great knife to work on 👍
How wide are your diamond stones? Also, nice work, I take it the point of the countersink bit running backwards was deburring or similar?
It's to flare the ends of the tube to fix it in position.
A bit like peening over the head of a rivet, but backwards.
That block is about 40mm ish, cheap block I think I got from Lidls
Tom got it spot on 👍 😊
@@tomcardale5596 Cheers.
@@Everythings_Adjustable Cheers.
It's rather coincidental that you put this up just days after I found an old opinel knife in the kitchen which needs some TLC as well. Was there a reason you decided not to remove the blade entirely? Lovely job by the way.
Thank you,
no real reason I didn't think I needed to but to be honest the finish on the blade close to the handle isn't as good as the rest of the blade but it does make it easier to work on the edge when there's a handle to hold
@@Everythings_Adjustable Yeah that makes sense to be honest. The one I've got is a little rusted on the inside so I may need to take it apart. Depends when I can get around to it.
Maybe make a video of your build? 👍
@@Everythings_Adjustable I can add it to the list of video ideas lol.
That list gets longer every week😁😁
It's like I am watching the International Space Station being made.
Ha Ha I',m not sure it's that complicated Elazar 👍😊
@@Everythings_Adjustable I know, but I realized I was looking at it with rapture, as if a space module was docking with some other piece of equipment :D
Thanks Elazar that's a kind thing to say, and I'm very glad you enjoyed the video so much
The nice thing is that Opinel knives cost nothing and are pretty good looking, also sharp
Yep, I do have a few of them now 👍 😁
I love my Opinels.
Lovely bit of steel, really nice to work on 👍
Would the heat treatment be spoiled?
No, if you watch at the beginning I dip the metal in water when I'm grinding are you going to work on one of these Ramilam?
so if a new no8 is around 10-15€
how much did you save by restoring this one! lol Looks great btw, and thanks for the tip on running the countersink bit backwards!
If you add up all the little bits and pieces I used to do it.... It's cost me 50 quid 😀 😁 I remember ruining a brass tube years ago before running it in reverse, I think I need to find a very blunt countersink and keeping it just to do these as that one is still a bit sharp for this job 👍
Bon travail. Bravo
Merci beaucoup, j'adore ces petits couteaux 👍 😊
@@Everythings_Adjustable je m abonne. Merci
Très beau travail .
Thank you very much, Good French steel 👍
Johnsons paste wax would make that handle pop as well
👍 😊 I used my home made wax which is bees wax, turpentine and linseed oil 😉
@@Everythings_Adjustable that's a good combination
It is I also use it on leather sheaths 👍
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🥃 👍 😊
Oh nooooo you rounded the butt. Well, otherwise good job ;)
What can I say I like a nicely rounded butt, You might not like the knife I'm working on at the moment video coming soon 🛠👍😊
Gute Arbeit
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That's some very nice work 👍
El mango le kitaste la pátina y le jodiste,ke manía de torturar el mango de opinel,si es perfecto en origen no lo token
"You removed the patina from the handle and screwed it up, you have a habit of torturing the Opinel handle, if it is perfect originally, don't token it"
Ricardoa, Thanks for your comment,
I hope this translates well,
The finish on the handle isn't perfect for me, it creates hot spots on my hand,
I like the handle to feel smooth in my hand and pocket, also easy to open,
I finish the handle with bees wax which is a nicer finish than the varnish, it is waterproof, feels nice in hand, and easy to repair
Ricardoa, gracias por tu comentario.
Espero que esto se traduzca bien.
El acabado del mango no es perfecto para mí, crea puntos calientes en mi mano,
Me gusta que el asa se sienta suave en la mano y en el bolsillo, además es fácil de abrir.
Termino el mango con cera de abejas, que tiene un acabado mejor que el barniz, es impermeable, se siente bien en la mano y fácil de reparar.
Contra más haces más estropeas,una pena
Siento que te sientas asi,
Quizás puedas hacer un video para mostrarme cómo hacer un mejor trabajo.
¡Gracias!