Help me out here, a knife kneophyte. My own experience, which is with ordinary kitchen knives, is that good quality stainless steel ones -- Henckels -- are very hard for me to sharpen; while non-stainless -- "Old Hickory" is the brand I have -- sharpens easier and, moreover, responds to a steel much better than the Henckels.
Is it true that stainless steel (well, good ss -- I've had cheap ss that seemed as soft as non-ss) is much harder than the stuff that "Old Hickory" uses, and that it is this hardness that makes it much harder to get the right edge on it, while softer steels take an edge much more easily (and respond to the steel much more readily) but also lose their edge faster? At any rate, I gave up my Henckels because I couldn't get them as sharp; never got around to taking them to a professional sharpener. My gauge for kitchen knife sharpness (apart from the "catches on your fingernail" test) is that a knife slices a ripe tomato easily without crushing it. On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Deacon Patrick <lamontg...@mac.com> wrote: > Carbon blades are the only reason to get Opinel knives that I can see, > other than good value for a stainless blade. Carbon holds a sharper edge > than stainless, but requires actual care (oiling as needed) to prevent rust. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > On Wednesday, August 14, 2013 3:07:15 PM UTC-6, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> Are the Opinel knives better than, say, Victorinox knives? Is it a retro >> thing or do they have better blades? >> >> If not Opinel or Victorinox, what is a good pocketknife for casual and >> occasional use, no more than 3" long -- single blade is fine. I'm no >> connaisseur, obviously, but I'd like to have one. I've got a Victorinox >> Swiss model but wouldn't mind another one with more bulk devoted to the >> main blade and less to accessories. >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 2:03 PM, oldmangabe <oldma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> They are all the rage. Heritage products man, heritage products. To be >>> "fair", VO had the knives first. Most likely to mirror Riv's hatchets. >>> It's a funny arms race brewing up. I like Opinel knives, been using one >>> for a few years now. Still sharp, looks good. The ones Riv have are a bit >>> too esoteric to actually be useful knives. IMHO at least. >>> >>> Gabe >>> >>> On Wednesday, August 14, 2013 11:12:35 AM UTC-7, William wrote: >>>> >>>> I found it pretty funny that both Opinel knives and artisan soaps are >>>> now on the "new items" page at Velo-Orange as well. >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, August 14, 2013 11:03:43 AM UTC-7, Ron Mc wrote: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.rivbike.com/Opinel-****Knife-p/knife01.htm<http://www.rivbike.com/Opinel-Knife-p/knife01.htm> >>>>> - Someone should tell Grant that Opniel will custom-engrave knives >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/estes/Glass/P3210134crop.jpg> >>>>> - it would be cool to see Riv-logo knives >>>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@**googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.**com. >>> Visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/**group/rbw-owners-bunch<http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch> >>> . >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *RESUMES THAT GET YOU NOTICED!* >> Certified Resume Writer >> http://resumespecialties.com/**index.html<http://resumespecialties.com/index.html> >> patric...@**resumespecialties.com >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/**patrickmooreresumespec/<http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/> >> >> Albuquerque, NM >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- *RESUMES THAT GET YOU NOTICED!* Certified Resume Writer http://resumespecialties.com/index.html patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Albuquerque, NM -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
