https://a1make.com/brands/opinel/Recent content in Opinel on A1MakeHugoen-USSun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400https://a1make.com/everyday/opinel-no8/Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400https://a1make.com/everyday/opinel-no8/<h2 id="why-its-here">Why it&rsquo;s here</h2> <p>Joseph Opinel started making this knife in the French Alps in 1890, and the company has spent the 135 years since heroically refusing to improve it. A carbon-steel blade, a beechwood handle, a steel collar, a pivot pin, and — since 1955 — the Virobloc locking ring. Five parts. Picasso reportedly carved with one. Generations of French schoolchildren received one as a rite of passage. It is the least engineered object on this site, which is precisely why it works.</p>