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Opinel knife

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Also known as Opinel

thumb|No. 10 Opinel knife with carbon steel blade, Virobloc twistlock, and beechwood handle thumb|Functions of the Opinel Knife: unfolding and locking the blade

Key facts

Company.name
Opinel
Company.logo
Opinel company logo.png
Company.type
Private
Company.location
Chambéry, Savoie, France
Company.key_people
Joseph Opinel(Founder)François Opinel(President)Denis Opinel (CEO)
Company.industry
Manufacturing
Company.products
Knives
Company.revenue
€29 million (2021)
Company.num_employees
160
Company.homepage
www.opinel.com

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • History
  • Description
  • Materials
  • Construction
  • Design and operation
  • Logo
  • Sizes and variations
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

thumb|No. 10 Opinel knife with carbon steel blade, Virobloc twistlock, and beechwood handle thumb|Functions of the Opinel Knife: unfolding and locking the blade

Opinel is a French manufacturer of pocket or pen knives. The company has made its line of eponymous wooden-handled knives since 1890 from its headquarters in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie. The company sells approximately 15 million knives annually. Opinel knives are made of both high carbon and stainless steel, the latter being Sandvik steel from Sweden.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Opinel knife” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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