#54 Restore, modify and sharpen an Opinel no8 folding knife 🔪 ( Carbon steel ) 

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

Thank you very much Eliel, They make a very nice knife for not very much money 👍😊

Opinal make a really good knife at a very reasonable price 👍Old broken Microwaves are always useful for something 🔨👍😉

Hey Thanks DT 👍 👍 👍 😊

Thank you very much Dan, its a fun little project if you ever find an old one over there 👍

Thanks very much Climbsic 👍

Thank you very much Stan 👍 😊

Thank you very much Sahane, They are a nice knife to work on and not too expensive to buy 👍

Hey Wire, Thank you 👍

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)

Thanks Antonio 👍

Thanks very much Bret, that's my most popular video

Thanks very much Neil! The knife wasn't too hard to do it just took a lot of patience 👍

Thanks Mate, fun little job 👍

Turbo 👍 😊

Thank you very much Phil! I was very pleased with that video and it has always been my most popular one 👍

Thanks James 👍 😊

Thanks Mate, They make a great very affordable knife 👍😊

Thanks Dave, they are a nice little knife and you can get them shaving sharp 👍

Thanks very much Guys 👍

Thanks very much Tom, It is my most viewed video 👍 😊

Hi Alvaro, Thank you very much! 👍

Thanks Mate 👍

Thank you very much, Opinals are a nice knife to work on 👍

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 👍 😊

Thanks very much Tristan 👍

Thank you Mate 👍 😊

Thanks Mate 👍 😊

Merci beaucoup, je suis content que ça vous ait plu

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 😊 )

Thanks Andy, I like shiny 😊

Thanks very much Wayne 👍 😊

Thanks Mate, You've got to love an Opie 🔪 👍 😊

Thank you very much Lev, They are a nice knife to work on 👍

That one was a couple of quid as it was so beat up, Good luck in your search 👍

As you can guess there's a lot of them over here in the UK 👍

Have a look on Amazon or farming supply shops 👍

I made this one from an old leaf spring if that's any help?ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SbUnJXf0ESw.html

Thanks Kirk I do have 'allsorts' of stuff in here 😀

Hi Engin, Thank you very much 👍

Thanks Mate, they are a nice knife to work on if you get a chance to pick one up 👍

Thanks Rusty, it's great steel they will take a nice edge 👍

Thanks very much, Opinels are a great knife to work on 👍

Thank you Roland, Well I'm off camping next weekend so I might take it with me and see if I loose it 😁

Thanks Dubious, I was very pleased with that video as I wanted to show people how it's done 👍

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 🛠️👍😊

Большое спасибо за добрые слова (Thank you very much for your kind words) 👍

Thank you very much, they are a nice knife to work on 👍

Thanks Mate, I am really happy with how this one turned out they are a nice knife to work on 👍

Yep, I do have a few of them now 👍 😁

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 👍 😊

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 👍

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?

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

Thanks Rob, They are a great little knife 👍 😊

Lovely bit of steel, really nice to work on 👍

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 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.

Thanks Mate, Opinel's are a great knife 👍

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 👍

Thank you very much, they are a great knife to work on 👍

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

Merci beaucoup, j'adore ces petits couteaux 👍 😊

@@Everythings_Adjustable je m abonne. Merci

Thanks very much 👍 😊

Thank you very much, Good French steel 👍

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?

👍 😊 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 👍

🥃 👍 😊

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 🛠👍😊

That's some very nice work 👍

Siento que te sientas asi, Quizás puedas hacer un video para mostrarme cómo hacer un mejor trabajo. ¡Gracias!

"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.