I have never had an Opinel but they appear to be good knives. It would be handy to know that your pocket knife will spark well. Both of the folders that I carry daily are both stainless steel blades although my everyday sheath knife is carbon.
I have gotten a couple of these as gifts over the years, but admittedly don't use them all that often. My daily carry folder is stainless too, but I figured this was a trick worth sharing for anyone that might carry a carbon folder.
I had never seen them before, but that sure sounds like a great deal. Have you tried striking sparks from the handle of the carbon steel version? If they hardened it enough, that sounds like an awesome option.
My folders are a leatherman micro in my pocket and my main folder is a Victorinox Swiss Army Knife "Trekker" standard model in a sheath on my belt. Both these knives go everywhere with me. My everyday carry fixed blade sheath knife is the Mora Pro Robust. I do not doubt your word that the Douk Douk are great knives. However i will not be buying one since the knives that i have, do everything that i ask of them and do it well. I can not justify the spending of the extra money for another knife since it would not really be a need. Thanks for the heads up on this new-to-me brand of knife.
hello! Yes opinel is goog for cook and eat inox and carbon blade I prefer carbon blade. The douk douk is a good knife but for cook opinel is the best. It is a simple knife in its design and it is nice to eat with I eat with opinel and I work with douk douk and victorinox alox but it is not two big knife and not security for the blade. Sorry for langage I am a bad speaker in other langage . Good video and thank you NW PRIMATE
That was great, Brian! Hopefully the burn bans around here be rained away soon so we can get back to the fire pit. That twig tip is a very cool. Thanks!
I have never been able to find flint in my area either. I use the term "flint and steel" because it is the most widely understood name for the process of getting sparks with a rock and a piece of steel, but lots of different rocks will work. In this case it was quartz, but I have had good luck just looking for rocks that seem hard, cracking them open, and seeing if they will spark my steel. If you just start breaking and trying rocks, you'll probably find some that work, but looking for white ones (quartz) is a pretty good place to start.
Mystery 13 Look for smooth, glassy, translucent, sparkly rocks. Learn to recognize conchoidial fractures. Any rock with high quartz content can work. As does carbide steel.
Cool tip. I have an Opinel knife with a broken tip (tried to get into a coconut) that would be perfect for this (it's already a little busted up so I be a little mean to it). Not that I've done a flint & steel fire yet.
Thanks Carley. Keep in mind that due to the differences in steel, it is much more difficult with an Opinel than it would be with a hardened striker or piece of an old file. I know that if I were just starting out, I would end up being very frustrated if I tried using a knife in the beginning. Harder steel throws much hotter sparks and makes it much easier to get the charred material smoldering. You might have an old file in your garage that you can use, but if not then keep your eye out for a garage sale, pawn shop, flea market etc...and you can probably pick one up for $5 or less that will serve you much better while you get the hang of it. Have fun and please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions.
I live in California and all you have to do here is look at tinder and say "Presto catch fire" and it does so without any human hands. Very very sad. Awesome trick by the way👍👍👍. You are the master of all things fire. It all looks so simple but I know it requires patience and a lot of practice.
Thanks Kyle. I haven't found anything solar that isn't already well documented online, and even a lot of those are still difficult for me. A fresnel lens is pretty easy in the summer, and I can sometimes get the little magnifier on my compass to work, but I've never had any success with water in a bag or bottle.
This was some kind of quartz, but you can just start breaking rocks and seeing if they throw sparks, and you might be surprised at how many you find that work. I'll be posting a video shortly on this very topic. 😆👍
Some of the vintage carbon steel British army knives have been tempered to strike a spark like that but Opinel knives are so cheap and easily available. Nice use of a tinderbox.
Great video and nifty trick with the wedge of wood . Have used a large 2 blade Old Timer folder with not so great results using flint and chert . I have the "oppie" #6-9&12 . Time to do some experimenting . Thanks for your video .
