'Outdoor' Sheath for Opinal?

[James_m246]

I have seen this sheath on the Opinal website but for the life of me can't find one anywhere, exept a couple on foreign websites with silly postage.

If anyone knows where I can get one of these please please help.
(It has to be the one with the sharpening steel BTW)

Cheers, James.

 

[Tadpole]

I have seen this sheath on the Opinal website but for the life of me can't find one anywhere, exept a couple on foreign websites with silly postage.

If anyone knows where I can get one of these please please help.
(It has to be the one with the sharpening steel BTW)

Cheers, James.

I'm sure that you can get a Opinel No 8 in a sheath on the Opinel British website
I've not seen one with a sharpening rod included, so that may be only availible on the French site

 

[leon-1]

I have seen this sheath on the Opinal website but for the life of me can't find one anywhere, exept a couple on foreign websites with silly postage.

If anyone knows where I can get one of these please please help.
(It has to be the one with the sharpening steel BTW)

Cheers, James.

James that one is not available in the UK. The importer for Opinel in the UK does not include that specific one in their range (annoying I known, but true none the less).

 

[James_m246]

Ok, thank for the replies, me thinks I'll have to make one
I havn't made anything from leather before so it should be fun, I'd like a place to put a firesteel and a small sharpening stone anyway so maybe its best if I make one.

 

[FerlasDave]

making one would be best. i made a pouch for my torch and it was way easier than i first thought.

 

[Celt_Ginger]

I have an all leather one with the sharpening steel holder, but I bought it while on holiday in France. I'll try to post a picture, but photo bucket is down at the moment. I haven't a clue how to post an image directly on to the message

 

[leon-1]

making one would be best. i made a pouch for my torch and it was way easier than i first thought.

Think of it as a butterfly of leather, stitch a loop of leather to the back of one side, then fold in half, then stitch the base and the side. That would give you a basic pouch. If you place in 2 lines of stitching with enough of a gap for a firesteel to fit in you could be on the way to a nice little pouch.

 

[Bernie Garland]

Here's a pic of mine with sheath and steel,i picked mine up in Andorra on a skiing holiday,notice i have removed the locking ring to make it a legal edc.

Bernie

 

[James_m246]

...notice i have removed the locking ring to make it a legal edc.

Thats a good idea, also you could have another one that you just switch over when your out in the woods so that its safer using it for carving and stuff.

I do really like that sheath but the more I think about it the more I think it would be better to make one.

Any suggestions on where to get the leather?
I'm pretty sure theres not a tanner within 50 miles of me so I think I'll have to get it online.

 

[Bernie Garland]

Hi James pm me and send me a stamped address padded envelope, and i'll post you down some veg tanned leather enough to make a sheath for one.

Bernie

 

[Celt_Ginger]

Here's mine.

 

[spamel]

Mine goes in my pocket!

 

[FerlasDave]

theres a couple going on ebay but they have the knife included. so other than that bernies your man with the leather.

any excess for me bernie?

 

[spamel]

Oh, I dunno! You can never have enough Opi's!

 

[James_m246]

Oh, I dunno! You can never have enough Opi's!

So true! I havn't even recieved my first one through the post yet and i'm already contemplating buying another one!

The reason is because I want to remove the locking ring off one like Bernie has to make it legal, and have a locking one for when I can carry it legally.

Also I was thinking of buying one for my little bro, he's 10 and he loves all my knives, I figured an Opinel would be pretty good as a first folder. I think I'd only let him use it when he's with me though, I remember having a little folder at his age but it was blunt and the most I ever used it for was cutting rope and carving lolly pop sticks, whereas the Opi would be razor sharp(ish).

 

[Celt_Ginger]

Opinel do a child specific knife without a pointed end.

 

[James_m246]

Opinel do a child specific knife without a pointed end.

Yes I've seen them but to be honest I don't think it would make much difference.
I know that whenever I've cut myself its been with the blade rather than the point.
Also, for cirtain things you need the point, I guess they must work for some poeple otherwise they wouldn't sell them!

 

[Minotaur]

Been after a No. 8 with one of the normal leather sheaths, but really like the look of that in its leather version.

Obvously someone in France needs to make them available on evil bay.

 

[Bernie Garland]

theres a couple going on ebay but they have the knife included. so other than that bernies your man with the leather.

any excess for me bernie?

Send me a stamped addressed envelope for £1.50 and i''l send you some,pm me for my address.

Bernie

 

[leon-1]

Opinel do a child specific knife without a pointed end.

If the politicians had their way in the current climate all knives would be without a point, a bit like most politicians really "pointless and you pay too much for them".