Sharpening Opinel No.08 - advice please

[MartiniDave]

I usually just run mine over the diamond side of the DC4. I tend not to put too fine an edge on the Opinels, they seem to hold the slightly coarser edge better & longer, and they're dead easy to quickly re-touch.

Dave

 

[Braidsta]

I thought they where a flat grind

It does seem that way mate, sharpening as though it was flat worked.

 

[Tonyuk]

I've had Opinels come as either a full flat and also with a microbevel kind of grind, i don't think the quality control at the factory is all that great sharpening wise since the last one a bought (a No.6) came very blunt. I use one of those ceramic rods with a pen like holder to go over the edge, then finished off on a leather strop with a bit of T-cut on it. Takes about 5 mins and makes them razor sharp.