All About Pocket Knives

For as long as I can recall, Opinel has used an orange type of finish on their handles, that was kind of a horrid shade. More recent, they seemed to have switched to a lighter more neutral wood shade of finish. Anyone know when they changed?

I have older Opinels that have the natural finish as well. I think they went to the orange stuff and then back again sometime in the last few years. I'm pretty sure the return to natural has been during the last two years. Write them a quick e-mail and ask. They might tell you all you want to know.

the Opinels sleeves are varnished , varnishes move with time (with the light) and become like all the varnish : orange.

I guess that means that some of those boxes full of opinels I saw in the shops had been there a good long while.

woseyjales wrote:According to info on the Opiknifestore site the carboneys have
varnished handles while the stainless are natural finish.
Whether that is just current production or same since 1890 I dunno.
I'm pretty sure (65%) if someone sent them a ? or
called their 1-800-# they'd be glad to fill-in-the-blanks.

Here's my latest 'pocket wore' No.6 carboney.
Decided to try something new, wasn't sure where
it was headed but not hard to see where it wound up.
Think when Case did it they called it Summer's End
Whataya think? Leave it as is or go back to sanding?
Opinel No.6 Pocket Wore Summer Ending aka Hunterflage

Nice used look, but what is the green color from?