The one everybody pictures when they hear Opinel. The No.08 has been made in Savoie since the 1890s and has barely changed, because the design was right the first time: a beechwood handle, a Sandvik 12C27 stainless blade, and the Virobloc ring that Joseph Opinel's grandson added in 1955 to lock it open.

A 3.28 inch blade at 1.6 oz covers most of what a knife gets asked to do around a camp or a kitchen. It is inexpensive enough to keep one in every pack and good enough that you will not want to.

Specs

• Blade length: 3.28 in
• Overall length: 7.59 in
• Weight: 1.6 oz
• Blade steel: Modified Sandvik 12C27 stainless
• Handle: beechwood
• Virobloc safety ring
• Made in France