tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post9075163856628497732..comments2024-03-29T11:45:46.972+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Pocket knife.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-23894783621239517332017-05-20T11:43:46.576+01:002017-05-20T11:43:46.576+01:00If you want to open a meal bag or cut a piece of s...If you want to open a meal bag or cut a piece of string on a bale and litter a penknife is a must. My mother always carried one too. No time to put everything down and scratch your head and say "where's a knife?" you would be very unpopular.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-56370969565966130512017-05-20T08:55:29.894+01:002017-05-20T08:55:29.894+01:00I lost my treasured blue penknife when I was 9. I ...I lost my treasured blue penknife when I was 9. I went back day after day to where I dropped it and I never found it. It's now under a motorway. Your post reminded me that my Opinel (given to me in my 'French' days) which no longer serves me at the village fĂȘte but is my garden companion is not in its usual place. I know exactly when and where I last used it but it's gone AWOL. Doubtless it will turn up. The alternative would be an unbearable loss of memories.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-41962944697140162432017-05-20T05:39:48.279+01:002017-05-20T05:39:48.279+01:00After all these years it is wonderful that your kn...After all these years it is wonderful that your knife came back to you.<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-67153559635608450622017-05-20T04:49:07.722+01:002017-05-20T04:49:07.722+01:00When you're next in France, buy yourself an Op...When you're next in France, buy yourself an Opinel knife. You'd love it.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-78709392960392125992017-05-20T04:47:42.552+01:002017-05-20T04:47:42.552+01:00I use a No 9 stainless Opinel for eating, and I ha...I use a No 9 stainless Opinel for eating, and I have lots of steel bladed No 8's for all other purposes. I'd be lost without them.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-38865682636178048282017-05-20T04:44:46.107+01:002017-05-20T04:44:46.107+01:00I think it's more a male thing. Gardening, DIY...I think it's more a male thing. Gardening, DIY, and certain sports, all require a pocket knife. Personally I eat with a penknife too, but that's just a local tradition. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-88531099841964775112017-05-20T03:18:25.501+01:002017-05-20T03:18:25.501+01:00I am an idiot when it comes to pocket knives. Can ...I am an idiot when it comes to pocket knives. Can never get them open can never get them shut. So I am always hiding scissors all over the farm, in case a bale of hay needs cutting open. One day Keith brought in 8 pair. I told him to put them all back where he found them. The nerve of some men.Donna OShaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-53612840215580082162017-05-20T01:18:17.200+01:002017-05-20T01:18:17.200+01:00Last year when I was in France walking the Le Puy ...Last year when I was in France walking the Le Puy Chemin, I bought an Opinel knife for my picnics. I was delighted to find that so many knives are still made in France. In Australia everything is made in China.Margaret Butterworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132595996801386452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-36062111658377994382017-05-19T20:07:05.711+01:002017-05-19T20:07:05.711+01:00I have never found a use for a knife - am I unique...I have never found a use for a knife - am I unique (penknife I mean - use a knife and fork for eating of course and a knife for carving.)The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-65099838991895455322017-05-19T13:20:12.738+01:002017-05-19T13:20:12.738+01:00I really don't know how anyone can live withou...I really don't know how anyone can live without one!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-71391520820415654232017-05-19T12:49:25.962+01:002017-05-19T12:49:25.962+01:00My father always had a pocket knife in his front p...My father always had a pocket knife in his front pocket, a pairs of pliers in his back pocket. He was ready for anything. My farmer brother do the same, I carry a knife in my purse. wenda jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07868084260639641312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-22993478177196653492017-05-19T10:40:01.867+01:002017-05-19T10:40:01.867+01:00I am hardly ever without my Opinel. I even have on...I am hardly ever without my Opinel. I even have one permanently in the car. At the last count I had about 8 of them. I also have an Opinel Mushrooming knife.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-19665254267423698312017-05-19T10:19:55.887+01:002017-05-19T10:19:55.887+01:00I have set knives for set tasks, and if going on h...I have set knives for set tasks, and if going on holiday in the UK a take a little diamond sharpener and one good kitchen knife. I cannot stand using blunt knives. If going overseas and taking a bag in the hold I take my Swiss Army knife and the sharpener.<br /><br />The Swiss Army knife is my gardening and fishing knife, if cuts open bags of compost, prunes things like tomatoes, cuts fishing line and cuts up my lunch. Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15217574100039265130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-25752443614242912032017-05-19T09:11:41.156+01:002017-05-19T09:11:41.156+01:00Oh dear. That would be a hanging offence in my boo...Oh dear. That would be a hanging offence in my book.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-83384036545076354002017-05-19T07:31:43.074+01:002017-05-19T07:31:43.074+01:00I have a favourite knife for chopping .... I can&#...I have a favourite knife for chopping .... I can't and won't use any other knife ... someone doing some work here borrowed my last favourite one and broke the handle off !!! XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-69554301997398219802017-05-19T06:59:01.473+01:002017-05-19T06:59:01.473+01:00It's certainly seen better days, but it does t...It's certainly seen better days, but it does the job, and doesn't stab me.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-7849597873764309712017-05-19T06:40:49.064+01:002017-05-19T06:40:49.064+01:00It looks well loved, nice that you are using it ag...It looks well loved, nice that you are using it again.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-70755065914245314132017-05-19T06:40:14.862+01:002017-05-19T06:40:14.862+01:00I have a curved Mushroom knife. I can't wait t...I have a curved Mushroom knife. I can't wait to use it again!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-83690626858823352562017-05-19T06:15:31.711+01:002017-05-19T06:15:31.711+01:00I remember my grandad had one of those curved kniv...I remember my grandad had one of those curved knives, I think for vine pruning. My mum still has it, wrapped in tissue paper.<br />Greetings Maria xMariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01525028325800849416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-5744342839520141522017-05-19T05:53:25.196+01:002017-05-19T05:53:25.196+01:00When my daughter first went off to see the world I...When my daughter first went off to see the world I gave her a beautiful Taylor's Eye Witness penknife. She lost it.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-31631881928503715462017-05-19T05:31:26.086+01:002017-05-19T05:31:26.086+01:00My brother went to France to see farming in the e...My brother went to France to see farming in the early 1960s and he brought me a penknife back. I was looking at it the other day. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.com