How to remove an Opinel Collar
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- Опубликовано: 8 апр 2021
- How to remove an Opinel Ocking Ring
I needed to remove an Opinel folding knife collar safely.
Could not find any suitable solution so I made my own resolution.
Quick and easy without any specialist tools or exensive tools.
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Now I can have my smaller opinel as a legal carry and I don't have to buy the pliers. Class!
Now, every Opinel user on the Arabian Peninsula will know how to clean out the extremely fine sand from the locking mechanism with ease.
Same in Australia. Sand just gets in that pivot.
I used the bottle opener from an Viktorinox knife in exactly the same manner you showed here.
Worked like a charm... and I didn't even need to build a gadget. :)
Many thanks my 60 year old Victorinox solved this problem in a flash. Colour was too loose; then ancient Crestogrip water pump pliers provided the squeeze!🤣👍
@@rodneyshepherd9120 you are welcome bro. :)
Isn't internet amazing?
This is what is was built for: sharing knowledge, information and experience.
Welcome to the "2nd Enlightenment".
BRILLIANT!!!
Top man!
Before going into the trouble of removing the locking ring, drip several drops of melted candle wax on end grain side with blade folded and heat with a hair dryer or heat gun until all visible wax has been absorbed into wood. This process petrifies wood with wax so water will not absorb and it also lubricates wood to metal contact which keeps blade securely attached to wooden handle while keeping it loose enough for easy folding.
Thanks for the tip 👍
Great idea. I'll do it today.
Does food safe mineral oil function similarly?
@@freman007 Good question. I don't know.
@@freman007 Mineral oil will seal and lubricate wood to metal contact but will leave an oily residue and eventually washout leaving knife dry and stuck. Wax on the other hand will last for months to years.
Just tried same method but without custom tool. I've used bottle opener from my Victorinox Spartan. Works like a charm!
Thanks to author for showing general direction of disassembly!
Finally something that worked easily.. wish I would have found this method before removing it the first time
Glad it helped 👍
Oh, finally a good video on RUclips!
Thanks heaps for this, was trying to not break things but seeing it done was much nicer. Had sand under the safety sleeve and I was struggling to us the safety feature.
Glad it helped you 👍
Many thanks from San Diego. very helpful.
Absolutely brilliant! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, friend. I own one No. 8 Opinel knife, and I love it. Now that I know how to get the ring off, I love it even more.
Thanks for the tip on removing the collar, I was struggling with the vices and pliers. Cheers to you
I struggled as well until coming up with this idea. Glad it helped you too 👍
And I was about to buy the circlip pliers! Thanks for the tip.
Ingenious. Simple but ingenious. Thank you.
If anyone is interesred in the "specialist pliers", theyre called snap ring pliers. If youre in the states, you can pick up one for about 5.99$. Greatly reduces the change of you damaging/scuffing up anything in the knife. Good method otherwise though^
👍 thanks for your will explain methods
Glad it helped you 👍
Thanks for sharing this method...i am a big opinell fan...they are cheap (so you dont have to be sad when you lose it in the woods ore something)...good quality...fit perfectly in the hands...different sizes and they look beautiful. I have one on these with me every day...so i often have to remove the ring because sand and dirt comes under the ring (i take much care of my tools...once a month cleaning with weapon oil for every knife and a clean up at the end of the day after using it )...i always did the jerkof method because i couldnt find another one...two times i injured myself because this method is not safety. Thanks a lot. Greetings from Germany 🙂✌️
Glad it helped. Stay safe 😀
I use a pair of external seeger pliers, it works like a charm
Thanks! I'll add that you can do that much simpler using the bottle opener on a Victorinox knife.
Really nice clear explanation. Thanks for this.
just use simple narrow pliers. Put a collar in the open position, jam in the pliers, and open em up with the same hand you are holding them (that part is a bit awkward, but if you have all the digits in place - very doable).
I believe if you take the collar of the No6 it is then UK legal as it is then a non locking knife with a blade under 3 inches. Great vid. Many thanks, Cheers, Ian
You'd think that the law would _require_ a locking mechanism on a knife the blade of which pivots on the handle, at the base of the blade; without a means to lock the blade, the knife is more dangerous to everyone, including the person holding it. Silly Brits!
@michaelthibault7930 we do have silly knife laws in the uk. The Opinel is actually French and the collar is the locking mechanism. For legal carry we have 75mm non locking and out of sight etc
thanks. the locking ring around my wife's no.06 was on really tight. i was able to loosen it up a bit and oil the ring.
works good now.
Glad to be of some help 👍
Swiss army knife hook works too. Thanks for the vid.
Thanks very much! I was about to just throw it away.
Good tip, thanks!
Great method. I tried it and it works great. Thanks.
Excellent, amazing advices , thanks for sharing 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
You are welcome. Glad it was of some use to you 👍
@@InfoZhedExplore I tried it today and actually its work 🙏👍🤝, many thanks from Egypt 🇪🇬
Thank you verry much. My friend. God bless you
Did it, works very simple, fast n safe! Thanks for sharing, best regards from Germany.
Glad it helped you 👍
You can also use those normal slim pliers and (while the pliers is closed) put the tip between the gap of the lock, now instead of gripping the handles what you do is you put your closed fist in between the plier's handles then open your hand. Doing this will enable you to spread the pliers which will open the top locking mechanism as if you have those reverse pliers.
Thanks for sharing the information 👍
Neat solution! Thanks 🙂
Handy trick! Worked like a charm so thanks for that!
Glad it helped you
thanks a lot for this method, i didnt have any screw and wooden pieces around so i used a teaspoon handle instead.
Good job 👍
Man, I just broke my locking ring trying to do this 😢
use a clips pliers is more safe and better for the virole
Well done sir!
Super Opinel ! Like👍👍👍
Thank you.
Thank you!
Super, thank you very much for your video, thanks......
👍🏻 Did it. Worked good. Thanks.
Good job 👍
When necessary i wash mine with a bit of ordinary soap and water, blow out any remaining water then rinse with alcohol to displace residual water.
You may want to remove it on a smaller opinel so you dont get in trouble for carrying it, it is a locking knife after all ! And the plirrs you're discussing will be reverse opener Circlip pliers.
Thanks for the input. By removing the collar altogether the knife will not function properly. 👍
I love stuff like this
Nice method. But, what to do if you lost the blocking collar? Without the block a no.6 or 7 is quite dangerous tool.
Opinel does not sell replacement collars, because knives are already cheap (I was told by a major reseller).
Thanks so much!!!!
Thank you!!!!
Have seen needle nose pliers used too to just widen the collar a little. Thanks
Hi Nick, I did try that but could not manage to make it work with mine as they kept slipping off. It’s a tricky old process to hold everything and open the handles of the needle nosed pliers with one hand. Respect to anyone who can manage it.
@@InfoZhedExplore Yes I can imagine it may or may not work. Your technique is an excellent bit of clever adaption and improvisation. Thanks for the video.
Thanks!
I recently bought three Opinel knives a 6, 7, and a 9 the two smaller ones were slick and opened well, the 9 did not, I found upon taking off the locking collar that the pin, has a mushroom end and the free end has been stamped into a mushroom end as well.
It will take more than a punch to remove the pin.
Nice one thanks heaps ☺️
Thank you so much!!! What size is that first Opinel you had, I really like that size and want to get one?
Opinel No 10. Blade is 10cm. I use that one for most of my kitchen prep. Only dozen side is as it’s a folding blade it collects gunk in the locking mechanism so need regular cleaning. 👍
My solution was a hybrid. Pulling the blade in the locked position created enough gap between the collar and handle to pry up with the flat blade.
If you don't wanna make that screw contraption, a small pair of pliers also works with this method.
Pretty much what I did except I used a flat head screwdriver to do the same thing.The head needs to be small enough to fit in the grove.
Thanks 🧡
You’re welcome 😊
Pure Gold🙏
Just get a pair of snap ring pliers. So much easier.
The same concept works with the bottle opener of a Swiss army knife.
Thank you. Cool.
The pliers are inexpensive.
to make it extra safe put a piece of tape on the screw
What brand of watch are you wearing?
Hi Chris, G-Shock. I find them just about indestructible and they last almost forever.
: Une simple pince à circlips extérieur permet de déposer " l' opinel collar" et de le remettre en toute sécurité.
: Penser à resserrer la bague, "opinel collar" à l' aide d' une pince multiprise avant de la remettre " en force".
Don’t need any tools except a vice, electric drill and the wood screw you make it them.
Those specialist pliers are snap ring pliers C clip pliers.
Found that you can use the bottle opener from a swiss army knife to do the same thing
interesting,,,, as i've olive oil baked my handle, and coffee stained my carbon blade, i want to heat up the collar till it blooms blue.... which apparently is within temperature ranges to not affect the spring of it.
That's when you tap the little flat spot on the end of the handle it opens the knife..
I have a collar on a brand new Opinel that is damn near unmovable. I was considering either popping it off and stretching it, or adding a little lubrication. Thoughts?
If it has a wooden handle I would first try leaving it in a warm dry place for a few days. The wood is untreated and so soaks up moisture like a sponge. That should do the trick.
If you plan on using it for food prep I suggest coating the handle blade and inner collar with Howard Butcher Block Conditioner, it's food grade mineral oils with natural waxes and it help protect the blade from rust and helps keep water out of the handle. It also acts as a lube fo the locking collar and has made it smoother on mine. I highly suggest it.
Just use a key chain thin bottle opener, right to the point without the drama.
I am a Texan I use my AR 15 or 12 gauge to remove it
I saw a video of a young lady take it off with the cap lifter on her SAK
Opinel uses lock ring pliers.
Why remove the lock! illegal?which county?
: Autre méthode, la bague en position verrouillée, à l' aide d' une grosse pince plate pincer la lame et l' ouvrir " en force" cela fera sauter la bague de verrouillage. Il est possible de le voir sur une des multiples vidéos sur l' Opinel, ou ruclips.net/video/5X4MxEFrfzQ/видео.html
I would leave it alone. I bet once you reinsert it it will have too much play and that may be very hard to correct.
or try bottle opener
OR - just use a bottle opener instead of this wild contraption. Takes two seconds - just used my Victorinox knife's one.
I wouldn't call a screw in wood a wild contraption. I did try a multitool bottle opener though, and this worked well, cheers
Thought this contraption was great till I read your comment,, thanks, 😃
Can you claim the vat back for putting your pinkies in peril.
Could be a talking point at the next business meeting .
Party on Zhed ;-)
I did it with a lock pick for cars
Great job 👍
Removing the locking ring on the smaller ones makes them uk legal. Probably the only reason to remove it
You raise a very good point regarding removal making the smaller blades UK legal. However in my experience the collar needs to remain in place as it holds the wood together and prevents the blade from being loose. Thank you for sharing your thoughts 👍
now put it back on
You do realise that the shape of the handle is as it is for a reason? To open a knife, whether stiff (which I have never encountered but am sure it could happn) or not, you never need to pull the blade out with your thumbnail. All you do is gently tap the "butt end" of the knife on something hard with the blade in the downward position, the blade will pop out a bit every time and you then just pull it fully out and lock it as normal...
Wear a glove
6 minutes for that?…
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Prudence tout de même dans vos manipulations, " C' est gourmand de viande ces bêtes là !" ... 😉
Jerk off worked great, I'st jerk loosened 2nd jerk launched.
Lol