3-piece gardening knife set, stainless steel - Opinel

3-piece essential gardening tool set, Opinel brand

The set includes:
- Saw N°12 (blade length 12 cm);
- Gardening knife N°08 (blade length 8.5 cm);
- Pruning knife N°08 (blade length 8.5 cm).

The small saw with 12 cm blade effortlessly cuts branches up to 8 cm in diameter.
The gardening knife is the ideal tool to pick dandelions and lettuce or to weed.
The pruning knife is a multipurpose gardening tool with a curved blade and is very useful for grafting, pruning, harvesting and picking.

Martensitic stainless steel
Hardness: 55-57 HRC.
The stainless steel used in the manufacture of OPINEL blades is optimized to guarantee both high resistance to corrosion and high mechanical performance.
The blade offers excellent sharpness and high resistance to abrasion (wear), which allows it to withstand the normal contact with hard materials, such as ceramics, before requiring resharpening. Stainless steel has the advantage of not needing special maintenance under normal conditions of use, unlike carbon steel. However, it can reach its limits when it is put in prolonged contact with an aggressive environment (acid, salt water, detergent...).

The handle
Beech is the most commonly used type of wood in the manufacture of the Opinel knife handles. Originating from France, Opinel beech is hard, durable and easy to work with. With a homogeneous appearance, wood's light shade varies from yellow to pink and it is characterized by the presence of numerous fine dark lines.

Safety ring

Invented by Marcel Opinel in 1955, the Virobloc safety ring is fitted to all folding knives starting with the N°06 model. Cut out of stainless steel, the Virobloc has two sections, one fixed and one sliding. In addition to locking the blade open (safety in use), it is now possible to lock the blade closed (safety in transport).