The Novice Survivalist
A novice outdoorsmen learning camping, fishing, bushcraft and survival. "KNOWLEDGE IS A SURVIVAL SKILL"
OPINEL No12 Folding Knife Saw – Subtle DIY Mods to make it yours
I have an Opinel folding saw. It’s my pocket saw I carry when camping or trudging. A great saw perfect forva saw EDC. Compact and sharp it does all the chores I need it to do. And it does them well
BUT…,,, I went canoeing and camping in the boundry waters with the usual suspects. Had a great time, one morning. It was my turn to get the breakfast fire going. So out with the trusty pocket saw go cut up some wood……it had been raingvetc and muggy. I could not get the blade to unfold. The wood handle had swelled up. The blade is normally snug in there, but now it was tight. The problem was there’s no nail nick on the blade. You pinch it between your fingers and pull it out. I could not because not much blade sticking out.
When I got back from the trip I thought about it and came up with a solution. Here you go..l
Remember, knowledge is a survival skill. I came up with this fix after some research on the issue. Knowledge can be gained with research. Just saying
The Novice Survivalist
The Novice Survivalist 
My Old Bear did the same, mainly because i left it in my pocket which in turn went to the washing machine.
After a cleaning of the carbon blade I put a good coat of fixin’ wax on the blade and wood handle. Left it in the open position all night to soak it up and the next morning it worked better then when it was new.
Just a thought for you to try next time.
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I did that on a opinel No9 I modded and it worked like a charm. I’ll be doing it on the saw. Thanks for the good info and appriciate the support 👍
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