Opinel No. 10 Pruning Folding Knife - Stainless Steel for Pruning, Grafting, Orchards, Vineyards, and Gardening review and price compare 2025- fishinghub

Brand	Opinel
Model Name	No. 10 Pruning Knife
Special Feature	Curved Blade for Easy Pruning
Handle Material	Beechwood
Color	Beechwood
Blade Material	Stainless Steel
Power Source	Manual
Item Dimensions LxWxH	7.68 x 0.79 x 0.39 inches
Item Weight	0.06 Kilograms

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With its curved blade beveled on both sides The Opinel No10 Pruning knife is the ideal tool for grape-picking, shrub Pruning or cutting ties.
Easy to clean: knives with a stainless steel blade are highly resistant and can be easily cleaned with a sponge, warm water and dishwashing liquid.
12C27 modified stainless steel is anti-corrosive thanks to the addition of chrome and requires no special maintenance. Its carbon content of at least 0. 40% provides an excellent cutting edge.
Handle: beachwood beech is the most commonly used wood for the manufacture of Opinel handles. From France, our beech is hard, durable and easy to work.
Yatagan Style: The classic Opinel blade has adopted a Yatagan shape. The Yatagan shape is inspired by a traditional Turkish saber, the toe up.

Product Description

Harvest, trim, cut small branches, and pick fruits and flowers:

The Pruning No. 10 is an indispensable tool for gardeners . It allows you to harvest, cut small branches and pick flowers or fruits thanks to its curved blade . Its blade is 10cm long and its handle is comfortable, and will remain so even after long hours of work.

This Knife features the Virobloc Safety rings.

Invented by Marcel Opinel in 1955, the Virobloc safety ring is fitted to all folding knives sizes No6 through No12. Cut out of stainless steel, the Virobloc has two sections, one fixed and one sliding. In addition to locking the blade open (safety while in use), it is now possible to lock the blade closed (safety on the go).

Pruning No. 10 Specifications:

12C27 Sandvik Stainless Steel
Blade Length: 10 cm (3.95 in)
Open Length: 20.3 cm (8 in)
Closed / Handle Length: 10.3 cm (4.75 in)
Weight: 2.6 oz
Designed and Manufactured in France

Handle: Beech wood

Beech is the most commonly used wood for the manufacture of Opinel handles. From France, our beech is hard, durable and easy to work. With a homogeneous appearance, its light color varies from yellow to pink. It is characterized by the presence of numerous small, - dark dashes.

Yatagan Style:

The classic Opinel blade has adopted a Yatagan shape. The Yatagan shape is inspired by a traditional Turkish saber, the toe up. The blade is ground to an exclusive convex profile that ensures the strength of the blade and allows efficient regrinding.

Knife Care:

12C27 modified stainless steel is anti-corrosive thanks to the addition of chrome and requires no special maintenance. Its carbon content of at least 0.40% provides an excellent cutting edge.



Quick use guide:	Made to weed & pick!	Perfect for grafting & pruning	To cut shrubs & pick fruit	Made for mushroom foraging	A camper or gardener's must have	A big folding saw
Blade Type:	Sandvik 12C27 Stainless Steel	Sandvik 12C27 Stainless Steel	Sandvik 12C27 Stainless Steel	Sandvik 12C27 Stainless Steel	Carbon Steel	Carbon Steel
Virobloc Safety Ring:	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	Safety Hook
Handle material:	Beechwood	Beechwood	Beechwood	Beechwood	Beechwood	Beechwood
Blade Length:	8.25 cm / 3.25 in	8.5 cm / 3.35 in	10 cm / 3.95 in	8 cm / 3.14 in	12 cm / 5 in	18 cm / 7 in
Open Length:	19 cm / 7.5 in	19.5 cm / 7.5 in	20.3 cm / 8 in	18.4 cm / 7.25 in	28.5 cm / 11.25 in	36.1 cm / 14.15 in
Closed Length:	10.72 cm / 4.25 in	11 cm / 4.15 in	10.3 cm / 4.75 in	10.4 cm / 4.1 in	16.5 cm / 6.25 in	18.16 cm / 7.15 in
Weight:	1.3 oz	1.6 oz	2.6 oz	1.7 oz	3.8 oz	6.3 oz
Designed and Manufactured:	Designed and manufactured in France	Designed and manufactured in France	Designed and manufactured in France	Designed and manufactured in France	Designed in France, Made in South Korea	Designed in France, Made in South Korea
Recommended Use:	To weed, pick salads or dandelions. Its pointed and robust blade makes it indispensable to the garden.	Its shape is ideal for grafting, incising, pruning shrubs, and picking fruit or flowers.	To harvest, trim shrubs or cut fruit trees. The serpette is an indispensable tool for gardeners . It allows you to harvest, cut small branches and pick flowers or fruits thanks to its curved blade .	The favorite tool of mushroom pickers! The ideal tool for picking morels, ceps, chanterelles, trumpets, rosés meadows, coulemelles, boletes ... etc.	A pocket saw with an ultra efficient blade for cutting branches with a diameter of less than 8 cm.	A cutting saw with an ultra-efficient blade to cut branches less than 10 cm in diameter.

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.68 x 0.79 x 0.39 inches; 2.08 Ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 000657
Department ‏ : ‎ Unisex-adult
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 12, 2016
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Opinel
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00W9GNA2S
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ France

Q:

How well does this cut 1/4-inch branches off bushes and shrubs if I want to collect cuttings for propagation? Thanks

Answer: have both Yatagan and straight style from Opinel and found the Yatagan style sharper. I used it successfully to cut 1/4-inch tree roots but found it slightly awkward and too sharp to trim bushes and shrubs. I think that it would be able to cut 1/4-inch branches if they are not stiff and woody. suggest to consider a good pair of snips to collect cuttings instead of knife.

Answer: Well, I did not try with #10, but with #8: it cut the plum tree branch in the back yard mercilessly. I suspect that #10, with its pronounced hawkbill, would do it in cold blood.

Answer: Knife was very sharp and works really well. 1/2-3/4 size cuts well with a litte effort.

Answer: Possibly my favorite garden knife. Love it. I purchased to cut my comfrey but have found it to be great for so much other things. Razor sharp. Just be careful. 1/4inch will be no problem and will make an easy, clean cut.

Answer: Not for think branch but mostly good for vines snd flowers

Q:

It came with the wrong size of virobloc, it does not lock it in closed position. How do I replace lock?

Answer: suggest you return it for a replacement. mine came with a virobloc spacing of about 1/8 inch and it works itself loose quickly. my straight blade Opinel has at least 1/4 inch and it stays locked for most uses. if you can't return it, then a tedious solution would be to file/cut down the lock tab so that it can twist under the blade to lock it.

Answer: It doesn’t lock and close position anyway all the hooked knives buy them don’t

Answer: I don’t lock mine. It is designed to be cut towards you - not away like a traditional knife

Answer: I noticed that, too, but I found it to be no problem, since the blade stores tightly within the handle. I suggest you search YouTube for any relevant info to your need.

Q:

Does it fold as the title states? It doesn't look like it to me in one of the pitures.

Answer: Mine also does not fold like other Opinels, the virobloc is the wrong size probably, or the blade does not enter far enough into the handle, Perhaps we got a knockoff instead of a real Opinel. I have other Opinel knives, they all lock correctly, this is the only one that does not lock when folded.

Answer: Yes, the blade does fold into handle. It is safe to carry in your pocket. You can use the locking ring to lock the blade into either the OPEN or CLOSED position. I use mine in our permaculture food forest all of the time.

Answer: Yes it does. I would attach a photo of the folded knife for you but Amazon won't allow it.

Answer: Yes , it folds like other Opinels.

Palindrome : 4.5 Stars

It's a good gardening knife. Rather large and very sharp. It should lose half a star for not being able to lock it closed. It locks open, but not closed . . . not essential, but . . . . .

Sebastian : Decepción

Muy mal! Me llegó con el envoltorio ya abierto. Nose si el producto era nuevo o estaba ya usado

N. WILLCOCKS : Best knife ever - nearly.

Fantastic for a multitude of jobs, curved blade makes its efficiency much better. Good quality steel really holds an edge. Only possible concern is that being a wooden handle it can dry out and or swell depending on conditions meaning the blade can be too easy to open or hard to open. Unlike other straight bladed Opinels you cannot lock the blade shut and it can and has opened in my pocket, so be careful. Have had a few nicks from this and a cut inner thigh, but still would not be with out it. Indeed I bought this as a replacement for my old one which I lost / misplaced.

Tom W. : Like all Opinel knives

This knife is invaluable to me as I am a landscape gardener. It is just the ticket for cutting back perennials and trimming errant clumps of grass. Like all Opinel knives, it is best to have a sharpener handy and know how to use it. The latest iteration has the ability to be locked shut, which this particular knife lacks, but I am used to that.

Judalon Manes : Beautiful tool

I bought this as a gift for my husband who enjoys gardening and has kept a particular grapevine alive for nearly 20 years. However, the fruit was small and a bit too tart for table grapes and went to raisins. After doing some research, he told me about a tool vintners use. He loved this birthday gift. It is a lot more expensive than the other tools that do the same thing, but there is a certain cache in using a lovingly made-in-France knife that adds to the gardening joy.

TODRAC : couteau à greffer OPPINEL

Couteau de qualité que je conseille .

Kenneth : Great tool.

its a nice size to carry.

justme : great buy

excellent quality!

Mike H. : Great knife!

Great knife and very sharp...I was able to use it for harvesting grapes right out of the box.

Tom : Good shipping but

Very cheap . Very Dull .

mRj : great for clearing palm tree roots

bought knife for pruning but found the curved blade gets in the way of cutting when branches are too close together. knife is sharp but did not "lock" when cutting in the direction away from a person. had to clear some palm tree roots when repairing a sprinkler line and found this curved knife great for cutting through the dirt and hacking the queen palm roots. using this knife for root cutting (up to 1/2 inch in diameter) is wonderful because you don't have to clear away dirt and then use shears or a lopper to cut the roots.

review update--knife does lock but the Virobloc on my knife only engages "lock" in open position by twisting the Virobloc counter-clockwise. the stop area is about 1/16" and does work loose when cutting roots in the dirt which then releases the "lock." the Yatagan style is good for root cutting but was slightly awkward for trimming/pruning such as removing unripen figs. recommend highly to clear vegetation around sprinkler lines since you can hook the roots and cut also under and around the pvc pipes due to knife's shape and slim profile. planning to get the Opinel garden knife to do pruning.

Kenneth : Great tool.

its a nice size to carry.

Martha Lopez : Muy bueno!

Buena calidad y facil de manejar

Narno06 : it's an Opinel so yes it's good

Opinel is the brand of pocket knife for the working class: rugged, sturdy, usually on the cheap side you don't mind losing one or getting one rusty. If you take care of your Opinel you might keep it a life time.
This one is very specific due to its shape and a bit pricier than the other Opinels I own, so I will take care of it a bit more.
One thing: do not forget to lock the blade when opened, it is a manual step and could save you an unpleasant surprise.

Mike H. : Great knife!

Great knife and very sharp...I was able to use it for harvesting grapes right out of the box.

Wolf : Five Stars

Opinel simple quality product.

carlos : It's an opinel !

I like it you get what you pay for

The Foeux : Good gift for a gardener

A present that made the horticulturally inclined recipients very happy. I have used opinel pocket knives for a long time now. They are cheap, rugged, easily replaced if nicked or lost and the steel sharpens to a wicked edge easily. I am assured this knife is like a miniature sickle and a bumper crop of veg has been harvested with it this year.

Amazon Kunde : Supersichel

Preis/ Leistung optimal!

FLAVIA : È stata una delusione! Non lo ricomprerei!

Arrivato questa mattina.. Utilizzato 10 minuti x spelare un rametto di melograno di 2cm di diametro da un bambino di 10 anni sotto supervisione di un adulto è presenta già gravi imperfezioni alla lama! Un vero schifo! X carità x i soldi che costa non si può pretendere chissà che cosa ma dalla opinel mi aspettavo un prodotto migliore! Non lo consiglio!

The Foeux : Good gift for a gardener

A present that made the horticulturally inclined recipients very happy. I have used opinel pocket knives for a long time now. They are cheap, rugged, easily replaced if nicked or lost and the steel sharpens to a wicked edge easily. I am assured this knife is like a miniature sickle and a bumper crop of veg has been harvested with it this year.

Pope Zeke IV : I have no complaint whatsoever.

This #10 serpette is basically a mini-sickle. The blade was sharp out of the package--razor sharp--as I expected from an Opinel. The tip is blunted for safety. It does not lock in the closed postion as #8 serpette. But it locks in open position. The blade is rather tight in the wooden handle, so it would not easily deployed by accident. All opinel blades come with 90 degree grind, so it would throw a good shower of sparks from a firesteel.

Edward E. Mingle : Malfunction

I love the knife
But it will not lock in the closed but does in the open position ..What do you suggest ?

mRj : great for clearing palm tree roots

bought knife for pruning but found the curved blade gets in the way of cutting when branches are too close together. knife is sharp but did not "lock" when cutting in the direction away from a person. had to clear some palm tree roots when repairing a sprinkler line and found this curved knife great for cutting through the dirt and hacking the queen palm roots. using this knife for root cutting (up to 1/2 inch in diameter) is wonderful because you don't have to clear away dirt and then use shears or a lopper to cut the roots.

review update--knife does lock but the Virobloc on my knife only engages "lock" in open position by twisting the Virobloc counter-clockwise. the stop area is about 1/16" and does work loose when cutting roots in the dirt which then releases the "lock." the Yatagan style is good for root cutting but was slightly awkward for trimming/pruning such as removing unripen figs. recommend highly to clear vegetation around sprinkler lines since you can hook the roots and cut also under and around the pvc pipes due to knife's shape and slim profile. planning to get the Opinel garden knife to do pruning.

S.M. : Sharp comfortable and light wight!

Extremely Sharp right out of the box! nice fill to it and seems to be very comfortable not hevy at all. Awesome!

Lann Stewart : Love this knife for the garden

Opinel always puts out a great product at a reasonable price. I wanted something that would allow me to pull when I cut my plants. I find this great for cutting my Comfrey and cabbage heads. Be careful as it is extremely sharp and twist the lock in place before using. I just need to figure out how to properly sharpen it when in dulls.

S.M. : Sharp comfortable and light wight!

Extremely Sharp right out of the box! nice fill to it and seems to be very comfortable not hevy at all. Awesome!

Narno06 : it's an Opinel so yes it's good

Opinel is the brand of pocket knife for the working class: rugged, sturdy, usually on the cheap side you don't mind losing one or getting one rusty. If you take care of your Opinel you might keep it a life time.
This one is very specific due to its shape and a bit pricier than the other Opinels I own, so I will take care of it a bit more.
One thing: do not forget to lock the blade when opened, it is a manual step and could save you an unpleasant surprise.

azerty : au top

serpette opinel au top!! rien a redire c'est de l'opinel!! Très pratique pour le jardinage, bricolage, ou pour moi au niveau professionnel car je suis artisan dans le bâtiment. l'envoie a été rapide. Lame inox donc pas d'entretien a faire ni besoin d'y faire particulièrement attention pour éviter l'oxydation... robuste il pardonne pas mal de chose sans abime le bois ou la lame (dans une certaine mesure évidemment). a recommander

Amazon Customer : Quality product, from a trusted brand

Quality product. Opinel offer a great range of products. Value for money, as you will not need to buy another pruning knife.

Alan : Might not be as sharp as it should be.

Others have commented how sharp this knife is. I would expect an opinel knife to be pretty sharp but the one I recieved was blunt. It did not appear to have been sharpened at the factory so I returned it for a refund.

Opinel No. 10 Pruning Folding Knife - Stainless Steel for Pruning, Grafting, Orchards, Vineyards, and Gardening review and price compare 2025

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Questions about Opinel No. 10 Pruning Folding Knife - Stainless Steel for Pruning, Grafting, Orchards, Vineyards, and Gardening

How well does this cut 1/4-inch branches off bushes and shrubs if I want to collect cuttings for propagation? Thanks

It came with the wrong size of virobloc, it does not lock it in closed position. How do I replace lock?

Does it fold as the title states? It doesn't look like it to me in one of the pitures.

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