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

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Product overview

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.

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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

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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

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

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.

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.

Product reviews of Opinel No. 10 Pruning Folding Knife - Stainless Steel for Pruning, Grafting, Orchards, Vineyards, and Gardening

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.

bretwalda : Great gift idea

Great gifts!

Ahab : nice for heavy penknife stuff

Ok.there are two of these feckers.

The smaller one has a pleasantly curved very sharp stainless blade, nice for heavy penknife stuff.

The larger has an awesome nearly 90 degree hooked sickle type doohickey in the same ultra sharp stainless..

I wanted to get my dad the latter for his birthday. Had to buy both to find out they were different...keeping the smaller one..

(Get the small rectangular Gerber ceramic sharpener for a scary sharp blade)

Amazon Customer : Sturdy albeit oddly shaped when folded

Great for trimming bunches of flowers, fruit, stems, etc. Curved blade make it surprisingly useful.

Amazon Kunde : Supersichel

Preis/ Leistung optimal!

Mark : Should be 7 star..

Great knife, and razor sharp!

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.

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.

Mike H. : Great knife!

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

J. Pecoraro : Perfect tool for the garden

Nice sharp tool for cutting zucchini and many other vegetables off the vine. Folds up nicely. Can be locked when knife extended. Would recommend for a gardener.

Wanda : Works wonders pruning bird of paradise plant

I saw a pruning knife like this one on a video when I was looking for help on how to prune my vastly overgrown bird of paradise plants. I had been using other garden shears and even an old kitchen knife to cut out last year's stalks, but the curved blade on this pruning knife was just what I needed! It gets in and around the stalks at the base and makes the job so much easier. My plants look better than they have in decades! All the old stalks have been easily pruned out. This knife is made for this task. I love it! It fits my hand nicely and folds up to safely tuck away the sharp blade.

Martha Lopez : Muy bueno!

Buena calidad y facil de manejar

Ken Provus : IT WORKS

I USE KNIVES QUITE A LOT, OPINEL KNIVES ARE VERY WELL MADE AND THE SIMPLE POSITIVE LOCK GIVES A SENSE OF CONFIDENCE. THIS BLADE STYLE IS VERY USEFUL AND I WAS HAPPY TO SEE IT.

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.

Chris : Not impressed

It feels flimsy, lightweight, and unbalanced for the cost. It does not feel good in the hand. Returning.

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 . . . . .

ButtKoWitz : My 6th Opinel

Yes there are plenty of higher quality knives in the world... Opinels, for the money, are incredible knives. This No.10 Pruning is my 6th Opinel purchase -- and I love them all! I primarily use them for gardening, backpacking (*light weight*), and at work (merchant mariner). Yet to break on, or have one fail. But I did lose one. :(

Sebastian : Decepción

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

justme : great buy

excellent quality!

Katie : Does the job and does it well.

Razor sharp, did a fantastic job of cutting through Dock plant stems today, made the job a breeze.
Would have liked for it to be able to lock when closed (it locks when open) for safety, and the cutout for the blade is a bit rough on the edges, but overall very pleased.

golfladi : Works great on my bird of paradise

Great pruning knife. It folds up when not using which protects the blade. The blade is very sharp and makes pruning my bird of paradise so much easier.

Mike H. : Great knife!

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

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.

Hervé G. : Pour le jardin

J'avais besoin d'une serpette pour raccourcir rapidement la pousse envahissante de quelques plantes et c'était l'outil qui me manquait.

Rosemary Taylor : Works as advertised

Ordered these to use in cutting out diseased spore on an old tree I wanted to save. I had seen one like it in a
YouTube video I watched. When I searched Amazon, this one looked just like the one I saw the video. Expert had
said it was right size, etc. So I was very happy to find it. It worked perfectly to do what I needed done. Very sharp,
but designed in a way to avoid accidents. Used with a pair of special pruning gloves I also bought on Amazon.
Worked very well! Glad to now have it in my tool box for future needs. Pretty adaptable.

Matthew : If you need a pruning knife get one of these

Great product super sharp looks good and feels comfortable in the hand

Mark : Should be 7 star..

Great knife, and razor sharp!

justme : great buy

excellent quality!

carlos : It's an opinel !

I like it you get what you pay for

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!

Ken Provus : IT WORKS

I USE KNIVES QUITE A LOT, OPINEL KNIVES ARE VERY WELL MADE AND THE SIMPLE POSITIVE LOCK GIVES A SENSE OF CONFIDENCE. THIS BLADE STYLE IS VERY USEFUL AND I WAS HAPPY TO SEE IT.

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