Opinel - Intempora Trio Knife Set – Premium 3-Piece Full-Tang Professional Culinary Collection

Opinel - Intempora Trio Knife Set – Premium 3-Piece Full-Tang Professional Culinary Collection

The Opinel Intempora Trio Knife Set is a professional-grade, high-performance culinary collection masterfully engineered to instill complete confidence, mechanical strength, and fluid precision on your workstation. Belonging to Opinel's elite Intempora range, this heavy-duty set features a premium full-tang architecture, meaning the blade steel runs continuously through the entire length of the handle. This design delivers exceptional physical balance, superior structural integrity, and maximum slicing leverage. Comprising three fundamental kitchen workhorses—a 20 cm Chef Knife, a 16 cm Carving Knife, and a 10 cm Paring Knife—every instrument is outfitted with an ultra-resistant polymer handle and a razor-sharp blade forged from high-purity Swedish stainless steel, establishing the ultimate low-maintenance fleet for commercial kitchens and passionate home chefs alike.

Best For Professional chefs, culinary students, and dedicated home meal preppers looking for a complete, heavy-duty, and full-tang essential knife set that provides exceptional wrist control and handles high-volume processing without fading or warping.

Key Features

• Premium Full-Tang Architecture: The blade steel extends seamlessly throughout the entire handle of all three knives, providing professional weight distribution, extreme structural stability, and maximum downward leverage at the prep station.

• Sandvik 12C27 Swedish Stainless Steel: Forged from premium **Swedish 12C27 stainless steel**, celebrated for its elite structural purity, outstanding resistance to corrosion, and ability to hold a razor-sharp edge under heavy daily use.

• Essential 3-Piece Foundation Fleet: Curates the three most critical kitchen profiles into one unified set, covering everything from heavy-duty chopping and precision slicing to intricate close-up trimming work.

• Ultra-Resistant Engineered Polymer Handles: Molded from a high-density, technical polymer that provides absolute defense against extreme temperature fluctuations, chemical sanitizers, heavy mechanical impact, and kitchen moisture absorption.

• Seamless Professional Ergonomics: The contoured, polished handle profiles fill the palm naturally, ensuring a highly secure, non-slip grip that significantly reduces hand and wrist fatigue during high-frequency ingredient processing.

Specifications

• Set Inclusions: 20 cm Chef Knife, 16 cm Carving Knife, 10 cm Paring Knife

• Blade Construction: High-Performance Full-Tang / Forged Precision Stamped

• Blade Steel: Premium Sandvik 12C27 Modified Swedish Stainless Steel

• Handle Material: High-Density Ultra-Resistant Engineered Polymer

• Handle Type: Low-Maintenance Ergonomic Comfort Grip

• Total Size Category: Full-Scale Professional Kitchen Series

• Manufacturing Origin: Crafted by Opinel France

Individual Knife Breakdown & Ideal Applications

• N°218 Chef Knife (20 cm): The core powerhouse of the kitchen. Perfectly balanced for rock-chopping dense root vegetables, dicing onions, mincing leafy green herbs, and sectioning primal cuts of poultry or beef.

• N°220 Carving Knife (16 cm): Features a slim, agile profile optimized for clean, fluid slicing. Ideal for carving uniform slices of hot Sunday roasts, trimming silver skin from tenderloins, portioning turkey breast, and slicing delicate cold meats.

• N°226 Paring Knife (10 cm): The ultimate precision instrument. Designed to offer maximum tip control for detailed hand-peeling, coring fresh tomatoes, scraping out pepper seeds, hulling strawberries, and executing intricate garnishes.

Pro Tip & Intempora Maintenance: The Intempora Trio Set represents Opinel's highest tier of kitchen durability; thanks to its advanced engineered polymer handles and premium Swedish stainless steel blades, these knives offer maximum resistance to moisture, staining, and heat. While this heavy-duty technical construction makes them highly capable of surviving occasional machine washing, hand washing is strongly recommended by professional chefs to preserve the razor sharpness of the cutting edges over the long term. Simply wash with warm, soapy water after meal prep, dry thoroughly with a soft cloth, and store them safely in a knife block or on a magnetic rack to keep your prep station performing flawlessly!

Oversized Item Delivery Options

Oversized, heavy, and structural goods ship via specialist freight. Freight is calculated at checkout from estimated packaged volumetric or physical weight. Carrier depot audits may adjust the rate — if the increase exceeds 10%, we will contact you before processing.

Available options include:

✔ Delivery to your closest depot for pickup — default method
✔ Direct delivery — requires an operational forklift on site unless Tailgate Delivery has been specifically requested and quoted (contact us — this cannot be selected at checkout)
✔ Tailgate hydraulic lift delivery — must be specifically requested; contact us for a quote (not available as a checkout option; extra fees apply; required if you do not have a forklift)
✔ Forklift loading at our warehouse (no extra charge if you arrange your own freight)
✔ Direct truck delivery (available in Victoria)

Important Notes:

• Shipping costs vary by location and method
• Any carton or consignment over 25–30kg (or over 200cm) must be palletised
• Without a specifically requested and paid Tailgate Delivery quote, palletised freight requires a forklift on site — otherwise the carrier will redirect to the nearest depot
• Bulky and oversized items cannot be delivered to a PO Box — provide a physical street address
• Failed deliveries, locked gates, unattended sites, or incorrect business/forklift declarations may incur carrier redelivery, demurrage, and restocking fees as set out in our Terms & Conditions

Business Delivery:

• Selecting a business/commercial delivery rate warrants that the address has an operational forklift and certified operator during business hours
• If the carrier cannot unload, the consignment may be redirected to a depot and secondary fees may apply
• Additional fees may apply for failed delivery attempts due to lack of appropriate unloading equipment

See our Terms & Conditions (Article 8) for full freight and delivery rules.

Important Note on Availability & Shipping

Our warehouse is a logistics hub, not a retail showroom. Listing a product online does not mean it is stored at our Thomastown warehouse — many lines ship from supplier hubs (split fulfilment may apply).

How lead times work:

• Product page ETA: The Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) / lead-time badge shown on the product page at checkout is the agreed delivery timeframe for that order under Australian Consumer Law.
• Metro baselines: Advertised ETAs apply to standard metropolitan zones. Regional and remote addresses may take longer and may attract surcharges.
• Peak seasons: Orders in March–May, August–October, EOFY (June), Black Friday/Cyber Monday (November), and Christmas/New Year (December–January) may automatically add a 2–4 week buffer beyond the product page ETA.
• Supplier-dependent / backordered items: If stock is delayed, we will notify you with a revised ETA. You then have 7 days to accept the new timeframe or cancel for a full refund.
• Adloheat: Custom-made products from Adloheat (Pakenham, VIC) may take 4–12 weeks depending on the order.

Full fulfilment, cancellation, and freight rules are in our Terms & Conditions.

Biosecurity & Interstate Shipping Restrictions

Due to strict state biosecurity regulations, we are unable to ship some products to certain states and territories:

• Potting Mixes cannot be shipped to Western Australia (WA), the Northern Territory (NT), or Tasmania (TAS).
• Seeds cannot be shipped to Western Australia (WA).

Orders placed for these items to restricted states will be cancelled and refunded. It is the customer's responsibility to ensure that the items being ordered can lawfully be delivered to their state or territory.