Opinel - N°08 Foraging Mushroom Folding Knife – Premium 7cm French Sandvik Stainless Pruning Knife with Boar Bristle Brush

Opinel - N°08 Foraging Mushroom Folding Knife – Premium 7cm French Sandvik Stainless Pruning Knife with Boar Bristle Brush

The Opinel N°08 Mushroom Knife is a world-renowned, highly specialized foraging instrument masterfully engineered to elevate your wild mushroom hunting and field-to-table preparation. Belonging to Opinel's legendary outdoor activity portfolio, this premium pocket folder features a distinctively curved hawkbill blade crafted from high-purity Scandinavian Sandvik 12C27 stainless steel. The elegant crescent silhouette is specifically calibrated to slice cleanly through delicate mushroom stems with a single fluid pull-cut, preventing damage to the underground fungal mycelium. Outfitted with an aggressive serrated scraping spine to instantly strip away debris and an authentic boar bristle brush integrated into the base of the natural beechwood handle, this knife allows you to clean your chanterelles, porcini, or morels directly at the harvesting site. Complete with the patented dual-action Virobloc® twist-lock safety collar, this pocket companion is the definitive gold standard for passionate mycologists, forest foragers, and wilderness epicureans alike.

Best For Dedicated mushroom foragers, wild food gatherers, nature hikers, and culinary enthusiasts seeking a highly specialized, compact pocket knife optimized to slice, scrape, and dust clean wild mushrooms directly in the field.

Key Features

• Surgical Crescent Hawkbill Blade: The curved 7.2 cm blade mimics natural biological shapes, pulling effortlessly through fleshy mushroom stalks without crushing or bruising the delicate edible caps.

• Authentic Wild Boar Bristle Brush: Features genuine boar bristles mounted into the base of the timber frame, offering the perfect combination of firmness and flexibility to dust away dirt, pine needles, and soil from gills instantly.

• Aggressive Non-Cutting Scraping Spine: The reverse side of the stainless steel blade is precision-engineered with a localized serrated spine, allowing you to scrape away stubborn dirt or mud from root bases without dulling the main edge.

• Premium Sandvik 12C27 Stainless Steel: Forged from an elite Scandinavian alloy enriched with Carbon and Chromium, delivering remarkable structural purity, high stain defense against forest dampness, and an easily maintainable edge.

• Dual-Action Virobloc® Safety Ring: Features Opinel's legendary rotating safety ring collar, allowing you to completely **lock the blade open during field harvesting** or **secure it tightly closed** during pocket transport.

Specifications

• Model Series: Authentic N°08 Specialist Foraging & Outdoor Activity Fleet

• Blade Length: 7.2 cm (Crescent Foraging Profile)

• Handle Length: 8.9 cm (Excluding bristle extension)

• Overall Length: 20.3 cm (Full structural extension from tip to brush base)

• Blade Steel: Sandvik 12C27 Modified Stainless Alloy

• Handle Material: Natural Fine-Grained European Beech Wood

• Cleaning Appliance: Premium Genuine Wild Boar Bristles

• Safety Mechanism: Dual-Action Virobloc® Safety Twist Ring (Locks open and closed)

• Manufacturing Origin: Masterfully Crafted by Opinel in Chambéry, France

Ideal For (Foraging & Field Mycology Applications)

• Precise Wild Mushroom Foraging: Collecting wild chanterelles, porcini, pine mushrooms, and morels, slicing through stems at soil level cleanly to maintain optimal environmental sustainability.

• Field-Side Basket Prep & Cleaning: Scraping away gritty dirt columns using the serrated spine and brushing delicate gill cavities clean in the woods, ensuring your harvest is completely debris-free before it ever hits your kitchen basket.

• Intricate Horticultural & Garden Pruning: Executing delicate pull-cuts on small vines, deadheading flowers, harvesting backyard culinary herbs, and managing small greenhouse plant propagations.

• The Ultimate Gift for Nature Lovers: An exceptionally thoughtful, unique heirloom keepsake for bushcrafters, gourmet chefs, hikers, and outdoorsmen who celebrate the art of harvesting wild foods.

Pro Tip & Foraging Fleet Maintenance: The N°08 Mushroom Knife is built to handle humid, earthy field conditions, but simple post-forage maintenance is essential to preserve its specialized natural components. Never submerge the knife in water or wash it in an automatic dishwasher, as moisture will swell the beechwood frame and damage the genuine boar bristles. Simply wipe the stainless steel blade down with a warm, damp cloth after your trek and use your fingers to flick away any pine resin or dirt from the brush. Allow the brush to air dry completely face down. An occasional single drop of food-safe mineral oil applied to the pivot pin will keep the Virobloc safety ring spinning smoothly, ensuring your foraging knife remains in pristine condition for decades of seasonal harvests!

Oversized Item Delivery Options

Since oversized items require special handling, we may need to provide a custom freight quote for your order and will contact you with an updated shipping rate.

Available options include:

✔ Delivery to your closest depot for pickup - default method
✔ Direct delivery - requires forklift on site
✔ Direct delivery with tailgate lift truck (extra fees apply)
✔ 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
• Because of the forklift requirement, delivery to the nearest depot is the default option and will be the method used unless you contact us to request otherwise.

Business Delivery:

• Business delivery is available for commercial customers only
• If you select business delivery and your products are bulky, it is your responsibility to ensure you have appropriate equipment (including forklifts) to unload products from the delivery truck
• If you select business delivery and you are not a business, you risk your product not being delivered and may incur additional fees to retrieve your order
• Business delivery customers must provide a valid business address and contact information
• Additional fees may apply for failed delivery attempts due to lack of appropriate unloading equipment

Let us know your preference, and we'll arrange the best solution for you!

Important Note on Availability & Shipping

Our warehouse serves as our office and logistics centre rather than a retail showroom. Because we ship from multiple locations and manage high-turnover stock, not all items are available for immediate pickup.

Lead Times:

• In-Stock Items: Usually ready for dispatch the same day.
• Supplier-Dependent Items: Usually take 2–8 weeks to arrive, depending on supplier availability. Products from Adloheat may take 8–12 weeks to manufacture—they are made to order in Australia by a small business, and longer lead times reflect the care put into quality.

While we strive for fast delivery, some timelines are subject to supplier availability and are beyond our control. We appreciate your patience as we source the best quality gear for your project.

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.