Opinel - N°312 Paring Knife Essentiels+ – Premium Low-Maintenance Precision Kitchen Paring Knife

Opinel - N°312 Paring Knife Essentiels+ – Premium Low-Maintenance Precision Kitchen Paring Knife

The Opinel N°312 Paring Knife Essentiels+ is an incredibly agile, high-utility culinary instrument masterfully engineered for absolute precision and low-maintenance longevity in the kitchen. Featuring a razor-sharp 9.5 cm smooth stainless steel blade, this essential tool belongs to Opinel’s advanced Essentiels+ collection, which updates classic French utility with modern, high-durability materials. Outfitted with a vibrant, moisture-resistant polymer handle, it delivers maximum tip control and physical leverage, making it effortless to execute close-up peeling, trimming, coring, and intricate slicing on your workstation.

Best For Home cooks, busy family kitchens, and meal preppers seeking a razor-sharp, ultra-durable paring knife that provides exceptional grip control and can handle daily washing without fading or absorbing moisture.

Key Features

• Nimble 9.5 cm Precision Blade: Professionally proportioned to provide the ultimate physical leverage and tip control, making it incredibly effortless to maneuver around small fruits, seeds, and tight produce contours.

• Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Handle: Molded from a high-density, technical polymer that provides absolute defense against moisture absorption, dirt, household chemicals, and kitchen temperature fluctuations.

• Vibrant High-Visibility Colors: Brighten up your knife block and prevent kitchen cross-contamination with three striking color choices—available in **Blue**, **Green**, or **Red**.

• High-Performance Stainless Steel: Forged from premium European stainless steel, offering outstanding edge retention combined with remarkable resistance to rust, staining, and organic food acids.

• Seamless French Craftsmanship: Carrying forward more than 130 years of elite Opinel toolmaking tradition, this paring knife brings timeless alpine reliability and elegant functional design directly to your kitchen countertop.

Specifications

• Blade Length: 9.5 cm

• Handle Length: 10.5 cm

• Overall Length: 19.0 cm

• Blade Profile: Straight Edge Precision Paring / Drop Point Utility Profile

• Blade Material: High-Performance Corrosion-Resistant Stainless Steel

• Handle Material: Fibre-Reinforced Engineered Polymer

• Blade Construction: Rigid Fixed Blade / Precision Stamped

• Available Colours: Blue, Green, Red

• Manufacturing Origin: Crafted by Opinel France

Ideal For (Uses)

• Detailed Fruit & Veg Prep: The ultimate choice for slicing fresh apples for a pie, hulling strawberries, coring tomatoes, scraping out pepper seeds, and slicing small radishes with uniform precision.

• Intricate Hand-Peeling: Effortlessly stripping the skin from potatoes, apples, pears, and ginger, or removing the tough papery outer layers from shallots and garlic cloves.

• Nimble Mushroom Cleaning: Perfectly proportioned to cleanly trim down woody stems, scrape away grit, and quarter delicate mushroom caps without tearing the flesh.

• Fine Herb & Garnish Slicing: Mincing single cloves of garlic, trimming thin ribbons of chili, or shaving ginger coins to garnish finished gourmet platters.

Pro Tip & Care Guidance: The N°312 Essentiels+ series represents a major leap in everyday convenience; thanks to its advanced fibre-reinforced polymer handle and premium stainless steel blade, this knife resists dirt and moisture far better than traditional timber handles. While this technical construction makes it highly resistant to the damp environment of a modern kitchen, hand washing is still recommended by culinary experts to preserve the razor-sharp cutting edge over the long term. Simply hand-wash the blade with warm, soapy water after meal prep, dry it completely with a soft towel, and store it safely in a knife block or drawer dock.

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.