Opinel - Vegetable Knife N°114 – Premium Tourné / Bird’s Beak Kitchen Prep Knife

Opinel - Vegetable Knife N°114 – Premium Tourné / Bird’s Beak Kitchen Prep Knife

The Opinel Vegetable Knife N°114 is a highly specialised culinary tool, often celebrated by chefs as a "bird’s beak" or tourné knife due to its distinctive hooked shape. Specifically engineered for intricate, off-the-cutting-board food preparation, its uniquely curved silhouette enhances wrist agility and cutting control. Outfitted with a selection of beautifully finished wooden handles, this nimble knife combines traditional European craftsmanship with exceptional precision, making it an essential asset for home cooks, bakers, and gourmet curators alike.

Best For Culinary enthusiasts, pastry chefs, and meal preppers seeking an agile, ultra-precise knife optimized for peeling, shaping, and hulling fruits and vegetables directly in the hand.

Key Features

• Agile Curved Blade Profile: The **7.6 cm bird's beak blade** curves inward, perfectly mimicking the natural contours of rounded fruits and vegetables to deliver seamless, ultra-close peeling with minimal food waste.

• Premium Sandvik Stainless Steel: Forged from elite **Sandvik stainless steel** of European origin, ensuring superb corrosion resistance, outstanding mechanical strength, and a razor-sharp edge that handles moisture and food acids flawlessly.

• Built-In Scraping Back: The spine (back) of the blade is purposefully engineered to function as a gentle scraper, allowing you to easily remove surface blemishes, potato eyes, or dirt without wasting the underlying flesh.

• Optimal Material Hardness: Hardened to **55-57 HRC** on the Rockwell Scale, striking the ultimate balance between durable edge retention and effortless routine re-sharpening.

• Charming Handle Selection: Customise your kitchen workspace with a choice between a traditional, rustic natural **Beech** wood handle or an array of vibrant, moisture-resistant **Hornbeam** timber finishes—including **Plum, Sky Blue, Rouge, Violet, Sage, Khaki, and Blue**.

Specifications

• Blade Length: 7.62 cm (7.6 cm functional edge)

• Blade Profile: Inwardly Curved / Bird’s Beak (Tourné)

• Blade Material: Premium European Sandvik Stainless Steel

• Blade Hardness: 55-57 HRC

• Handle Material: High-Quality French Beechwood or Varnished Hornbeam Wood

• Available Colours: Natural, Plum, Sky Blue, Rouge, Violet, Sage, Khaki, Blue

• Manufacturing Origin: Made in Europe

Ideal For (Uses)

• Intricate Peeling & Shaping: Flawlessly removing the skins from rounded produce like apples, pears, potatoes, and root vegetables, as well as executing classic French "tourné" vegetable cuts.

• Delicate Fruit Prep: Slicing cleanly through the soft, slick flesh of nectarines, plums, and peaches, or effortlessly hulling strawberries and coring tomatoes with ultimate control.

• Garnishing & Creative Plating: An exceptional tool for scoring decorative patterns on citrus peels, carving intricate radishes, and shaping beautiful garnishes for grazing boards and cocktails.

Pro Tip: Unlike standard flat paring knives that are designed for a cutting board, the N°114 bird's beak knife is explicitly shaped to work with the natural roll of your thumb for air-cutting and peeling. To protect the stunning grain and structural longevity of the premium wood handle, always hand-wash the knife with warm, soapy water after use and wipe it completely dry immediately—never place it in the dishwasher or leave it soaking in a wet sink.

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.