Bought a No.9 stainless the other day and love it but after reading about Opinel knives and the history I just needed a No.8 Carbone
that would make them illegal in France. Even in this form they're rather "tolerated". Depending on who and where you are, they may be confiscated
on deadit there was a community called Opinel Mods where some posted their opinels with thumb studs. Looks like an easy mod