Limited Edition No.08 Skate and Create, GUS (2017)
Opinel was born in Savoie in 1890 and has never left the department since. Today, artist Lucas Beaufort offers a new design to the giant Opinel of the Versus skatepark in Saint-Jean de Maurienne, which also becomes a limited edition of the N°8 knife.
Since its creation, in collaboration with the Skate and Create association, the skatepark has been designed as a place for creative expression. An outdoor museum in which we would discover the works while skating!
This is how we find the Opinel Volcano, which with its 6 meters high is the largest Opinel in the world, and what's more it's skateable!
This year the knife was redecorated by the artist Lucas Beaufort. A work that is of course at the heart of La Route de l'Opinel in Maurienne.
"My sources of inspiration are always the same. They are turned towards others. I love people and their stories. This is also what I translate into my artistic works, this idea of being connected with the world, of exchanging and sharing. The name of the knife reminds me of Gus: he is a character who has always been buried inside me, but who came out of my head following my trip to Cairo in 2018. He is very similar to me, he is a character who is half bird, half human and who never stops wandering around the world to live and share experiences with the world around him ," confides Lucas Beaufort to present his work.
On this occasion, Opinel is releasing the new N°08 GUS knife, in a limited edition whose handle features the colorful patterns of the work. The knife combines a stainless steel blade with a black ferrule. This limited series is published in 1000 copies, sold exclusively at the Opinel Museum from now on, 42 euros.
Note that 10 euros will be donated to the Skate and Create association for each knife sold. The purchase of this knife thus directly supports local skateboarding initiatives.