Opinel - Spreading Knife N°117 – Premium Small Condiment & Cheese Board Spreader

Opinel - Spreading Knife N°117 – Premium Small Condiment & Cheese Board Spreader

The Opinel Spreading Knife N°117 is an expertly crafted kitchen essential designed to bring ease and elegance to your daily dining routines and weekend entertaining. Featuring a short, broad blade profile with a smoothly rounded tip, this compact tool excels at scooping, portioning, and spreading thick condiments, jams, and soft cheeses with ultimate precision. Outfitted with a comfortably contoured wood handle available in a magnificent spectrum of tones, it combines classic European functionality with a vibrant modern aesthetic, making it an indispensable asset for breakfast tables and grazing platters alike.

Best For Brunch hosts, grazing board curators, and daily breakfast lovers seeking a highly durable, lightweight, and perfectly shaped condiment spreader that minimises food waste and maximises spreading efficiency.

Key Features

• Optimised Spreader Profile: Features a wide, rounded 6.5 cm blade specifically engineered to glide smoothly over bread, toast, and crackers, while effortlessly scraping the hard-to-reach bottom contours and shoulders of deep jars.

• Premium French Steel: Forged from high-quality **X50CrMoV15 stainless steel**, renowned in European culinary crafting for its exceptional anti-corrosive properties, structural integrity, and long-lasting performance.

• Durable Hornbeam Handle: Crafted from premium French hornbeam wood, providing an incredibly soft touch and an ergonomic, comfortable grip that instils complete confidence during heavy repetitive use.

• Spectacular Colour Palette: Customise your tabletop layout with an incredible array of vibrant handle finishes, including traditional **Natural**, alongside contemporary **Plum, Apple Green, Tangerine, Sky Blue, Fuchsia, Rouge, Violet, Sage, Khaki, and Blue**.

• Care-Free Cleaning Options: Designed with low-maintenance, high-performance materials that allow for effortless cleanup by hand or directly in the dishwasher for maximum daily convenience.

Specifications

• Blade Length: 6.5 cm

• Handle Length: 9.5 cm

• Overall Length: 16 cm

• Blade Material: Premium X50CrMoV15 Stainless Steel

• Handle Material: High-Quality French Hornbeam Wood

• Blade Tip: Wide Rounded Profile (Non-serrated spreader)

• Available Colours: Natural, Plum, Apple Green, Tangerine, Sky Blue, Fuchsia, Rouge, Violet, Sage, Khaki, Blue

Ideal For (Uses)

• Condiment & Jar Scraping: The perfect companion for reaching the very last remnants of peanut butter, Nutella, thick honey, lemon curd, and fruit marmalades out of deep jars.

• Gourmet Cheese Boards: An ideal centerpiece tool for portioning and smoothing soft cheeses like Brie, Camembert, whipped goat's cheese, ricottas, and savoury pâtés onto artisan crackers.

• Brunch & High Tea Platters: Adds a beautiful pop of colour and practical utility to family breakfast tables, continental brunch bars, and high tea spreads for spreading clotted cream or butter.

Pro Tip: While the N°117 is explicitly built to handle the mechanical demands and moisture of dishwasher cleaning, hand-washing your premium wooden cutlery is always an excellent practice to maintain the original depth and lustre of the colourful hornbeam handles over decades of use. Because the blade is crafted from premium X50CrMoV15 stainless steel, it completely resists staining from highly acidic ingredients like tomato pastes or citrus tapenades—simply wipe it clean, and it's ready to elevate your next meal!