I've had a lot of pocket knives in my life including a couple Opinels. I'd say this is easily on par in terms of quality but the lack of a locking blade is a non-issue for every day use since it has enough resistance to just moving and the small tab on the back of the blade is in the perfect spot for your thumb to hold it open. It's difficult to open one handed but that's not really what the knife was going for so that's fine with me.
