This is a #7, I bought one from Amazon. It doesn't say Coghlan's anymore because I sanded the sides down so it would be a little thinner. I also filed down the tip into a drop point. And yes, it will swell and get sticky. Mine is difficult to open right now.

Here are some interesting modifications:
Opinel art

I got that link as well as the idea for my modifications from some forum in the last few months. I can't find anything searching this forum, so I think it was somewhere else. <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />