Thread: knife help

Originally Posted by turner nz

looking at one knife that will do everything well maybe a svord 870BB ? my knife knowledge is lacking all suggestions welcome

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The steel is good quality and will hold its edge well. The shape is personal preference so I can't really comment on it.

Get a good quality knife like any of the above and with a little care it will last a lifetime.

I don't really like the 870 shape unless you happened to be doing a lot of pighunting, and even then a long straight length of blade is not all that usefull, often I'd find myself wanting a seperate skinning knife with an 870 style of blade.


For general work see my knife in this thread http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...html#post36229 - you won't get another one of these but there are several similar shapes around including a Zedtech - While I haven't hung up as many sheep as a full time farmer might have I can still hold my own with any of my high country manager friends in that game, and my knife has ben provided for a pattern for them at least twice.

Sometime when I have a few spare $$ I'm going to get a new blade patterned off it myself, and will try to refine the shape to ever so slightly soften the transition from the heel to tip (some call this the "belly area of the blade)

Here is a picture of one that has very good blade shape, although I don't like the overall execution

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