Thread: Svord

What's the consensus? I bought a 3" EDC Hiker on impulse from outdoor supplies, going to take it tahr hunting next week. Grind is pretty uneven from new but it's nice and light. Covered in some sticky greasy stuff, presumably to stop it rusting on the shelf in the store

Take a steel

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Take a steel

I have a small diamond steel.

Yep either a easy to sharpen knife with a steel or a knife capable of holding a good edge for the duration/no of animals expected.

I prefer the former option, because it sucks if you get the latter option wrong and end up trying to butcher things with an incredibly blunt knife.

I am pretty lazy so cant be bothered carrying more than one animal most of the time

I personally think that Svords are as ugly as a bucket of smashed crabs, badly made and over priced. my two cents

This one was fifty one dollars

I bought a Kershaw Skyline for $50.

DONT take a steel
If you read what Svord says on website......very fine stone or better still ceramic rods
Ive got a svord peasant knife that I literally "picked up" and its great for my hunting needs . last time we went out we had 2 reds and a pig to sort out..the Bacho did the skinning and boning and the svord the slicing and dicing...purely because of blade shape.

these are my favourites to carry

but I have a few to chose from

and then there is fixed blade option

Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

I've never liked them either. But then I dont like many so called hunting knives. I carry a Mercator while hunting and use a standard boner (Victorinox, Eiker, Dick etc) for butchering. "Hunting" knives are to heavy for my liking.

same. this 3" hiker weighs next to nothing though

It will be fine as you propose gimp.

The handle will end up a dirty mess though. I wonder if an embalming of the cord with an epoxy mix would fill the gaps, hold it all together and seal it?