Thread: Svord deluxe general purpose restoration tips ??

Ah its an off shore product, no wonder.

Originally Posted by Gapped axe

Ah its an off shore product, no wonder.

Now most expensive sword ever

So what’s the best pocket sharpener for a Mercator blade?

Originally Posted by The bomb

So what’s the best pocket sharpener for a Mercator blade?

tiny steel...I will see if can find link and post it......looks like biro pen ,bought off trademe...marketed as hook sharpener. pretty course so works a treat.


https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Lis...?id=2717341056 like this but cheaper...think it was $15 or suchlike. lives in my bumbag permanently.

Originally Posted by The bomb

So what’s the best pocket sharpener for a Mercator blade?

@The bomb the little diamond paddles work pretty sweet. Can strop to straighten the edge or actually sharpen with them whereas a steel will only strop it won't bring back a dulled edge, only a rolled one

@The bomb https://store.nzfarmsource.co.nz/cat...arpener/206944 $20, readily available and weigh nothing. No brainer, I thought.

Old thread but interesting to see some anti-Svord comments from Brads etc. I think it’s bollocks personally, I love my General Purpose. I carry a Dianova lapstone in the sheath (perfect fit, won’t fall out) and just give the knife a wee wipe between animals, it just does the bizzo all day long. I don’t care about the tarnishing of the carbon steel, I just clean it and oil it at the end of a trip and put it back in my bag.

Originally Posted by Flyblown

Old thread but interesting to see some anti-Svord comments from Brads etc. I think it’s bollocks personally, I love my General Purpose. I carry a Dianova lapstone in the sheath (perfect fit, won’t fall out) and just give the knife a wee wipe between animals, it just does the bizzo all day long. I don’t care about the tarnishing of the carbon steel, I just clean it and oil it at the end of a trip and put it back in my bag.

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Gotta agree with you mate, my old peasant did the buisness like a surgeon scalpel the other day and a quick touch up when I got home was all it needed after gutting and quatering a red deer.

Originally Posted by Flyblown

Old thread but interesting to see some anti-Svord comments from Brads etc. I think it’s bollocks personally, I love my General Purpose. I carry a Dianova lapstone in the sheath (perfect fit, won’t fall out) and just give the knife a wee wipe between animals, it just does the bizzo all day long. I don’t care about the tarnishing of the carbon steel, I just clean it and oil it at the end of a trip and put it back in my bag.

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Yeah to be fair though svord has had a few issues with ht over the years so it is definately possible to get a lemon.

L6 is a good staple carbon steel that will take a killer edge but comparative to more complex steels is relatively soft. With good technique it should do an animal no problems though.

Nothing tells a story like good carbon steel though