Thread: Svord deluxe general purpose restoration tips ??

Originally Posted by dannyb

Ya lost me ? What's a strop ? Sorry for my ignorance

One version is a strip of leather used by the old barbers to sharpen their cut throat razors.

I have pieces of old ram harness hanging up where I have my stones. Stone them then a quick strop. My Svord gets used to cut electric fence tape a bit so dulls the blade real quick. In saying that I struggle to keep a good edge on the Svord. Found the stainless blades easier(or more used to doing them)


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Originally Posted by tiroatedson

I have pieces of old ram harness hanging up where I have my stones. Stone them then a quick strop. My Svord gets used to cut electric fence tape a bit so dulls the blade real quick. In saying that I struggle to keep a good edge on the Svord. Found the stainless blades easier(or more used to doing them)


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Im yet to come across a svord that will hold an edge for a whole animal

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Im yet to come across a svord that will hold an edge for a whole animal

Gotta shoot them for that to be a problem so I'm pretty safe for the time being

Originally Posted by tiroatedson

I have pieces of old ram harness hanging up where I have my stones. Stone them then a quick strop. My Svord gets used to cut electric fence tape a bit so dulls the blade real quick. In saying that I struggle to keep a good edge on the Svord. Found the stainless blades easier(or more used to doing them)


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If you lot don't stop stropping, I'm gonna need gumboots........

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Im yet to come across a svord that will hold an edge for a whole animal

Using yourself or others?.
I would expect just about any knife sharp at the start should last at least one.

Originally Posted by erniec

Using yourself or others?.
I would expect just about any knife sharp at the start should last at least one.

Myself and others. Can get a real awesome edge on them like really sharp but dulls pretty quick.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Myself and others. Can get a real awesome edge on them like really sharp but dulls pretty quick.

Agree crap knives.

Originally Posted by BRADS

Agree crap knives.

So what breed of knife do you @BRADS AND @Ryan_Songhurst use ?

Originally Posted by dannyb

So what breed of knife do you @BRADS AND @Ryan_Songhurst use ?

$35 at farmlands does a truck load of deer without needing a rub, lasts years and performs better than any sword or bark river I've used

The little vitronox knives are pretty impressive as well. Had one similar to the one in photo, left it in a lunchbox (for months) that happened to have a half full bag of salt... (picked up off a track) one small bit of corrosion on he edge and the rest buffed out with a bit of crc and steel wool

man I must be real old school or just plain getting old......
always carry a steel with me on sheath knife or if just taking folders Ive got a wee bic pen sized one that fits inside an alloy outer that works as handle....knives get a quick flick half way through weather they need it or not,good excuse for a stretch I reckon.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Myself and others. Can get a real awesome edge on them like really sharp but dulls pretty quick.

Thats Carbon steel knives for you man. They will all roll an edge when using against bone. Will come back to razor with a hone on a steel halfway through.

Modern stainless is way harder but once it's blunt it's blunt and will need a stone to bring it back.

The hc steels are typically way easier to put a fine edge on.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

man I must be real old school or just plain getting old......
always carry a steel with me on sheath knife or if just taking folders Ive got a wee bic pen sized one that fits inside an alloy outer that works as handle....knives get a quick flick half way through weather they need it or not,good excuse for a stretch I reckon.

100% man if you want to get the best from a carbon steel knife some sort of hone (strop or steel) is essential

@dannyb do your best to clean the pitting up as much as possible as this will be where rust takes first in the future.

I would force a patina, yellow mustard is my favourite medium for this.

Get a small hone to carry with you and this knife will last a long time. Good carbon knifes need a bit of maintenance but will take an edge unlike any other. Way more character is a nicely patina'd blade too