Anyone put a swedge on a knife using a wicked edge?

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I like swedges and was wondering if a wicked edge would work. Looking for advice before I mess up a knife. Thanks
 
I have no experience with the wicked edge system, but I have swedged a couple knives using a TSPROF... :cool:
 
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Thread 'A Brief Study On Swedges'

Someone asked a while back, "What is a swedge and what are they used for?" My mentor Tony Bose and I sat down and he explained what was going on with the swedges on the knife in the following images. (Thanks Tony!)

Swedges have 4 basic purposes:

1. They improve the eye appeal of a blade.

2. They make the blade thinner at the spine and therefore improve it's ability to cut.

Specific to slip joint folding knives they:
3. Make room for the blades to pass each other when opening and closing.

4. Provide access to nail pulls

This 3 blade premium stockman has some good...
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Swedges are common on bowies , fighting knives , some bushcraft , field knives etc .

Functional swedges vary from nearly sharp to very sharp . They have many uses, but can get in the way of some utility .

I put a crude swedge on my Cold Steel Dip Forged Bowie , using a flap disc on an angle grinder .



 
Seems like using a WE might be very slow going? Depending on the spine thickness and blade hardness. I've done it with a belt grinder (careful not to overheat!) but without that, maybe do the grunt work with sandpaper or a diamond file, then finish with the WE?

Oh wait maybe he means a powered WE
 
fishface5 said:
Seems like using a WE might be very slow going? Depending on the spine thickness and blade hardness. I've done it with a belt grinder (careful not to overheat!) but without that, maybe do the grunt work with sandpaper or a diamond file, then finish with the WE?

Oh wait maybe he means a powered WE
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Not powered. Yes, it would be slow but I wouldn't feel confident on a belt grinder. I would have to practice on several knives first. Nothing I know (that I have access to) would be more controllable than a sharpener like the WE.

I've spent over an hour on a reprofile and figured this would be similar.
 
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