Question on swedges.

[sph3ric pyramid]

My EDC's an 806D2 now, and it has a slight swedge. I was wondering if this was to reduce the cross-section of the point, or merely to reduce the overall weight of the blade?

The reason I ask is because the knife came from the factory with slightly uneven primary bevels, so when I reprofiled the edge down to 30 included, the secondary bevels ended up being different heights, and to make the edge height/angle even throughout up to the point I had to grind into the swedge very slightly so the swedge does not reach the point anymore. I'm the kind of obsessive person that just *has* to have a uniform edge throughout, and so I couldn't stand the thicker point (hard to reprofile without benchstones).

So, while I doubt that this will affect performance to any significant degree, I was wondering if it would do any good to regrind the swedge back so it reaches the point again.

 

[Matt Shade]

Don't worry about it.
Its just another way to get sharp point. The blade has very little distal taper to it, so they grind a swedge in the spine to get a narrow point, and keep the thick cross section.
If the edge bevels come up to the point now, it should work pretty well. As long as it has a nice sharp tip, I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[Walking Man]

If you need a really sharp tip for any reason, sure. Otherwise, what Matt said.

 

[Crayola]

Ihave started improving the swedge on mine, as well as removing the black coating, and the serrations! I am regrinding the swedge to make the point, well, pointier. An Edge-Pro woulddo this task well. Alternately, re-grind the swedge if you want on a coarse and then medium stone, then use 400 grit paper to satin finish it. re-grinding a tip on the AFCK ought not take a lot of time since the swedge is nicely ground already.