Stupid question on blade grind lines.

Joe58

Joe58

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I just received a nice Schatt & Morgan EZ Open jack (everyone should buy one - nice knife) and in looking at the blade, I noticed near the end of the blade, the swedge is this called?, is not equally beveled on both sides of the blade as I've seen in every other knife. This appears to be intentional but I fail to see why bevel one side and not the other.

Has anyone else seen this and have a reason for it? Just trying to learn all the ins and outs on traditionals. Two slabs of titanium and a piece of sharpened S30v is a lot simpler.

This is my first EZ Open, so maybe it's something particular to these models? Really like the EZ Open btw.

Thanks guys and I apologize for my poor pics. Joe
 

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Not sure there's a hard and fast rule that any swedge must be symmetrical about the spine of the blade. Although you see quite a few that are, there are also some that arent. That would appear to be such an example. Swedges arent terribly functional other than thinning the blade a little at the tip (kind of like the "fuller" or blood groove on the Marble's Ideal/Kabar USMC knife, etc. etc.). Even a half-swedge as you show does serve to thin the blade a bit.
 
On a couple multi blade knives I have, uneven swedge or blade grinds have to do with blade clearance and/or nail nick placement.
 
Alan G. said:
On a couple multi blade knives I have, uneven swedge or blade grinds have to do with blade clearance and/or nail nick placement.
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What Alan said.

I have several knives with swedges on one side of the blade only.
 
The swedge should be even on both sides of the blade regardless of the number of blades since it is done on the top part of the blade. I would find out if they could take care of this issue so that you have a rightous knife.
 
There is nothing wrong with your knife.
 
the side with the nail nick or long pull will typically have a different swedge than the other side, a long pull without a cut swedge might look strange, but on the other side it doesn't matter for a non-nested blade, in fact you are getting a marginally stronger blade tip by having more metal on it.
 
Markesharp said:
The swedge should be even on both sides of the blade regardless of the number of blades since it is done on the top part of the blade. I would find out if they could take care of this issue so that you have a rightous knife.
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Not true. Beautiful knife, specifically designed the way it is.
 
Consider swedging a blade as a functional step for thinning that evolved into something that is now mostly decorative.

The OP's knife is fine. The swedges are actually very beautifully done.
 
knarfeng said:
There is nothing wrong with your knife.
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Oh, I didn't think there was anything wrong with it, I just found it unusual is all. It's a single blade knife, ez open, so it can't be to help with opening. I guess that's just how they made it. I like it though. A very nice slippie. It'll be in the rotation but I doubt it will take over my Electrician for the top spot.
 
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