Photos Swedge me!! (Livin’ on the swedge)

[ferider]

Good Lord.....what's the weight on that monstrosity?

No fat-shaming please I think it is 25oz or so, have to put it on the scale again.

 

[J. Doyle]

No fat-shaming please I think it is 25oz or so, have to put it on the scale again.

Lol.....no shaming intended. That is just a chunk of steel.

If current trends continue, the steel alone in that could make it quite the sound investment.

 

[TheArab]

Another Swedge..

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

 

[000Robert]

I love swedges!

 

[Billy The Blade]

 

[shane45-1911]

 

[Billy The Blade]

I love swedges!

That's what She said...Err, wait



B.T.B.

 

[tony281sc2]

I love swedges!

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The one on the bottom is beautiful, what is it? Looks like a Carothers model..

 

[000Robert]

The one on the bottom is beautiful, what is it? Looks like a Carothers model..

Yep, she's the Carothers UF2 with Tri-Rag scales.

 

[Billy The Blade]

 

[catspa]

Apparently Robert is cornering the market on Carothers, and the driftwood needed to support them. He always shows some beauties.

Parker

 

[000Robert]

Apparently Robert is cornering the market on Carothers, and the driftwood needed to support them. He always shows some beauties.

Parker

Ha ha, not even close! You should see some of the CPK collections that other guys have.

 

[Alone]

Ha ha, not even close! You should see some of the CPK collections that other guys have.

I feel the same way about a lot of you guys..."Carothers guys", "Busse guys", "Gossman guys", "Deep Cuts Cutlery guys", etc...I'll NEVER catch-up.

 

[Alone]

 

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[000Robert]

I feel the same way about a lot of you guys..."Carothers guys", "Busse guys", "Gossman guys", "Deep Cuts Cutlery guys", etc...I'll NEVER catch-up.

I don't even try to catch up. That kind of collecting is a wealthy person's game, and I'm not wealthy.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

I use knives to duburr things like the inside of a cut pipe or open up a hole etc. I like a swedge on a knife that's used like that (where the spine is riding against the inside of the cut) because it rides over little bumps in the cut more smoothly which reduces the tendency of the edge to gouge. It gives a smoother cut.

A large swedge can take some weight off the end of a tip heavy knife without some of the disadvantages of a clip.

When used as a design element it is a way to drop the shoulders to create a diamond cross section of a reinforced point, where you want the widest part of the blade (the shoulders) directly behind and in line with the point.

A swedge can be functional, not just for looks. It's a tool in the arsenal when you're trying to shape a blade for a particular use.