The Svord Peasant Folder

ocnLogan said:
Now you just need a Mora and a Tramontina to round out the super valuable blade category :).
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No doubt, ~$60 gets a whole lot of cutting done.
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Love the micarta on that mini, btw.
 
Just a note about Opinel sizes, since you're still in the shopping stages:

I carry a #9 in my briefcase or portfolio bag. If buying one for pocket carry, I'd prefer the #7.
The #8 is the most common size with the most variations, but size-wise it ends up being a compromise.

The obvious solution, of course, is to buy the variety pack.
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A shopping tidbit regarding the Peasant knives: If you're going to pocket-carry the knife or use it an office environment, the knives as-new smell pretty bad. The wood is soaked in some sort of noxious oil. It probably washes off, but how long for the smell to completely disappear?

If you're working at an industrial site or outdoors on a ranch, no one will notice. But indoors and close proximity to other peoples' work space, it could be a bit much.
 
I have the svord peasant and many opinels. My top choice is opinel, its not even close. They are not delicate slicers, but work horses, and fit the pocket better.
Honestly I think the #9 Opinel is the best size*, even if my #8 has the most pocket time. A #10 was my work knife of choice for a few yrs, and never had a single problem. I do think the Svord is nice, but its just not in the same club as the Opinels in my opinion.

I think the Svord fits the old toolbox mentality better, rusted and unsharpened...generally uncared about (but a good tool)...while the Opinel can go from the job site to a night out on the town and still have it all.

(* I sand down the handles of all my knives to what I like, they can be a bit clunky at first, but with a little sand paper and re-finishing they are great!)
 
marcinek said:
Agreed. And with that setup, you know it, I know it, we all know it...you'd really have all the knives you need to do anything. Not want of course, just need.
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Apophis said:
No doubt, ~$60 gets a whole lot of cutting done.
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Love the micarta on that mini, btw.
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Oh, nice photo of the "value club" :D. And thanks, the handles on my mini were actually scrap from another project that I ended up making work. You can't tell from the photo, but I also accidentally cracked one of the scales in half drilling the holes at the end of the scales , but it superglued together nicely. But really, it completely changes the look and feel of the knife. It goes from feeling kind of cheap and rough, to feeling much more upscale. Oh, and the blade stock of the peasant mini is thinner than it is on the normal peasant, so the mini does compare better to the Opinels (its quite similar in performance to my #6).

I think if I were going to pocket carry an Opinel, I'd go with the #7 as well. The #6 I use is fine for how I use it, and it does give me a 4 finger grip, but for normal use I think I'd prefer a #7 (I got the 6 for the office, and wanted something smaller).

If I had to choose one of them to own? Thats a hard one. The Svord is usually my choice for the outdoors, or more work like tasks (like I said, it can open and close one handed, and its a bit more robust), but the Opinel does great everywhere else. Its a tough call, and I'm honestly not sure which one I'd choose.

marcinek said:
A plus for the Peasant is that the lime green plastic ones look like a chili pepper.
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Thats the one I have. The full size peasant looks remarkably like a chili pepper in that green. My co-workers have commented on it.

Not a great photo of mine, but this is the only one I have of my full size peasant (the photo is from a "EDC Bag" thread, so excuse the other random stuff :p).

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A lot of personal opinion here so I'll add mine! I like the Svord. It does lock open, it's one hand deployable and legal in more places than the Opinel. Also, it's wicked easy to customize in much cooler ways! Having said that, the Opinel is classy, so buy both and love them forever as dearly devoted workers.
 
I just got a svord with metal scales - total let down! The rivets aren't seated properly, there's no spacer so they hit the blade. The whole thing is so loose that the blade just swings around wildly. The rivets and handle are so poorly done that I am afraid to even use the knife for fear of it failing and cutting the crap outta me. I've never seen the other models, but if their even remotely close to the quality of the one I bought, I'd say to stay VERY far away. I bought one cuz everyone had nothing but great things to say about them - in fact I almost wonder if I got a fake cuz its made SO bad. Never had an issue with opinel tho. Them and morakniv are my too budget knives
 
If your peasant has rivets, it might be fake. I've never seen a peasant put together with anything other than standard flathead screws. However, if it is a fake, its the first I've seen/heard of a svord peasant being faked. Doesn't mean it can't happen though.

Try checking the pivot screws, and tightening them if they are loose. That, and the svord has a stop pin, to keep the knife from flipping around 360 degrees. If yours is missing that, that's a big deal. Other than that though, I don't see how you could cut yourself while using it, seeing how the tang is in your palm when you're using it preventing it from closing on you.

The rest of it sounds about like what I've heard about the metal peasants :p. The blade itself should be fine most likely though. I don't think I've seen/heard of a svord with a bad HT (just lots of bad grinds).
 
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Big fan of both. I carry the Svord every day practically, but use the Opinel quite frequently as well. I've heard about the bad F&F on the Peasant but I threw our own FortyTwoBlades a couple bucks to put the special finish on it and came impossibly sharp and even, has been easy and a pleasure to maintain as well.
 
Both are great knives, but it depending on your intended context of use, one will pull ahead of the other. I say get both. It's a cheap learning experience to figure out if something is for you or not.
 
ocnLogan said:
If your peasant has rivets, it might be fake. I've never seen a peasant put together with anything other than standard flathead screws. However, if it is a fake, its the first I've seen/heard of a svord peasant being faked. Doesn't mean it can't happen though.

Try checking the pivot screws, and tightening them if they are loose. That, and the svord has a stop pin, to keep the knife from flipping around 360 degrees. If yours is missing that, that's a big deal. Other than that though, I don't see how you could cut yourself while using it, seeing how the tang is in your palm when you're using it preventing it from closing on you.

The rest of it sounds about like what I've heard about the metal peasants :p. The blade itself should be fine most likely though. I don't think I've seen/heard of a svord with a bad HT (just lots of bad grinds).
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I've seen pics of them with rivets. I thought the older ones had rivets and the newer ones had Chicago screws, I don't know.

The metal Svords get bad press generally. I think the slabs are pretty thin from what I've seen. I've been meaning to pick one up just to review it.

I've put metal slabs on a couple which were thicker and they work well.

I like the Svord better. I think the steel is nicer personally. I've mostly used them as a work knife while wearing gloves and they excel at that.

I've seen internet pics of a much smaller model (I think). I wish I could find it. I know they don't make it anymore if they ever did. I think a mini-mini would be nice.

 
Perhaps just a long shot, but I'm going to redo these horrible rivets on this one and put better handles on. If anyone has any extra screw sets for these, I'd gladly take them! If not any suggestions on what to use as a spare would be awesome! Sorry if slightly off topic, but figure I'd ask while the mention of fit and finish of other peasants owned by members here as well as customs that were done was being mentioned. My main concern is what to use as a pivot. The stop pin and retaining screw should be simple, but the smooth retaining pin will be an issue. Left over parts would solve this, which is a long shot - so any ideas for another fix would be great :)
 
k_ozdragon said:
Perhaps just a long shot, but I'm going to redo these horrible rivets on this one and put better handles on. If anyone has any extra screw sets for these, I'd gladly take them! If not any suggestions on what to use as a spare would be awesome! Sorry if slightly off topic, but figure I'd ask while the mention of fit and finish of other peasants owned by members here as well as customs that were done was being mentioned. My main concern is what to use as a pivot. The stop pin and retaining screw should be simple, but the smooth retaining pin will be an issue. Left over parts would solve this, which is a long shot - so any ideas for another fix would be great :)
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No ideas off the top of my head. Pics of the knife would be helpful. Doesn't it have a Chicago screw for the pivot now?

Pics or it didn't happen.
 
newguy93 said:
The score peasant folder
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If you go back to your opening post, click "edit" then click "go advanced", you can correct the title of the thread. You'll likely have to override the autocorrect feature. I imagine your spell checker does not recognize "Svord".

And I prefer an Opinel, because I do not care for the tang extension of the Svord taking up space in my pocket.
 
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