What's a larger clip/swedge for?

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I don't even know what this thing is called, so my apologies. Anyways, I believe it is the swedge, on the opposite side of the cutting edge. You know how in bowies, from the tip, the top of the knife rises up, and then travels horizontally to the handle? Assuming the rising up bit is called a swedge, why are some of these risen up so far up? Like the blade rises to that point, and then it comes back down to meet the horizontal plane that then goes to the handle. I'm going to try to find an example, since I'm confusing myself like this. :rolleyes:
 
Swedge or false edge. On fighting knives like Bowies, it's sharpened or thinned to help with penetration or to cut on the back stroke. On hunters, it helps with penetration, or in some cases it maybe sharpened at a different heavier angle to help with tasks like light chopping, disjointing game, etc.....
 
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I use mine for scraping tasks so I don't have to dull up my sharpened edge.

Plus I think they help separate thick materials if you are stab cutting them.
 
But if it's not sharpened? And also, is this because it is raised above the blade? Or would a normal swedge do the same?
 
All swedges will always help with penetration, and even if they aren't blade sharp, they might still be able to chop or scrape. It helps that the back edge of that knife, the Marble's Woodcraft, etc....... is shaped like that, but other knives can do it also sometimes.
 
Yeah, it looks nice. Most of us don't cut up a lot of deer in the woods.
It does make a good scraper, though.
Sonny
 
There is less drag when the tip is cutting through material, either stabbing or slicing.

TC
 
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