Thread: Good all round folding knofe

got the mercator, best way i found was to flat grind the edge since the steel is so hard and performs much better. the nose/tip i find is not the best shape for backsteaks or lots of skinning but its good for taking off legs, boning and stuff. once i changed the edge shape it was easier to steel up and held for a bit longer. might get away with 2 deer without a stone if your real good

got the svord peasant, the steel is hard too and the edge is a bit steep for my liking so it probably needs the same treatment as the mercator, but the nose is a bit more rounded and the length of the blade a bit stumpy i find ,and the last time it went blunt so continued on with the bahco. people rave about the svords, but you really need to reset the edge when you buy it new as its just a grinder finish, then it should perform ok but remember they are realistically budget quality knives with a premiun price tag. a works boning knife would have the same performance. svord peasants are really as good as what you pay for them.

the advantage of folding knives is they take up bugger all space and you dont need a sheath as long as the locking mechanism is positive.

i have been using a spyderco knife, they look real ugly. but im liking it so far, the steel is vg-10, a step up from the carbon steels of the mercator/svord, and probably on par with the gerber gator, 154cm i think. i prefer the blade shape of this though and it seems to be going ok with only a run on the wetstone after 10 months, i probably need to look for a better steel that is fine enough to suit the hardness of the vg10. i reset the edge on this as well. blademaster has them for 170 bucks. the handle is a good size, good grip and thickness and the mechanism is stainless too.

https://secure.zeald.com/blademaster...pyderco+endura

end of the day, heaps of options, if your a 5 piece fleece pack type of hunter then anything will probably do you and you wouldnt go wrong with the svord or mercator