Testrunning the Mighty Swede

This weekend I have reground and sharpened the EKA swede 10 I received for christmas. Regrinding was not really necessary, but I am a bit particular about my edges. I suppose other knife enthousiasts can relate to that. I set the secondary edge at 25 degrees. The steel takes a very decent edge, and after testing it today I found it also retains this edge quite well. It is 12C127 stainless steel, which I believe is the alloy that is also used for some of the stainless Mora blades. With a 130 grams and a spine thickness of 2.8 mm this is quite a large and heavy duty lockback folder.

When we went on a walk through a local park I figured I`d take it along to get some pictures and do some tests. Unfortunately it was excellent weather. The park was filled with people, meaning the conditions were not ideal to test a knife without getting weird looks. I did get some things done though.

Harvesting some branches from a dead tree went very smoothly in a few large and powerful cuts. Cleaning up the ends and carving some feathersticks to test the edge and the grind went rather well. Sharpness was not an issue at all, and after today I know that it also retains the edge very well. After cutting up quite some wood, and then being used to cut meat and veggies for dinner the Swede was still shaving sharp without having to strop it. This folder is very solid and is an excellent all purpose knife to have in the pack. Either as a back up knife, or as a primary knife on shorter trips. I do find it too much knife for it to be my every day carry option. In daily life I find that my Victorinox Huntsman or Opinel #8 are more than sufficient. The Mighty Swede will from here on live in my daypack, and come on trips where I by no means need a fixed blade but might run into stuff that is a bit too intimidating for my poor old swiss army knife.