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Questions on: Swing Blade (Outdoor Edge)

BlackpowderGuy (AJHS)

BlackpowderGuy (AJHS)

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I see a lot guys here like this knife. Couple of questions.
1. How do you work it, like do you make a nick with the knife part and then slide the gutting part in the hole you made?
2. Can the gutting blade be sharpened? How?
 
I have the flip n zip which is basically the same thing just both sides fold. Yes, small incision with regular knife and then slide the other in. Sharpening the blade i actually haven't had to do yet, but Google sharpening karambit for lots of good tutorials on sharpening concave blades. It's doable just takes a bit of practice. In reality that blade only cuts a bit of skin so it doesn't get dulled nearly as quickly as the other blade, so it's still pretty dang sharp for me after using it on 4 deer so far.
 
I have the FnZ like Dutch. Second everything he said. Only had to sharpen the main blade once and never had to sharpen the zipper blade. It’s wicked sharp. I mean SHARP. Quick incision with the drop point blade and then take it down like the fly on your jeans with the zipper blade. I’ll even use it on the diaphragm or cutting around viscera that I don’t wanna pop. Double beveled too so in the off-chance you had to resharpen you could just use a field sharpener with the diamond/carbide v-wedges, run it up and down the edge a few times and you’d be good to go. Just make sure you hug that curve as you sharpen so you don’t skip and knick the edge or slice your own finger off.
 
I have the swing bald not the zip-n-flip. Basically the same though. It is my favorite skinning knife I have. I have cleaned 2-3 hogs with it and 5-6 deer. I just now sharpened the skinning blade last week after I shot a doe. Ran it across the little outdoor edge x sharpener and it was shaving sharp. You can it was pretty dull before I sharpened it and it still skins them open like a zipper. It’s an excellent design. It beats the heck out of a gut hook. And is almost impossible to impale the guts.
 
I have both but love the swing blade. Sharpens just like any other knife blade. Easy to sharpen. I’ve touched the zipper blade up with just a ceramic rod.
 
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