Knife Review: Svord Pheasant Knife

Svord Pheasant Knife

Today I am doing a review on my first bushcraft knife, the Svord Pheasant knife. This is quite an interesting design because although it is a folder when opened the tail sticking out becomes a rat-tail tang being held in by friction and your hand.. It almost makes it a fixed blade knife, so it has the benefits of folders portability and small size with strength of a fixed blade knife. In Australia the price point of this blade is around $30. so maybe not as cheap as a Mora but buying from online will give you a cheaper price. 

 

Now some specs. The blade is carbon steel with a blade length of 8cm which was hair shaving sharp when I first received it but I know alot of people do not have a sharp blade when they first receive it. When open the knife is 20.5cm(8") long and when closed is 17cm (6.7") long. the blade is 16mm(0.6") wide and weighs a mere 71grams(2.5oz). So it is a good little knife, but the proof is in the pudding so I put it to a few basic woodcarving tasks which I shall put all knives through.. Making a tent peg, feather sticking and batoning. With these test you get a good idea of its performance, I was also going to add caring a spoon but was time restricted by day light.

Due to the thin blade it sliced through the wood quite easy. Being this is the first bushcraft knife Ive owned, this was the first time Ive batoned a knife through wood. Some say this knife struggles since its unable to split the fibers easy like a thick knife, I found this knife to be very easy and a few mere hits on the tip went through a 6"+ long piece of wood with ease.

Next was making a tent peg. The knife performed well at removing wood for the stake part, took off chunks of wood with ease and the curved handle made it comfortable to get a good grip for carving. Making the small notch for the rope was quite easy, the knife Truncated thru the wood well due to its thin size and took less then 10 minutes to make this peg. I hammered this peg into the ground to test how well it will stick in the ground. Boy did it stick in! Ive used plenty of commercial metal and plastic tent pegs before, they are just as good as this peg. But these are free, readily available if theres sticks around and the shape can be customized to any specs you need.

Finally was making feather sticks.. I am not yet very skilled at this so in skilled hands I'm sure the feathering would be better, the blade sliced thru the wood very easily and controllable. You can choke up very close on the knife giving great blade control so even with my low skill level with this task the knife performed well.

Overall I am very pleased with the blade for the price, the only downside I thought is that it doesnt not come with a sheath. It preformed quite well and I'm sure with more practice of my skills the knife will preform even better. 

Big thanks to my bro for the great photos!