In order to properly appreciate the full sized Svord Von Tempsky and it’s smaller Ranger
cousin, a 5 minute reading of the Gustavus Von Tempsky wiki page page might be in order.
Wikipedia we know is the unnamed source behind 98% of all claims by people who have, quote,
done a lot of research on the subject when talking over someone else.
Or if wikipedia is too much at least the copy paste wiki media lite story on basically every
web store that sells the knife, should work.
The story claims the knife was used for fighting, pig sticking, chopping wood, brush clearing,
digging defensive positions, serious portraits, and stabbing the doors of horse drawn carriages
way back in the 1800s.
Must have been filming a proof video.
If Von Tempky hadn’t died at the age of 40 by a bullet in the head, fighting what
he knew to be an overly fortified defensive position held by New Zealand cannibals, he
might be proud of the Svord Von Tempsky - made by New Zealand knife maker Svord.
Either that or he might try and sue them for IP infringement.
Maybe not- might assume back then knife IP disputes were handled with hand to hand combat,
instead of the court of law- even though jacked social media stars nowadays might suggest
otherwise.
Or maybe the world had different things to fight over than how this knife kinda looks
like that knife, because in the end you know- they’re all just knives.
But before we talk any further about knife IP laws and how damn mad it makes us when
someone makes a knife that looks like our favorite knife companies tactical…
(sputters)…
Let look at the dimensions like the overall length and weight.
With and without the sheath.
Are we down to patenting shades of purple yet?
Blade length and pig sticking edge.
Can I patent the idea of patenting The Color Purple.
Sorry I mean a shade of purple.
Handle size and Grip area.
Is jimping pitch patented yet?
It has to be right if people want to justify charging high end power tool prices for pocket
knives nowadays.
Spine thickness and handle thickness.
I would patent these, just to be a dick.
This guy is a jerk (pictures of comments).
Tallnesses.
The $170 Von Tempsky Ranger Bowie the smaller more feeble of the two Tempsky Svord Bowies
features a tiny 6 inch clip point style blade made from a Buicks worth of Swedish L6 Carbon
steel.
If my Grandpa was still alive, he would have laughed at that one.
Carbon steel of course could rust if you don’t regularly wipe it down with some oil- and
probably is not the type of steel a buick is made from someone will point out in the
comments.
I use 3-in-1 oil because that’s what’s sitting on my work bench although someone
else in the comments will point out they use a different, better oil.
3-in-1 kinda stinks though, and some people say mineral oil is good too.
Some people.
The grind on the Ranger knife is convex, so I couldn’t really measure a behind the edge-
I mean it looks like there’s kind of an edge bevel, but it’s more rounded.
The knife has been ground by hand, so the swedge isn’t symmetrical up top, and there
is an unevenness in the finish.
Now I don’t say these as bad things, but if your the type of dude who craps on the
quality control of bench made for having an off centered blade, despite functioning very
adequately as a pocket knife then you might want to be aware of this.
It reminds me of the grind and blade finish of Aranyik choppers, which are only about
30-50.
(Cough) cheaper labor.
The blade is super sharp and I’d surmise the amount of steel behind the edge would
make it hold up well to whacking.
We’ll find out.
The handle.
It’s a primitive design but it’s functional.
There are holes in the cross guard noted in the product deception to maker it easier to
mount to a stick.
The knife has a full tang and there are wood scales covering it.
There’s a lanyard hole in the back for your $80 titanium and copper combat bead.
There’s not much to the handle, it’s not slick, and the grain provides traction.
It kind of feels like you’re holding sword.
It fits my hand well.
In one of my last few videos someone asked me what my hand sizes was… if it was an
elaborate troll to do a dumb measurment- touche… but if we’re looking at the way my hand
grips this I measure from the front of the cross guard to where my pinky sits on the
handle and that’s about 3 1/4 of an inch.
The farthest place from the cross guard where my palm touches it on the backside is about
3 1/2 inches.
I like grip areas roughly 3.5 inches or bigger and this is that.
The sheath.
There is a $70 Svord after market sheath available for this that is purported to be more historically
accurate, but without a belt loop because that wasn’t technology invented yet in the
1800s.
The one that comes with it is nice.
I’d say I’d prefer it to hang lower, as we all might, but it’s still a nice made
sheath.
It’s thick as crap welted and sewed leather with a svord logo stamped on it.
And there’s a loop to keep it in the sheath when on cannibal fighting missions.
The rivets up top are let’s say rustically finished, sort of like the rest of the knife
but it adds to the charm.
The product page says weight varies, and that’s because these appear to be more man than machine
made.
I mean that the makers hand finish these knives I would assume on belt grinders and whatever
the stuff is that helps you make knives.
If you look at the instagram feed, there’s a serious lack of CNC machines with keyboards.
Comparisons.
First the Svord in all it’s hand finished glory.
I really like it.
It’s heavy as crap, and probably a thicker blade stock than it needs to be- well carhoods-
never mind… , but in my head I see one of those dudes from the instagram feed sitting
in a chair, in a dark shop, listening to Bob Dylan in his shorts polishing one of these-
like that’s what I think I want out of a knife.
Now the Steel Will Roamer- you know Cedric and Ada spent 40 of his austrialin dollars
to send me this knife just because he’s a decent human being.
I plan on reviewing this soon.
Pretty comfortable handle, looks like it was made by computerized machines mostly.
It has a orange rubber handle, don’t know how well it holds up to digging holes or prying
rocks though.
Esee laser strike.
This is also a heavy knife, but not as heavy- like a medium heavy- also a comfortable handle.
A favorite of mine.
How about something reasonable- Vangedal Rover.
You know I like this one… overall this is a cheaper knife than others here, and fit
and finish is pretty good.
It ain’t scary looking and I like that flat grind.
Ok let’s see.
As society moves away from starting wars with Natives who resort to cannibalism because
the’re sick of colonialism, we demand more of our knives we use less.
Makes sense We want blades to be perfectly centered for fidgeting in our office chairs,
or the edge of the blade opposite of the cutting edge, the part that doesn’t cut needs, to
be ground symmetrically for our Amazon packages.
And if they’re not we’ll complain on internet forums and our social media accounts.
You don’t have the money for a full time knife photo retoucher- that’s kardashian
money which is not the same as IT guy money.
I think these past few sentences are what that guy was talking about I posted a comment
from early in the video.
Apparently the guy who subscribes to Preparedmind101, sixpackabs, nutnfancy, and checking my notes
once lost ministries isn’t a fan of the channel.
I can't help buy being an asshole dear Lord but I don't want to burn in hell.
You are forgiven son, now go bang someone's wife.
Where were we.
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