The angle of dangle

Rich · 12th May 2012, 05:02 PM

It's been my experience with Nordic and many other cultures knives, that the angle of the bevel is determined in large part by the thickness of the blade and the height of the bevel (ridge line). Example: most Norwegian knives are quite thin (as are Swedish knives) - they have low bevels while Finnish knives are thicker and have a higher bevel. Not sure if this applies to swords, but the principle seems reasonable. Most US and European knives seem to go with about a 20 degree angle; I prefer a more acute angle of about 15 degrees.

Rich

12th May 2012, 05:02 PM	#7
Rich Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: comfortably at home, USA Posts: 432	It's been my experience with Nordic and many other cultures knives, that the angle of the bevel is determined in large part by the thickness of the blade and the height of the bevel (ridge line). Example: most Norwegian knives are quite thin (as are Swedish knives) - they have low bevels while Finnish knives are thicker and have a higher bevel. Not sure if this applies to swords, but the principle seems reasonable. Most US and European knives seem to go with about a 20 degree angle; I prefer a more acute angle of about 15 degrees. Rich Last edited by Rich; 12th May 2012 at 05:07 PM. Reason: I can't spell