Outdoor Edge SwingBlaze — 3.6 inch drop point blade in AUS-8

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Outdoor Edge SwingBlaze · Drop Point
3.6″ blade · 7.2 oz · ~1.09″ tall

Length and spine thickness drawn to true scale from published specs. Outline traced from the maker's side-profile photo.

Outdoor Edge

Outdoor Edge SwingBlaze

Hunting FixedFolding

The Outdoor Edge SwingBlaze is a 3.6" drop point folder in AUS-8. The handle is Kraton, secured by a rotating lock. Its Rotating Lock lock is rare here — no other folder in the catalogue uses one.

Blade: 3.6″
Weight: 7.2 oz
Steel: AUS-8
Price band: Budget

Best for

Skinning and breaking down game

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Specifications

Manufacturer-published figures, cross-checked against outdooredge.com, agrussell.

Blade length: 3.6″
Blade shape: Drop Point
Steel: AUS-8
Overall length: 8.3″
Weight: 7.2 oz
Lock: Rotating Lock
Deployment: Manual
Handle material: TPR

Why a drop point

The default hunting and EDC shape, and the safest general answer. The spine curves down to the tip in a convex line, which keeps the point low and strong and leaves plenty of belly for skinning. It is hard to make a drop point bad at anything.

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About AUS-8

Japanese mid-tier that aged well: tough for its hardness and very easy to bring back.

Edge retention

1/5

Toughness

4/5

Corrosion resistance

3/5

Ease of sharpening

5/5

1-5 is a relative ranking drawn from published composition and hardness, not a lab measurement. Higher is better on every axis, and no steel is a 5 across the board — edge retention and toughness pull against each other. All AUS-8 knives