A Decent Swivel Knife

[Marshal Will Wingam]

I'm always looking for a good tool for a reasonable price. Last year I got one of these ball bearing swivel knives to try out and it's a fine tool. Not quite the quality of a Hackbarth or Barry King but much better than the cheapos that you find at the craft stores. I thought I'd pass it on to the forum here in case there's someone who wants to upgrade to something that works but doesn't want to front for a $60+ tool. At half the cost, this swivel knife is a good deal for someone who wants to step up to a better tool.

I tried this one with my home made edge beader tip and it works great.

[Rube Burrows]

Thanks for the heads up. Always open to adding tools that may help out.

That tip you have there would be wonderful.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

There's no such thing as too many good tools. If you get one, I hope it works for you.

[Holsterguy]

Thanks for posting that Marshall

[Marshal Will Wingam]

It's good to share these things. I haven't tried the blade that comes in it, having no real need for another straight blade but it might be a fine one. It is a standard blade size so you can put anything you want in it.

[Cliff Fendley]

Thanks for the review Marshall. That looks like a very nice beader blade too.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Thanks, Cliff. that beader does work pretty good. To use only on edges, it would benefit to have the long side longer. I also have used it to smooth out other beads, though, by tilting the blade to the side slightly.