PRODUCT-OUTDOOREDGE SWINGBLAZE PRODUCT REVIEW                                         I was asked to do a product review on the new Outdoor edge SwingBlaze knife. After a complete year of hunting seasons and a fairly success year at that I feel I can give a decent account on the knife. SWINGBLAZE- name sake given for the versatility of the blade and the blaze orange colored handle. The skinning blade is the primary part of the tool and the blade that is most commonly used. By simply pressing a button on the left side of the knife it unlocks the blade allowing you to swing the blade into the handle while the other end teeters out and locks in place. This other end is a must for a lot of hunters. It is a 4” concave shaped blade with a rounded blunt end at the tip which prevents the hunter from piercing the stomach paunch when gutting your animal. Some people have a knack for cutting a little too deep when cleaning their game, resulting in a very messy job and slightly tainted meat. This knife is for you!! The blaze orange handle is a fantastic option. WHO CARES IF YOUR KNIFE IS CAMO….it means nothing except it will be lost easier when you put it down in the bush at the kill site. Finally a company who knows the real value of the color orange…good going Outdoor edge you have my compliments on this. Now for the field testing part, this knife gutted and skinned two black bears (one being 700 lbs), a very large 53.-1/2” bull moose and a whitetail deer. I have been hunting for 33 years and never had a problem with gutting an animal, so I tried to screw up the gutting part of it and I believe that you really have to try to screw it up, to mess it up. The design is great, so great in fact that the second bear was my daughters first and she wanted to experience the whole deal, so I handed her the SwingBlaze and walked her through the process…..Flawless, she was a little slow, but did an excellent job. I know the mess that would have been done with out it, had she tried. I was impressed, not only with the job she did, but with the knife, almost 1000 lbs of bear gutted and skinned and the blade still kept it’s edge. Along came the moose season and we were lucky enough to put a nice bull on the ground. Out came the SwingBlaze again…remember that this is a test. The gutting of the bull is really a non issue, the blade was still sharp and it’s only a quick incision….what impressed me was that I had skinned about ¼ of the moose before I had to touch up the blade. THAT’S TWO BEARS AND A MOOSE BEFORE SHARPENING AGAIN. Anyone who has ever skinned a moose know just how hard they are on a hunting knife edge. Later in the year I took a nice whitetail doe, and by now I was expecting anything less in the knife and it held no surprises… I could not find any real issues with this knife that would warrant downside to this knife. Cleaning the pivoting area would be it’s biggest problem, and really it’s just a matter of a few minutes to ensure it gets cleaned. I would rate this knife a 9 out of ten….only because nothing is perfect….well except that one on the beach…but that’s another story.                                                                                                                                         Rick Marchand                                                                                                                   Outdoor Test Pilot