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Survival knife reviews, machete reviews, cutlery knife reviews, axes and hatchet reviews, based on decades of experience hunting, fishing, outdoor camping, hiking, and adventures.

The Ambush Tundra combines a Canadian style blade with a Kalahari handle.

Common-Sense Knife Choices for Survival, Bushcraft, and Everyday Readiness

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by Aleks Nemtcev Your knife is the one tool that can’t be easily improvised. It carves the stakes for your shelter, prepares the tinder for your fire, and processes your food when there are no backups. In unfamiliar terrain or emergency conditions, it becomes an extension of your hands. Believing a single blade can master every chore, from  processing tinder…

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Review: Bark River Scandi knife combines great design with modern materials

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The Scandi knife design goes back about 1,000 years, to a time of square-sailed long ships, round shields and viking raiders. Bark River Knives has taken a classic design, updated it with modern steels and handle materials to create what I predict will be another superb knife

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What survival knife do you carry every day?

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Question from Reader: “You’ve written abut the best survival knife, the best EDC knife, the best hunting knife, fillet, pocket knife, etc., etc. Skip the options, the analysis and potential survival scenarios and answer this: What is the knife you have on you right now?”

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Five reasons to use a survival knife lanyard

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Ever wonder what to do with that hole in the knife handle? It can be an important safety feature. Here’s how to use it.

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Knife review: The Bark River Sahara Hunter may be the best hunting knife for you

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Your backcountry hunting knife better be able to handle some survival tasks. The Bark River Sahara may be what you’ve been looking for.

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Review: Tekto A2//Badger automatic may be your best Every Day Carry knife

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Most of us probably don’t consider a small, automatic knife as a good choice for that Every Day Carry knife that goes everywhere. This Tekto A2 // Badger may change your mind. 

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Review: Bark River Classic Semi-Skinner

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The improvements just keep on coming with this Semi-Skinner. Bark River has refined, upgraded and improved an already incredible hunting knife. 

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My five favorite skinning knives for big game hunting

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Every prepper/survivalist/hunter needs a reliable, useful skinning knife. You may not hunt, or intend to, but some day may need to butcher a large animal. These are skinning knives that have worked well for me.

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Bravo 1.25 LT Custom Modified – Could this be the ultimate hunting knife?

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Bark River had a HUGE challenge by me to improve on their most popular “Bravo LT” model. But, with a request to modify the blade, you won’t believe the results. It may just be the best hunting knife ever.

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All-American hunting knife review | We check out the 7Forge Orso

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The 7Forge Orso is a well-designed hunting knife big game hunters will appreciate! 7Forge, in Ogden, Iowa, makes quality knifes the old-fashioned way – one knife at a time. The result is a hard-working tool that is also a work of art.

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