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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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Swiss Army Knife Tinker, best EDC knife, every day carry knife, choose a pocket knife

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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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: 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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Mike Stewart, bark river knives

Knife maker Mike Stewart discusses thin blades and batoning firewood

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I like thin-bladed knives and think batoning firewood is highly overrated. Mike Stewart, president of Bark River Knives, and a knife industry legend, explains why today’s knife blades had to be made thicker because of the batoning fad. Here are his Facebook comments, used with his permission. 

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My deer hunting equipment All Star list may work for you

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Every deer hunter has gear he/she prefers, chosen through individual preference, inclination and experience. Here is my list – see how many of these items will work for you.

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Review: Bark River Yukon Skinner can double as survival knife

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The Bark River Yukon Skinner may become your favorite hunting/EDC knife.

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C.T. Fischer and Bark River Nessmuk knives

Best survival knife? New materials, old designs combine in this classic cutlery

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Looking for a traditional, classic knife design made with the best of modern materials? Check out these newcomers.

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Best EDC knife? We review the Bark River Gunny Vortex (video)

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I didn’t need another Bark River Gunny. But I couldn’t pass up this latest addition to the Gunny line.

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Review: Bark River Fox River Featherweight might be your best EDC knife

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Sometimes the best knife is a small one. After all, survival tools must be lightweight, compact and easy to carry or they might be left behind. This may be the knife you’ve been looking for.

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