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Best Hiking Knife for Your Next Outdoor Adventure

The best hiking knife is one that matches your hiking style, the tasks you expect the knife to perform, and your pack...

How to Choose the Best Fixed Blade Survival Knife?

Choose the best fixed blade survival knife by comparing the features that affect its intended use, including tang con...

What Is the Best Fixed Blade Knife for Camping?

The D2 Steel Hunting Bushcraft Knife: Mirror Polish Blade is the best fixed blade knife for camping in this compariso...

What Is the Best Survival Knife for Camping?

The best survival knife for camping should match the type of outdoor work you expect to perform. For campers who need...

What Knives Did Cowboys Carry in the Old West?

Working cowboys of the trail drive era carried a plain folding pocket knife, most often a Barlow or a simple clasp ja...

Types of Cowboy Knives: Bull Cutter, Trapper & More

Cowboy knives split into two families. Fixed blades built for livestock and ranch work, including the bull cutter, th...

The Cowboy Toothpick Knife

A cowboy toothpick knife is a slim folding pocket knife with a long, narrow clip point blade and a slender curved han...

Damascus Cowboy Knives: Pattern, Steel & Edge Holding

Damascus cowboy knives are western-pattern blades built from forge-welded layers of two steels, usually a hard high-c...

Cowboy Knife Sheath Carry Styles

Western knife sheaths come in four main carry styles. Cross draw sits forward on the weak-side hip and is drawn acros...

Custom Cowboy Knives: Handle, Steel & Engraving Guide

A custom cowboy knife lets you specify five things: the steel and its hardness, the blade shape and features, the han...

How to Choose the Best Cowboy Knife: Western Guide

 Choose a cowboy knife by working backwards from the job. Decide fixed blade or folder, then blade shape and grind, t...
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