Bushcraft Knives
The all-purpose outdoor survival tool. Built with a full tang, a scandi or convex grind, and a blade in the 9–14 cm range for fine control and durability. Designed to be the one knife you'd trust in the wilderness for everything from fire prep to shelter building.
- Feathering wood and fire-starting
- Carving tent stakes, traps, and camp tools
- Food prep in the field
- Light batoning for kindling
- General cutting, whittling, and rope work
The classic choice is a scandi grind: a single flat bevel running from partway up the blade to the edge, with no secondary micro-bevel — easy to sharpen in the field (just lay the whole bevel flat on the stone) and excellent for controlled wood carving. A sabre grind is a common alternative, with the flat bevel starting higher up the blade, leaving more thickness behind the edge for extra strength at some cost to slicing ease. Typical edge angle: 20–25° inclusive (10–12.5° per side) for scandi; 25–30° inclusive (12.5–15° per side) for sabre.
Full guide: categories & grinds
