What makes a survival knife different from an ordinary pocket knife? They both have the cutting part down, but the former typically offers an entire range of additional features. Gear Aid’s new Kotu ...

Readers may have recently come across my thoughts on some of the more offbeat reader questions. One was: "What three or four skills should a true outdoorsman be able to do with a knife?" I had to ...

The merits of carrying a knife while in the outdoors can’t be overstated. Processing firewood, creating shelter, cutting rope, repairing gear in a pinch — these are all tasks made easier by the ...

It doesn’t take much time camping or hiking to realize that it’s awfully handy to carry along a good knife. Opinel has been manufacturing knives in the French Alps since 1890, but this summer it began ...

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