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4 Affordable Benchmade 940 Alternatives [2025]

Posted on June 11, 2021 Written by David Boddy

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Designed for duty by the Australian rancher Warren Osborne, the Benchmade 940 isn’t just a thing of beauty but a lifelong companion. It has a 20+ year long reputation as an exceptional quality outdoor knife.

Benchmade 940 alternatives

A faultless design for practicality, function and durability, achieved with the class and style that the 940 boasts, the Benchmade 940 has earned its place as an all time classic. Having built custom knives since 1980, that’s the edge that Warren Osborne brought to the table.

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Best Skinning Knives in 2025: Top Picks from $20 to $100

Posted on April 3, 2021 Written by mckinnon

Mossberg Fixed Blade Knife

For many lovers of the outdoors, hunting is a popular activity. However, to make the most of your experience, you must have the right equipment. Hunting calls for different kinds of knives, each serving a distinct purpose. One of these is a skinning knife. 

This guide examines the best skinning knives you can purchase in 2025, and the qualities that set them apart.

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Gerber 420HC Steel Knives: How They Stack Up [2025]

Posted on April 3, 2021 Written by James Elliott

gerber 420hc steel knives

Gerber is one of the most popular outdoor knife manufacturers in the world. Pete Gerber founded the Portland-based company in 1939 and, since then, they have been creating some of the best foldable and fixed blade knives on the market.

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The Best Hunting Knife: 11 Picks for Every Need & Budget [2025]

Posted on December 19, 2020 Written by John Rogers

best hunting knife for every need and budget

The choice of a hunting knife is as personal as it gets. If you ask a hundred people for a recommendation, you will get a hundred different answers.

To make your choice among numerous hunting knife brands easier, we have created this guide to the best hunting knives.

A hunting knife is a tool, designed to get the job done, and it should serve a variety of purposes – like gutting, skinning, deboning, caping, or butchering game. The knives recommended in this article are intended as good general all-round hunters.

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Best Gerber Knife for Every Need & Budget [2025]

Posted on December 11, 2020 Written by Joseph Stein

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best Gerber knives

In this article, we’ll take a look at the best Gerber knife for each price point and use case. So whether you’re looking for cheap or premium, hunting, EDC, survival, or anything else — keep reading.

Gerber, a name many outdoorsmen swear by, is a well-known manufacturer of blades and tools. The company – based in Portland, Oregon – was founded by Pete Gerber and has been designing top-notch equipment since 1939. 

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Best Survival Knife with a Firestarter: 6 Top Choices [2025]

Posted on November 13, 2020 Written by Joseph Stein

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By far, one of the most important tools for the budding outdoorsman is the survival knife. And if that survival knife can include a built-in firestarter, even better!

Before we get started, here’s some very quick tips on what to look for in a survival knife. This is general advice, so feel free to take it or not depending on what you specifically want to do with your knife.

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Filed Under: Blog, Hunting Knives

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