Evolving Edges: Navigating the World of Modern Hunting Knives
From field point accurate broadheads to colour-filtered LED flashlights, the instruments used by modern hunters and fishermen are the most effective, and most advanced there have ever been. There’s one instrument though that’s changed remarkably little over the years, but is also more capable now than it’s ever been: the knife.
Whether it’s trimming firewood, deboning game, or hunting feral boar, if you’re an outdoorsman, a premium-grade knife is the most important piece of kit that you’ll ever take to the backcountry. Knife blade designs and materials have evolved, however, to reflect how much more specialized these instruments have had to become. Size doesn’t matter as much as it used to, and some knives are infinitely better suited for certain tasks than for others; that’s why if you’re in the market for a top-notch knife to take hunting, you need to understand precisely what those differences are.
