Kephart. Bowie. Canadian. Mora. Nessmuk. Barlow.
Mention these cutlery designs to a knife aficionado, and they’ll probably know what you’re talking about.
And there’s a reason they’re called classics – these designs have proven themselves time and again.
Luckily for us traditionalist-types, Bark River has come out with another classic that will probably prove useful to the most “tacticool” survival/prepper.
The BR Hudson Bay Trade Knife is a reproduction of a knife made and sold in North America during the Pioneer/Mountain Man Period. Knives were tools. Everybody carried one and belt knives were a part of a frontiersman’s wardrobe. The average frontiersman probably didn’t spend a lot of time thinking about his knife – he got one that worked and used it.
The roach belly design goes back to the 1700s, and knife selection at rendezvouses were generally pretty standard. Records from that era show most Indians and mountain men were members of the big knife school of wilderness cutlery. Popular patterns included the standard 10-inch butcher knife, five-inch upswept point and the roach belly
It isn’t symmetrical, so it isn’t one, but it gives off Smatchet vibes to me.
Read the whole thing at Survival Common Sense.
Review: Bark River Hudson Bay Trade Knife – Check out this classic design with new materials
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