Knife Guides

Plain guides to hunting knives, Damascus steel and looking after a blade, from the people who make Bigcat knives.
Tracker D2 full tang knife and its black sheath on the tailgate of a pickup truck beside work gloves

What Is a Full Tang Knife? Everything You Need to Know

A full tang knife is built from a single continuous piece of metal that runs from blade tip to the end of the handle,...
Sep 30 2026
Four different Bigcat hunting knives, each beside its own leather sheath, on a weathered plank table

Types of Hunting Knives and What Each One Is For

Drop point, clip point, skinner, caping knife, gut hook and bowie: what each type of hunting knife does, and how to pick a blade...
Oct 24 2022
Two Damascus fixed blade knives of different lengths with their leather sheaths on a canvas backpack

What Is a Fixed Blade Knife? A Plain Guide

What a fixed blade knife is, how it differs from a folding knife, what full and partial tang mean, and which size suits which...
Oct 24 2022
The layered Damascus pattern running over the spine and across the flat of a Predator Hunter blade

What Is a Damascus Knife? How Real Damascus Is Made

What a Damascus knife is, how pattern-welded steel is made, how to tell real Damascus from a laser-etched copy, and how to look after...
Oct 24 2022
A bare Damascus blade in a tray of etching solution on a workshop bench, its layered pattern starting to show

Where Does Damascus Steel Come From? A Short History

Where Damascus steel got its name, what wootz steel was, why the old method was lost, and how modern pattern-welded Damascus is made.
Nov 09 2021