Knife Gifts for Men

How to choose a knife as a gift

Start with what he will do with it. A hunter wants a blade of about 5 inches that he can control close to the work. Someone who camps or hikes wants something light on the belt. Someone who collects wants a knife worth looking at. Size is the easiest mistake to make: a 14 inch knife is a statement, and a 10 inch knife is the one that gets carried.

Knives for Father's Day

For a father who hunts, the Deer Hunter or the Predator Hunter: 10 inches overall with a 5 inch blade and a walnut handle, and light at 6.2 oz. For a father who has a shelf of knives already, the olive wood Predator Hunter or the Wild Tiger, both with handles people notice.

Knives for Christmas and birthdays

For the man who spends his weekends outdoors, the Tracker: 10 inches, full tang, black Micarta and a black leather sheath with a front pouch. For the one who wants the biggest blade in the room, the Patriot. For the one who has everything, the Karambit Desert Fox, a curved 3.5 inch blade with a finger ring.

What comes with the knife

The knife and a leather sheath cut for it, ready to wear on a belt. It ships under a light coat of oil, and it carries a 12 month warranty against defects in workmanship and materials.

Why a Damascus knife makes a good gift

Because it is visibly one of a kind. The pattern in a pattern-welded blade comes out of folding 288 layers of steel and grinding the blade, so the knife he unwraps is not identical to any other, and it gets more character with use.