Survival knives are your backcountry skeleton key. They are specialized at not specializing. They need to carve wood, process game, start a fire, and take on hard-use cutting. I tested a variety of ...

Learn more The backcountry is seldom a forgiving place ... a top-notch bushcraft knife is key to a successful date with Mother Nature, even when her mood turns foul. Here are nine we’d ...

Cord can be invaluable in the backcountry. So why don’t more folders ... It’s no wonder, then, that many survival knives come with paracord-wrapped handles — think Gerber’s fixed-blade ...

For a backcountry hunting knife, Magnacut is perfect because you don’t have ... He writes mostly gear reviews and how-to articles on survival and navigation. He lives in Upstate New York with his wife ...