The aft end of knives and their possible combinations

Edition 66 of Australian Hunter featured ‘The hunter’s equipment kit for knives’, which dealt with the major structural requirements of the three-knife kit and recommended the development of an expanded retail set.

This article is a follow-up and is focused on the details of handle construction, pointing hunters to potential problems in this area. It highlights the huge number of possible combinations of different bolsters, tangs, scale materials, butt caps and finishes. However, we will ignore the permutations that exist just to look good for collectors and keep the discussion about the hunter’s practical three-knife kit.

The general-purpose knife

The indestructible general-purpose knife has a requirement that it must not fail and has the ability to perform effectively over several lifetimes. There are a number of