Explore this collection of new hunting knives featuring custom blades forged with premium materials. Find your next heirloom fixed blade.
Step into the world of custom-crafted cutlery, where art and function meet in the field. This collection showcases the diverse and spectacular work of today’s finest knifemakers. We’re taking a look at a stunning array of new hunting knives, each forged with meticulous detail, featuring exotic materials like Sambar stag, ironwood, camel bone, and intricate Damascus steel.
Rocco Handmade Bear Creek Hunter
Blade length: 6”
Blade material: 1095 carbon steel
Blade grind: Convex
Scales: Sambar stag
Spacers: OD green canvas Micarta® and vintage tan, red and black fiber
Pommel: Aluminum
Guard: Soldered brass
Overall length: 10.5”
Sheath: Leather belt model w/snap strap
Maker’s price for a similar knife and sheath: $495
Maker: Rocco Handmade (SharpByCoop image)
Rod Harris Antler Hunter
Blade length: 4”
Blade steel: S35VN stainless
Blade grind: Flat
Scales: Sambar stag
Guard: 416 stainless
Overall length: 9.25”
Knife to know: The stag is from the customer’s first deer kill; Rod Harris is a member of the Australian Knifemakers Guild
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $650 at press-time exchange rate
Knife to know: The Antler Hunter is the first time Rod Harris has both had one of his knives published and made a knife with a stag handle
Maker: Rod Harris (Rod Hoare image)
Eland Green Huntin Buddy
Knife type: Hunter
Blade length: 3.5”
Blade material: Bulldog damascus san-mai
Blade grind: Flat
Scales: Bead-blasted ironwood
Overall length: 7.5”
Sheath: Belt model, tooled black leather
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $400
Maker: Eland Green, lostwoodknives.com (Jocelyn Frasier image)
Zane Dvorak Integral XL Hunter
Knife name: Integral XL Hunter
Blade length: 5.5”
Blade material: Ghost-Fire Damascus of 1084 carbon and 15N20 nickel-alloy steels
Blade grind: Convex
Scales: Black G-10
Overall length: 10.5”
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $2,500
Maker: Zane Dvorak, zdforge.com (Jocelyn Frasier image)
Shawn McIntyre Dress Hunter
Blade length: 3.75”
Blade material: A twist W’s damascus of 1084 carbon and 15N20 nickel-alloy steels
Blade grind: Flat w/convex edge
Scales: Heirloom-fit camel bone
Handle frame: 1065 carbon steel w/matte blue finish
Guard: Same material as frame
Overall length: 7.75”
Maker’s price for a similar knife: Check w/maker for more info
Knife to know: Best Hunter Award Winner, 2025 Australian Knifemakers Guild Melbourne Knife Show; inspired by the classic Jerry Fisk Sendero hunter; Shawn McIntyre is an ABS master smith
Maker: Shawn McIntyre (Rod Hoare image)
Dauntless Clifft Bowie
Knife name: Clifft Bowie
Blade length: 7”
Blade material: 125Cr1 carbon steel
Blade @the thickest: .25”
Blade pattern: Clip point (also comes in a harpoon point)
Construction: Hidden tang
Scales: Natural canvas Micarta® (also in black G-10)
Overall length: 13”
Country of origin: USA
Sheath: Leather w/retention strap; ambidextrous carry; by Chattanooga Leather Works
Knife to know: Won Best American-Made Knife at BLADE Show Texas 2025
MSRP: $575
Company: Dauntless, dauntlessmanufacturing.com (SharpByCoop image)
Charlie Lloyd Hunter
Blade length: 5.75”
Blade material: Cu-mai
Blade grind: Flat
Scales: Ironwood
Guard: Hot blued
Overall length: 10.5”
Knife to know: Charlie Lloyd is an ABS journeyman smith
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $750
Maker: Charlie Lloyd (SharpByCoop image)
Camille Sennegon Hunter
Blade length: 4.5”
Blade material: W’s multi-bar (6 bars) damascus of O2 carbon and 15N20 nickel-alloy steels
Blade grind: Flat w/convex edge
Scales: Curly gidgee
Guard: 304 stainless steel
Overall length: 9.25”
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $1,300
Knife to know: Camille Sennegon is a journeyman smith in the ABS
Maker: Camille Sennegon (SharpByCoop image)
Jak Knives #187
Knife type: Hunter
Blade length: 4.1”
Blade steel: 14C28 stainless
Blade thickness @ricasso: .118”
Blade grind: Flat
Blade pattern: Drop point
Scales: A Western Australia desert hardwood called Minniritchie
Liners: G-10
Overall length: 8.85”
Sheath: Leather belt model
Maker’s price for a similar knife and sheath: $300-$400 at press-time exchange rate
Maker: Jak Knives (Rod Hoare image)
DB Blades Varis
Blade length: 3.9”
Blade steel: Nitro V stainless
Blade grind: Flat
Blade thickness @ricasso: .157”
Scales: G-10
Overall length: 8.66”
Sheath: Synthetic
Knife to know: Varis won the Best Hunting Knife Award at the 2025 Queensland Knife Show; Dominic Binker is a member of the Australian Knifemakers Guild
Maker: DB Blades (Rod Hoare image)
Under The Bridge Knife and Tool M.O.A.
Knife type: Hunter
Blade length: 2.75”
Blade material: Cruwear carbon steel
Blade grind: Full flat
Handle material: Burgundy linen Micarta®, Fordite and silver metallic carbon fiber
Overall length: 6.75”
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $375
Maker: Under The Bridge Knife and Tool (SharpByCoop image)
Pcocks Customs Slug Life
Blade length: 3.54”
Blade material: Mosaic damascus of 1084 carbon and 15N20 nickel-alloy steels
Blade grind: Full flat
Scales: Ringed gidgee
Pins: Carbon fiber
Knife to know: Tapered tang; Slug Life won the Best Hunter Award at the 2025 Perth Knife Show; Peter Cocks is a member of the Australian Knifemakers Guild
Sheath: Belt model of Australian leather bearing Peter’s leather texturing stamp and finished w/a Barry King border stamp
Maker’s price for a similar knife and sheath: $750 at press-time exchange rate
Maker: Pcocks Customs (Rod Hoare image)
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