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Knives
What’s a Good Single-Blade Pocketknife?
Q: What’s a good single-blade pocketknife?
Stuff We Like: 5.11 Ferro Knife
Don’t have a piece of flint to start a fire? No worries if you have the 5.11 Ferro Knife.
How to Sharpen a Pocketknife
Q: How do I keep my pocketknife sharp?
How to Buy a Good Pocketknife or Multitool
Keep sharp in your Scouting endeavors with the right knife or multitool for the job.
Every Packing List Starts With the 10 Scout Basic Outdoor Essentials
Every packing list starts with these items. They're called "Scouting Outdoor Essentials" for a reason.
Should I Get a Single-Blade or a Swiss Army Knife?
Q: I am looking for a new pocketknife. Should I get a single-blade or a Swiss Army knife?
Stuff We Like: Morakniv Scout 39
Lightweight and handy, the Morakniv Scout 39 is a fixed-blade knife designed for beginners.
How to Clean Your Pocketknife
Q: I use my pocketknife almost daily, and it gets so dirty. How can I stop that?
How to Make a Soap Carving
Embrace your creativity with soap carving, a fun and easy activity that will also improve your whittling skills.
Best Multitool That’s Both Useful and Affordable
Q: What’s the best type of multitool that’s useful and affordable?
How to Clean a Dirty Pocketknife
Q. Dear Gear Guy, I got a pocketknife from my grandfather, and it's all dirty and rusty. Can you tell me how to clean it, please?
Knife Safety Quiz
Knives can be a handy tool, but they can also be dangerous. This quiz covers the basic safety rules.
How to clean a sticky knife
Q. Whenever I go camping I always cut oranges with my knife. But then my knife sticks and is hard to get open. What is the best way to de-stick my knife?
How to Sharpen a Pocketknife
A pocketknife is only useful if you keep it sharp. Here's how to sharpen a knife using a whetstone.
Sharpening a pocketknife
When and how should I sharpen my pocketknives?
Clean sand out of a knife
Q. How do you get sand out of your knife’s insides?
Should I buy a Gerber or Swiss Army knife?
Q. Hey Gear Guy, I’m debating on whether to buy a Gerber pocketknife or a Swiss Army knife. My friend says Gerber; but I’ve heard Swiss Army my whole life. Which one should I buy?
Get Your Own Personalized Eagle Scout Knife
Order your own BSA-licensed, personalized pocketknife through Buck Knives.
What’s a good beginner pocketknife for an 8-year-old?
Q. I want to buy a pocketknife for my 8-year-old nephew. He has just started a pocketknife collection and has about 8 knives. Can you recommend a good knife for a boy that age?
Sharpening a knife without a whetstone
Q. Hey Gear Guy, which devices (other than a traditional whetstone) can I use to sharpen my knife? How well do they work?
How to treat a knife cut
Q: What do you do for a knife cut?
Simple, affordable lock-back knife
Q. When I get a new traditional lock-blade knife, it often messes up within the first hour. When I close it, the blade flips in and out and will not completely shut. Why isn’t it working?
Good knife for exploration
Q. I need a good knife for exploring a forest. I want a knife that either unfolds or stays open. Any suggestions?
Good, but Inexpensive Buck knife
Q. Dear Gear Guy, I would like a good quality but inexpensive Buck knife. I saw the article in September 2008 about the fixed-blade knives, but my troop does not allow sheath or fixed-blade knives. What can you recommend?
Rust-proof knife
Q. When I was packing for summer camp, I had a hard time choosing the pocketknife to take. Almost all my knifes have wooden handles, and if they get wet, they rot and the blades rust. And the knife I took did rust. Can you tell me of a good rust-proof knife?
Large sheath knives
Q. I’ve been looking at buying a new knife. I found a sheath knife with a 5-inch blade. If I did get one could I carry it?
Stuff We Like: Gerber Curve
Bigger isn’t always better. Especially when it comes to a heavy knife crammed in your pocket. That’s why we dig the new Gerber Curve.
Best lock-back pocketknife
What is the best lock-back pocketknife (3- to 4-inch blade) for the money?
Choosing a hunting knife
I'm going on a camping trip with my troop, but my hunting knife broke. I see a lot of different hunting knives advertised. How do I know which one to buy?