The Total Knife Manual

141 Essential Skills & Techniques

Written By: T. Edward Nickens
$29.00
Whether you’re hunting, fishing, camping, cooking, or facing a life-or-death survival situation one thing is certain: you need a good knife. In this authoritative book, Eddie Nickens, Field & Stream editor at large and author of The Total Outdoorsman tells you everything you need to know about choosing the right knife for the job, using it correctly, keeping it sharp, and more.

Detailed “design workshops” provide an in-depth education in what makes a great knife, as well as how to choose the right knife for the job. Hands-on practical tips detail how to use your knife in a wide range of everyday, on-the-go, and even life-and-death situations, from whittling a tent peg to dispatching a wild hog.

Special features celebrate the greatest knives ever made, and the craftsmen who changed the game forever. For everyone from the casual camper looking to find the right all-around tool to carry on his belt to the connoisseur and collector who can tell a Victorinox from a Wenger at 100 paces.

In this authoritative book, Eddie Nickens, one of Field & Stream magazine’s top knife experts, gives you his 141 top tips, tricks, and skills, including:

Choosing the right knife for the job
Cooking knives in the kitchen or in the wild
Butchering and filleting game and fish
Knives for survival
Camping and outdoor uses, expected and unusual
Sharpening and caring for a knife
Knife tricks to amaze and amuse
Forging your own blade
Other bladed tools to consider
. . . and more
Format: Flexibound
Publication Date: 9/25/2018
ISBN: 9781681883687
Pages: 224
Trim Size: 7.5 x 9.5 x .7

  • About the Author 
  • Press
T. Edward Nickens, Author: Editor-at-large for Field & Stream magazine and contributing editor for Audubon magazine, T. Edward Nickens writes about outdoor sports, natural history, and conservation for many leading magazines, winning more than two dozen national writing awards.

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