Knives of the Great Outdoors

A group dedicated to knives and equipment used by Scouts, Hikers, Fishers, Sailors and all the other outdoor adventurers.  A place to show off everything from  the knife in your bug-out bag to your tackle box. Or the knife you take on a day hike or climbing the Matterhorn.

A - Z Index, knives of the great outdoors


  • Featured

    Charles Sample

    Well, I will jump in first with a pic of my Queen fish knife.  It is 1 of 70, made for the Chattahoochee Cutlery Club in 2005.

  • Michelle "Fingers" DellaPelle

    I remember I was young girl like 10 years old at girl camping. I used swiss scout knife the great outdoor adventure... I always played cutting any the small woods. Just tossed it to bonfire. I love it. I love camping... But I don't remember where i did putted away my old swiss scout knife in the somewhere boxes in the basement in many years ago. I don't remember. I hate to dig and search each the box for my swiss knife..... LOLOLOLOL

  • peter force

    thats a beauty of a QUEEN.. nice throwback to the original as well.all the original true winterbottom pieces i find like this are always missing the sharpener on front scale...  thats a purdy knife!

  • peter force

    "FINGERS" ..i would be diggin...LOLOLOL..i love lookin for old knives in old boxes....

  • Scott Rauber

    Definitely like this Group....thx for the invite Jan!

  • Ron Cooper

    Love those lanyards, Scott -- Especially the one on that Beaver Tail! 

  • Ron Cooper

    Kudos and best wishes on your new group, Toby!

    Here's one of my favorite Scouts...

  • Tobias Gibson

    I guess I will start with my latest edition to the collection.It's an Italian made camp knife.  In this case the Mercury 913-8DC. 

    It's a six implement knife similar to the Swiss Army Spartan but with a twist.

    Handles scales  Stag. (Mercury calls it deer horn). Nice brass pins  and rivets. The antler is smoothed and polished along the edges.  The bolsterless design is what really got my attention.

    but then when you open the blades...

    There's a Fork instead of a punch or small blade!  It's a hobo/scout hybrid!  Of course short of spearing small chunks of meat or marshmallows the fork is useless.  But it was still pretty cool to see and is at least as functional as the fork on the Case Hobo!

    Back tools include the cork screw and sewing awl.  The awl could use a sharper edge but is still pretty nice.

    all in all a well made knife. I'm very pleased with the fit and finish and the quality of the materials.  Pretty good snap on all blades.  I haven't noticed any blade rub, yet. The stag or deer horn is nicely polished.  I think it would have been nicer with a bail instead of key ring but the novelty of the fork makes up for that.


  • In Memoriam

    Robert Burris

    Really nice knives everyone. I love that Hobo/Scout you have there Tobias. Miss Michelle, I'd still be digging in those old boxes, to find an old friend of my childhood. Good luck.


  • Featured

    Charles Sample

    When I am out scouting and preparing for deer season, I like to strap this on my hip.  It is a Frost Bowie knife.  I have used it for a lot of things a knife shouldn't be used for, including chopping down a fair sized tree.  It is great for clearing brush away from my game cameras or for clearing shooting lanes.