Early American Frontier Skinner Knife

The skinner knife or skinning knife typically has a wide blade with a deep belly (curved) and extended cutting edge. Blade length varies with the size of the animal, with the most popular ranging from 3" to 6". The edge is strong and does not have much flexibility or spring. Skinning knives are more a hunting tool than a weapon. Crazy Crow Trading Post's readymade skinning knives are authentic reproductions of early American skinning knives, including the fur trade era.

Glossary of Common Knife Making Terms

Glossary of Common Knife Making Terms

To help you in your understanding as you browse through all the knives, accessories and gift items on crazycrow.com, we offer this glossary of common knife making terms. If there is a particular word, phrase or anything that you don’t understand here, please feel free to contact us and we’ll try to explain what we can.
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Sharpening Your Knife

Sharpening Your Knife

The most difficult knife care task is said to be sharpening a blade. Modern stainless steel is very hard and when sharpened properly, will hold a good edge for a very long time.When sharpening a knife, you must have a high quality sharpener that features a rough stock removal surface of diamond abrasive and a finishing surface of hard stone or ceramic abrasive.
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