Description
Five folding tools live in one camel bone handle, and every one of them closes flush into the frame.
| Overall length | 8.3 inches |
| Blade length | 4 inches |
| Handle length | 4.3 inches |
| Steel | 1095 + 15N20 Damascus, 352 layers |
| Hardness | 58–60 HRC, oil tempered |
| Weight | 10 oz |
| Handle | Camel Bone |
| Pattern | Mirror shine Blade, Extreme custom File-work |
| Included | Hand-stitched leather sheath |
Where it earns its keep: the traditional carrier who wants one pocket knife that covers five jobs. Open the long clip point for slicing, the saw for green wood, the hook for dressing small game, the short secondary blade for detail work, and the corkscrew for the end of the day.
Care: Keep it dry and keep the pivots clean. Rinse grit out of the joints, dry them, and work a drop of light oil into each pivot so the blades stay smooth. Hang it up rather than leaving it in the sheath.
FAQs
How many blades open on it? Five separate tools, all pinned to the same frame. Each has its own nail nick so you can pick the one you want without opening the rest.
Does it fit in a pocket? Yes. Folded it is a little over four inches of handle. The tools take up no room until you need them.
Is there a sheath? Yes. A hand-stitched leather sheath comes with it, in a gift-ready box.
The five tools
The main blade is the long one, ground with a clip point and enough belly for food and rope. The saw has coarse set teeth for green branches rather than seasoned lumber. The hook is a dressing hook, sharpened on the inside curve. The short blade takes the fiddly work you would rather not put a four inch edge near, and the corkscrew is a real one with a sharp starting point. If you want the reasoning behind a frame like this, our multi-blade pocket knife guide covers it.
Handle and finish
Camel bone is dense, warm to hold, and it takes the polish you can see along the scales. Brass pins and a brass liner sit flush with the bone. The blades are finished to a mirror shine with custom file-work, which is the part that takes the longest and the part you notice first. At 10 oz it feels like a tool. Bone darkens a little along the edges where your fingers sit, which is how an old one tells you its age.
Sharpening five edges
Five edges means five different jobs on the stone. Do the main blade and the short blade on a flat stone at your usual angle, use a round file or a tapered rod for the inside of the hook, and leave the saw alone. Our walkthrough on how to sharpen a knife has the angles. If you would rather carry one purpose-built edge than five, the Hornback single-blade skinner is the other end of the same idea.
Model: BMK-803B
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