PKS Knives - Made for the Field 

Awesome knives

I just bought the mountaineer, cannot wait to get out on the trails with it!

I bought one of your cheapest price knives about Three years ago, It is more a camp knife I think, but I couldn't be happier to own it. I keep it in the kitchen now as my wife loves it as much as I do! And happy to say its used daily several times. So thank you sir! 1095 Rocks!

I've found that very, very few mass produced blades come close to meeting the minimum expectations I have. That said, I studied under a master bladesmith and began making my own knives. First I did stock-removal blades to learn to ebb-and-flow of a blades planes, curves, and lines, before learning to forge from scratch. Now almost 10 years on I still enjoy my craft. A bit long winded I know, but I say all this because I believe anyone that wants to learn, should. I am a big fan of Mr. Canterbury and his work as a survivalist and firmly believe he knows exactly what to expect from a blade and find his enthusiasm in supporting and providing quality blades admirable.

I own a lot of knives and my go-to is the Scorpion. Its "dirty by design" makes it so you'll use it and yet it's still elegant and good looking. A confession here: I've pimped it out. To put it bluntly it trumps all the other knives because of its utilitarian bombproof nature.

Thanks for the updated video on the Pathfinder Knife Shop line of knives. I’ve got several of the Jeff White knives purchased from Self Reliance Outfitters (SRO) years ago. They are still providing good service for me to this date. I appreciate all the folks at SRO. - Tennessee Smoky

Thank you for the backstory on these blades.

Thanks Dave. 1095 fan here. Love the scorpion. Wonderful designs and wood scales. God Bless. From Tennessee

Yes Dave thank you for these videos!!!

The PKS Kephart has been my work horse for years now. I bought the scorpion in June because i like a good drop point and to have a solid back up 👍🏼

this video got me droolin! I gotta get me a couple of those. Thanks for the video, Dave, and thanks for the quality too!

Oma goodness! Every time you pull out another I say to myself "THAT'S the one i want..., First". Awesome collection.

Thanks to you & your collaborators for the time commitment & investment that it takes to make hand worked cutlery. I hope that you reap the rewards that are due for making these tools with value, quality, competitive pricing & such a good warranty.

These are quality knives. They're not good because they are affordable, they're good because they're friggin' good! They're simple, and very VERY close to the knife designs used hundreds of years ago. I get an odd sense of being connected to those times, using mine. Plus, they taught me that high quality didn't necessarily mean high price. If your considering one, roll the dice. I swear you will not be disappointed.

I've had a PKS Mountaineer knife for several years, and bought one of their new Bowie knives. One word to describe them... OUT-FRICKEN-STANDING!

Just wanted to say great stuff. Thanks for the years of educating and sharing, Dave.

Thank you, Dave! It's nice to see someone making time-tested tools with time-tested materials. Nothing against new super steels, they're great, but when your reputation rests on a product tried and true is the way to go. Thank you for all the priceless knowledge and a bullet proof tool to apply that knowledge with.

I ordered three back in 2017, I think that was the year that you started putting them out. Anyway, I have the original scorpion HD which I purchased for myself. I purchased two phantom ||’s and gave them away as gifts. My scorpion is still my go to knife and believe me when I say I have a lot of knives to choose from.

Great knives validated by the Greats. Cheers DC % Pathfinder.

The handles are 50% of a knife so it’s important to have them comfortable, and those knives sure look comfortable. Good stuff man

Great run through !

The best knife I've ever owned is your "dirty by design" line! Oh, and your apothecary items are amazing!!!

I think Dave has everything under control up there. The best of the pathfinder organization is yet to come.

Ethan Becker actually has 1 of the last original kepharts and makes one as close as he can as well. The PKS and Becker kepharts are two knives I definitely have high on my list for no other reason than they’re awesome historically speaking as well as practical use.

Great knives. Tops Tracker in 1095 has been in use in the sopping wet PNW mountains processing firewood and getting pitch wood from rotten stumps since 2008, hasn’t died yet. Have used it for pounding tent stakes etc. Very much comparable to the Mountaineer knife. I can tell that one’s a winner for survival. I can’t bear to use the Red Scorpion Six WSK for these tasks. Cheers 🍻 🎶Meet me down by the railroad track, track. 🎶

Well said Sir, spoken like a true Smith, Engineer and Bushcrafter! I look forward to the next time I'm in the states and I will try and factor in a catch up with you. All the best from the Englishman, down under 🤠👍

I own 4 PKS knives. Two are discontinued, the Grizzly and the Black Bear. The Black Bear being one my most favorite knives in my entire collection of knives as a sub 5" blade second only to my Bark River Cub EDC. Both the Grizzly and the Black Bear are excellent knives, mine have walnut scales. If the PKS was to ever produce these two models again with canvas micarta scales, I would buy two more just because. That’s how impressed I am with these two models. I also own the Mountaineer and the Wildcat, both are excellent knives and they both have canvas micarta scales. And when Dave says the the knives are guaranteed, that is very much the case. I had some minor issues with the blades of the Grizzly and the Black Bear when I purchased them, I contacted SRO and they replaced both knives no hassle whatsoever. The leather sheaths that they offer are very good quality and well worth the price. Buy PKS knives with confidence that you will receive a quality product, money well spent. Many thanks to Dave and the folks at SRO and PKS.

Another killer video as always Dave and I always like the look of the 1818 knives and I want the bushcraft knives to do everything I need it to do

Thanks Dave

Have beat the hell out of my PKS Scorpion XL for years now, and it just keeps begging for more. One of my favorite heavy-use camp knives of all time.

Good stuff!

Awesome dave!!!!! Keep it up!!!! Cant wait to get a buffalo skinner!!!

I own the PKS Kephart! Great knife! Go get you one!!!

My scorpion outfitters Edition skinned 2 bucks this year. I love it. I carry every time when i go out in the woods

Dave, I would love to see a return of the Pathfinder Survival Knife, which you designed from the PLSK-1. Could you do a limited run of those?

I bought my brother, one of your knives Dave. I ordered a curly maple. It wasn't. It's a good looking knife. Ok steel. It would be nice. If it had screws. Not pins. But I get it. More cost. Thank you, for your great video.

Iv got the mountaineer pks knife and it is by far my favorite knife i own. Dave is right, i own fancy knives in all kinds of different steel but in the woods or survival 1095 and a tried and true old school desing is what you need to do any task outdoors. If it aint broke dont fix it

Nice knives.

thanx dave

I got my Mountaineer a few days ago and I'm really happy with it, the price point is why i bought it the $300 knives i just can't do it i did years ago and felt bad abusing it. I chose to not buy the sheath as i like a side carry on my belt not a fan of something hanging down my side. Thanks Dave.

Finally purchasing my Scorpion now! HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!!! 🎉

I own 4 PKS knives. The discontinued Mountain Lion HD, the Corporal Kelly Camp & Trail and 2 Scorpion XLs; one of which I won in a raffle from Dave at the Atlanta Blade Show last year and now belongs to my daughter. Great knives. Love 'em. But, then again, I am a knife-a-holic. I would like to see the Grizzly HD make a come back, though.

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

That Kephart Camp Master looks great! Definitely will be my next knife purchased. Hope it stays on the store and doesnt get pulled from the lineup.

I've been very pleased with my PKS knives. I have the Scorpion, Mountain Lion (wanted the Mountaineer, but it wasn't available at the time), the Camp Companion, Buffalo Skinner, and the Little Skinner which has become my favorite of the hunting knives.

Dave from all the guys in Alabama the ones I run with thank you make the best knives

I have to agree. I've seen both PSK and Tops 1095 compete and sometimes out preform higher end steels. Excellent simple designs and materials can't be beat.

Dave, great explanation. My two favorites are the camp and trail paired with the camp companion! With that said, I prefer a neck knife!

Man I love PKS knives! I already have a main belt blade but I'm seriously considering the camp companion

Well don’t have a pathfinder knife. So going over to the store and check them out. So far anything I have bought from the pathfinder store has serviced me very well.

I want one of each. I have the Scorpian HD and it's a great, bulletproof knife. I like the idea of the knife being sold separate from the sheath. I have the standard leather sheath from PKS with my Scorpion and its well made. I added a dangle to mine.

That's why I own 4 pks knifes, and my my 5th one is an actual Pft camp and trail. Saving my pennies for the woods muck🤠

Love it

Ive had the camp companion on my wishlist for some time. Ive carried everything from blind horse to cheap academy knives. Ive just never really cared for a big belt knife. I hate stuff on my belt, pockets, and belt loops. Ive grown to prefer a smaller blade over the large ones. I hope to purchase one sooner than later.

Awesome Blades , gonna have to get me some..... 👍🖖

I am currently not in the market to buy a knife but I like the niche your knives are in.

I have a pks skeleton knife which is a pocket size full tang scandi. Still one of my favorites and I found a Tourbon sheath that fits it perfectly.

Great true outdoorsman knives. Awesome selection/ patterns. Always been a 1095 Carbon knife guy. I Probably have 40 vintage classic hunting knives -all great 1095. You’re spot on about the hype with all the BS variations of steels they constantly come out with and toss out there to star gazed public

Just received The Wildcat - Beautiful - feels real good in the hand. As someone who cut meat to get through college, this one cuts good.

My Corporals Corner knife is fantastic!

I really like quite a few of the knives in your lineup! However I prefer screwed handles opposed to pinned ones. Simply for the possibility that the knife gets trenched and I like to dry and oil the blade entirely, including the tang. If you'd ever offer that, you got a new customer.

I lost my Mountain Lion when my car was totaled. I bought a Scorpion to hold its place but I’m still gutted. I loved that thing, I used it all the time.

I have 2 Grizzlies, and 2 Buffalo Skinners, and they truly are workhorse knives. I almost feel bad about how I treat them, but they just do work, and don't complain. Seriously great knives

I LOVE my Kephart XL.

I have all models in the PKS line up. I really like them all, however depending on the task at hand might choose one over another. Currently my favorite everday belt blade for outdoor bushcrafting goes to my Camp and Trail of which I own two. One having an ash handle the other in curly maple. For my living history impression the curly maple gets the nod. Next week I was invited to do some living history event for the Alabama historical museum and yes a couple of my PKS blades will accompany me and used in demonstrating primitive fire making. I have a sizable amount of camp craft gear from Self Reliance Outfitters and the products never fail to be both functional and dependable over my 39 years doing living history / camp craft.

i own a few pks knives awesome quality

Finally someone that agrees with what I was taught by my granddad, thick enough steel to work an easy to sharpen in the field, 1095 never let's you down. Keep it clean an oiled, it'll develope a patina with proper use an care.

I dabbled with the expensive fancy powder steels and went back to the tried and true 1095hc steel. It's just so much easier to deal with and way more forgiving . If you are new to blades I recommend 1095hc, also 420hc USA made . Yes ya don't get a spark with a stone but if crap hits the fan I'm grabbing either my Tops Brakimo or Gerber Prodigy/Strongarm. I have yet to purchase one of the PKS knives yet I will eventually get one of their kepharts or Scorpions .

About 6 yrs ago I bought a pks grizzly with red and black macarta handles. It came in the white boxes. The day it arrived I was opening it up and I dropped it. The edge of the knife hit the edge of a metal ashtray. My heart almost stopped when I realized I damaged it. I thought it chipped. I put on my reader glasses and realized no chip the edge just rolled. 5 minutes on a bench stone and it came right out can't even tell I did that. That should speak of the high quality products with outstanding heat treating. The only bad thing I can say bad about pks knives is they discontinued my second favorite knife. The grizzly my favorite is the mora garberg a little more comfortable edc woods carry. My grizzly I scout carry on my backpack or sometimes on my chest pack. I would highly recommend any pks knife or the mora garberg. I prefer full tang so the garberg is the only mora I own or recommend but I have heard good things about the other moras for a budget starter knife.

I was wondering what will happen with the camp and trail knife. Glad its still an option. Really like it. Tempted to buy another in micarta this time when available again

I agree on the 1095. I like fancy steels in folders, but for a big hard use fixed blade 1095 is, if not THE best choice, certainly right up there at the top of the list.

I like them knives im going to order some.

Love my camp and trail

I have a couple of Jeff White knives. And I have a PKS knife that I consider a rarity ( _though I may be incorrect about that_ ). Why no mention of the PLSK1 Pathfinder or the PLS2 Pathfinder 2? THOSE are the knives that "started it all" . AND they are both excellent knives. I understand Dave doesn't make them. But does anyone else here think they deserve a mention if for no other reason than to respect the history of Dave's designs? No disrespect to the Scorpion. But it is not the seed of Pathfinder knives. The PLSK1 Pathfinder is. I carry my Mountain Lion at least 3 days a week and my EESE4 for the rest. I keep Mora Companions _everywhere_. ( _every car, truck, side-by-side, 4 wheeler, toolbox, tackle-box, glovebox, haversack, and backpack I own has a Mora Companion in it or on it - I bought them in bulk for a screaming price_ ). I'd buy one of every knife Dave makes if it wouldn't put me in the dog house with my better half. But when I come across an original PLSK1 Pathfinder with the old logo on one side and the Blind Horse logo on the other side, I'm buying it. There is something that is simultaneously rough AND elegant about that design. But what do I know.

I've got the Grizzly, Scorpion XL and the Camp Companion. Love them all. (never did get a sticker though)

Love the mountaineer

Iv played woth the scorpion for 8 10 monthes that's a HELL of a blade .and I believe it was the kephart again what a blade quality knives from pathfinder

I bought 2 PKS knives at smokey mountain knife works and they both came with sheaths???? Love both of then!!! Camp and Trail, and Mountaineer.

I own a scorpion HD and love it. I would love to pair it with the kephart

got the Mointaineer and the Grizzly YEARS ago, way before dirty by design, new boxes, fancy wrapping, diffferent wood handles, etc.etc At the time only available in walnut handles. I would like to see some full flat, convex or high sabre grinds in the future

I love your sheath just wish I could order it left handed

Great simple and sleek design. Hopefully the knives will soon be available in Germany too.👍

Please make a left handed case. Best knives ever!!

I have the original Kephart with Walnut Scales and love it. No fancy boxes back then LOL.

I have your Nessmuk knife, and I think it's a great knife.

Great blades. I have one and need to reach out to find out which model it actually is. Where might I check on that?

I got a few from the jeff white days.. I need to get some of the new models

I really hope the pathfinder companion comes back in soon I really like those ones

I use my Scorpian whenever im not using my Garberg or any of my Esee's, she's always been a good one for me.. I expect my daughter will continue to use it long after i am gone..

Have both the Scorpion and Mountaineer…can’t beat ‘em.

Ive got five. My Camp and Trail has been with me for all my training. It will be with me at the Advanced class.

I love my Buffalo Skinner I’ve had for a few years

I like forging my own out of 5160..it is a painstaking process..as I do all final edge profiling with diamond stone to get it flat, flat grind, then put a slight convex..very strong and cuts super well. I think the weakness of the scandi grind is the edge is too thin, but also the transition is angular and thus has drag. If I'm not forging my own, then I like to buy either full flat grinds or partial flat, and then put a slight convex on the edge. All the fallkniven japanese blades have this convex.

Brought one of last lot the corporals corner edition camp and trail knives. Have not really used it, only for the reason I find is the handle feels a little smallish to me, other than that it's a nice knife from the bit I have used it. Just feels like a extra half or full inch a little fatter handle would be good. Do you know if there will be another run of bowie knife again.

I literally ordered a kephart camp master like 2 hrs ago and then this video drops lol what a coincidence

I own 3 PKS knives, they as good or better than any other knife that I own (I own quite a few) they are my favorites. I do beat on them a little, and they hold their edge and are easy to resharpen usually with just a strop. If Horace Kephart were around today, he would carry a PKS knife (as long as he could get it from Abercrombie & Fitch).

Dave make some Canadian belt knives I think they will make your knife business on the top of the world

I have 2 of your knives. And really hope you and Mr Kelly parter on good terms. ❤

Love that hoodie Dave! awesome....the Scorpion hd would be my choice... 2nd, Mountaineer.... only thing is its hard to legally carry knives that big in many areas of the U.S.

I just bought the Kephart.....All your knives are great value for the money! Ever think of making a small companion knife with a full flat grind?