Serving Australia and New Zealand
Hunting Knives
for Bowhunting in Australia and New Zealand
Tusker Hunting Knife
John Teitzel is well known to bowhunters all over the world as the manufacturer of the Tusker Broadheads as well as the producer of the thrilling Boars and Barramundi Bowhunting Adventure DVD series plus several other Australian bowhunting adventures.
John is a bowhunter's bowhunter who takes the hunt to the quarry where the bush grows thick, the tusks grow long, the bush cattle roam and the crocodiles do whatever the hell they want to do. Thus, when we heard that John had designed and was marketing a new hunting knife, we jumped at the chance to become the New Zealand distributors.
The Tusker Hunting Knife is no wimp. It is over a foot long with an 8" blade hand crafted from D2 high-carbon steel and hardened to Rockwell 58 so it sharpens easily and stays sharp longer than any stainless blade can. The handle is Australian hardwood with a heavy brass hilt, there is a camera attachment stud in the haft (brilliant!) and a notch in the top of the blade for lifting a hot billy can from the fire. Each knife comes with a heavy-duty hand-sewn leather sheath.
The Australian Price on this Item reflects the differences in the exchange rate and GST between New Zealand and Australia.
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Hybrid Hunter Hunting Knives
Outdoor Edge has teamed up with custom knife maker Neil Blackwood to bring you his most popular design, the Hybrid Hunter. This no-nonsense drop point combines classic styling with modern features not found on ordinary hunting knives.
The deep bellied 3-3/4" skinning blade is deeply hollow ground from AUS-8A stainless steel and hand finished to a razor edge. Neil's hourglass handle design incorporates three tapered holes for lighter weight, better balance and a secure non-slip grip. The Hybrid Hunter comes complete with a Cordura nylon belt sheath and a lifetime guarantee.
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Bearpaw Black Skinner Hunting Knife
Every bowhunter in Australia or New Zealand who has ever tried to skin a deer with an inadequate knife or one that is less than razor sharp will appreciate this superior little skinning knife from Bearpaw Archery Equipment.
The 3 1/2-inch (9cm) blade is made of knife-grade stainless steel rated 440C so that it takes a razor edge quickly and easily and stays sharp throughout the entire skinning operation. The handle is made of African ebony and the entire knife is polished to a mirror finish for a knife that is as beautiful as it is practical. Overall length is 8 1/4-inches ( 21 cm ) and a high-grade cowhide sheath is included.
The Australian Price on this Item reflects the differences in the exchange rate and GST between New Zealand and Australia.
Don't forget! Shipping is free on this item to anywhere in New Zealand or Australia if your order is over $250.00. Click the kanga for details
Bearpaw Black Hunter Hunting Knife
The Black Hunter hunting knife from Bearpaw Archery Equipment in Germany has the same heft and dimensions as the Black Skinner skinning knife listed above. The difference is that the black Hunter is designed with a sturdy blade that is intended more for general-purpose use rather than just skinning.
If you are looking for a knife for all the daily tasks in camp or in the bush the Hunter is for you. Made from knife-grade stainless with a 3 1/2-inch (9cm) blade. Overall length is 8 1/4-inches ( 21 cm ) and a high-grade cowhide sheath is included.
The Australian Price on this Item reflects the differences in the exchange rate and GST between New Zealand and Australia.
Don't forget! Shipping is free on this item to anywhere in New Zealand or Australia if your order is over $250.00. Click the kanga for details
Bearpaw Green River Hunter
The Green River knife designs are named after the Green River Knife Works which started producing these high-quality, utilitarian knives sometime in the early to mid 19th Century. They quickly became a favorite of emigrants, prospectors, buffalo hunters..... (you can read the rest of the story in the Quick Tip below).
If you are looking for a general-purpose all-around utility knife with a heavy blade of quality steel that will sharpen easily and hold an edge, at a reasonable price, then you might be looking for the Green River Hunting Knife from Bearpaw Archery Equipment.
This is a quality hunting knife made in Germany of top-grade stainless steel. The Green River is 9 1/2-inches (24cm ) long with a 5-inch (13cm) blade. The hardwood handle is riveted to the blade for long life and durability, just like the original. Comes complete with a useable leather sheath.
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Don't forget! Shipping is free on this item to anywhere in New Zealand or Australia if your order is over $250.00. Click the kanga for details
QUICK TIP
Green River Knives--A short History
When asked, what is the most popular hunting knife ever? Most of us would answer that it is the Bowie knife, of course. That shortened version of King Arthur's broadsword has been featured, one way or another, in nearly every western film and book written in the last 100 years. But like most history learned from movies and popular fiction, you would be dead wrong(sorry folks but Ned Kelly and Billy the Kid were probably not very nice people). The Green River was by far the most popular hunting knife used in the past 200 years, hands down. In fact many of the knives described as Bowie Knives are misnamed variations of a Green River design.
The Green River knife designs are named after the J.Russell & Co. Green River Knife Works in Greenfield Massachusetts, USA, which started producing these high-quality, utilitarian knives sometime in the mid 19th century. They quickly became a favorite of emigrants, prospectors, buffalo hunters, miners, Indians, settlers, trappers, soldiers and anyone else who needed a knife that was small enough to carry on their belt but large enough to do the thousands of sticking, hacking, skinning, carving, and whittling jobs that needed doing on the American frontier and in the old west. During the Gold-rush years, it is estimated that as many as 750,000 Green River knives were produced by this company. And that doesn't count the thousands of counterfeits that were produced by other companies copying the Green River patterns.
Naturally, when gold was discovered in Australia and New Zealand, the multitudes of hopeful prospectors who deserted California and Alaska for the far richer gold fields in Otago and Victoria brought along their Green River knives, and the popularity of this practical design has grown in the South Pacific ever since. There are now dozens of variations of the Green River design on the market and the name is now used rather loosely to define any unadorned utility knife used for hunting and skinning, but the one we have listed here is about as close to the original Green River as you will find anywhere.