Dress Skinner Full Tang Fixed Blade Burl Wood Knife

The Dress Skinner Full Tang Fixed Blade Burl Wood Knife from Rite Edge holds a polished 3.5-inch stainless blade with full tang construction, fitted to a burl wood handle, shipped with a leather sheath. Made in Pakistan.

This piece follows the patch knife pattern, a simple fixed-blade design shaped around one blade rather than a folding mechanism, historically favored for how straightforward it is to manufacture and maintain compared to anything with moving parts. Burl wood comes from the swirled, knotted grain of a tree burl rather than a straight-grained cut, giving this handle a distinctive figure that varies from piece to piece rather than the more uniform look of standard straight-grain wood used on Rite Edge's plainer patch knives. The skinner-style blade holds a broad, curved edge suited to skinning and general field work rather than fine detail cutting, and the polished finish sheds moisture more easily than a matte or hammered surface would.

Full tang construction runs the steel the entire length of the handle, adding meaningful strength for hard use that a partial-tang design can't match at a similar price. Calling this piece a dress skinner points to its polished, presentation-ready finish rather than a rough working tool, though it still holds up as a working blade if that's how it ends up being used. Explore more Hunting Knives.

• Burl wood handle with a distinctive figure
• Skinner-style blade suited to field and skinning work
• Full tang construction
• Ships with a leather sheath