Skinner Patch Knife Full Tang Burl Wood Fixed Blade

The Skinner Patch Knife Full Tang Burl Wood Fixed Blade from Rite Edge sets a 2.13-inch stainless blade with a burl wood handle and full tang construction, shipped with a leather sheath.

Burl wood comes from the swirled, knotted grain of a tree burl rather than a straight-grained cut, so no two handles show quite the same pattern. That sets this apart from the plainer straight-grain wood used on Rite Edge's other patch knives. The skinner shape keeps the edge curved and broad for working around hide, while the small overall size keeps the knife light in the hand.

Full tang construction runs the steel the full length of the handle rather than stopping partway, which matters more on a compact blade like this where there's less material to begin with. Rite Edge sells a handful of similar compact skinners in brown wood, but the burl grain on this one sets it apart from the straighter-grained versions elsewhere in the lineup. At just over two inches, the blade is sized for detail work rather than heavier field tasks like batoning or splitting. Leather sheaths like the one included here will darken and soften with use over time, picking up the shape of the blade they carry rather than staying stiff indefinitely. Rite Edge lists this pattern under a few slightly different names across its catalog, but the burl handle and compact skinner blade stay the same across those listings. Explore more Hunting Knives.

• Burl wood handle, no two pieces patterned alike
• 2.13-inch stainless skinner blade
• Full tang construction
• Ships with a leather sheath