After Russ Kommer makes a new knife, he takes it on the next hunting trip he guides and uses it on the skinning of Alaskan moose, caribou and bear. Our fixed blade hunters survived his field test. That’s good enough for us. We’ve named them after Russ’s favorite hunting ranges.
Our Pro Hunters are premium classic hunters with stacked leather handles and full-tang premium 440A stainless steel blades. We add a stainless steel bolster, oversize rings of leather and a stainless butt cap, swedged in place by a stainless steel tube rivet. Finally, the entire handle is hand-finished to achieve the perfect contour. The high hollow ground blades, bolster and butt cap are given a high satin finish, which makes cleaning easier and fights corrosion. Their full-fitted sheaths of 9 oz. shoulder leather feature a classic basketweave pattern.
The Chugach Range is the perfect Alaska utility knife, with a simple tear drop handle and modified drop point. Useful for both skinning and caping chores. If we can only take one knife, this is our choice.
The Wrangell Range is a classic drop point hunting blade with a choiled “power grip” handle that gives you security, no matter how you choke up on the knife. It is ideal in wet and icy conditions.
The Signature Hunters are simple classic fixed blades, with a full-tang blade of 1.4116 stainless steel, high hollow ground and mirror polished to minimize staining and corrosion and to give less resistance while skinning. Each blade has friction grooves on the spine and its deep finger choil. The dark-stained bamboo scales are riveted in place with stainless steel rivets. Each knife has a slot at the butt with a hand-tied leather fob.
The Kilbuck is a classic drop point hunter with friction grooves near the tip for maximum control. This is a favorite of ours as a skinner and camp general-purpose knife.
The Kuskokwin is a full-bellied skinner with a gut hook. When you have big animals to dress out, this is the knife to take along.
Each Signature Hunter comes with a fitted leather sheath. Like the finest custom sheaths, they are made from a single piece of 7- to 8-ounce leather. They are tooled and perimeter stitched with burnished edges.
They’re all Alaskan classics. And in case you can’t get to Alaska on your next hunting trip, Russ says they work just as well in Montana and Tanzania.
Specifications:
- Classic Drop Point, Razor-Sharp Cutting Edge
- Blade: Length: 3.50” (8.9 cm)
- Thickness: 0.16” (0.40 cm)
- Steel: 440A, 55-57 HRC
- Knife: Overall length: 7.75” (19.7 cm)
- Weight: 5.7 oz. (162 g)
- Pro Hunter Sheath: (included with knife)
- Material: 9 oz. Shoulder Leather
- Overall length: 7.50” (19.1 cm)
- Width: 2.00” (5.10 cm)
- Weight: 1.8 oz. (51 g)
