Outdoor Knives: Built for Adventure, Ready for Anything

Outdoor knives face a different kind of test than most. A day in the backcountry can ask the same blade to process firewood, prepare food at camp, strike a ferro rod, and hold up through whatever the weather throws at it. That breadth of demand rewards knives with genuine toughness, purpose-built geometry, and the kind of construction that doesn't give up under hard use.

Built for Every Approach to the Outdoors

The Benchmade outdoor collection covers the full range of how people spend time in the field. The Anonimus is the hard-use anchor, a full-tang fixed blade built for batoning, heavy camp work, and survival tasks. The Bushcrafter is purpose-built for bushcraft, with a spine designed to strike a ferro rod and blade geometry optimized for wood processing and fire prep. For those covering serious ground, the Bugout® and Bailout® deliver compact performance in a pocket knife design built to disappear in a pack until you need it. The PSK™ rounds it out as a hard-use folder with a dedicated striking choil and AXIS® Assist deployment built for immediate one-handed access when it matters.

What Sets a Benchmade Outdoor Knife Apart

Benchmade outdoor knives are designed at the Oregon City headquarters by experts with years of field experience and continuous feedback from serious outdoorsmen. Every knife in the collection is overbuilt for failure-proofing under the hardest use. Advanced composite handles including G10, carbon fiber, and reinforced polymers deliver grip retention and durability that natural materials cannot match consistently in demanding conditions. Steel selection starts with top-tier options including CPM MagnaCut® and S90V, chosen for toughness and corrosion resistance where conditions are unpredictable.

Every knife passes rigorous quality controls before it reaches your hands, and is backed by LifeSharp, free lifetime sharpening, and a Lifetime Warranty. Because a knife this well-built should be with you for every adventure to come.

Not sure where to start? Use the Knife Finder to match the right blade to your outdoor style and the demands of your next adventure.