The boot knife is one of the classic American blade patterns, a slim, balanced fixed blade with a slender profile, built to ride low and carry easily. The Gil Hibben Old West Boot Knife takes that tradition and gives it the finish of a collector's piece.
This is a Gil Hibben design, drawn up by Gil Hibben, an American custom knifemaker and a member of the Blade Magazine Cutlery Hall of Fame, best known as the designer behind some of the most recognizable knives in film. The Old West Boot Knife is a factory production version of a Hibben design: his shape and proportions, made affordably enough to actually own and carry.
The blade is 6-1/2" of mirror-polished 7Cr13 stainless steel, ground to a clean spearpoint with a polished brass spine plate running along the top, the detail that gives the knife its Old West character. At 56–58 HRC the steel sits in a sensible range for a fixed blade: hard enough to take and hold a working edge, tough enough to stand up to use. A stainless steel guard and pommel frame a contoured black pakkawood handle, and the whole knife measures 10-5/8" overall at about 8 oz, so it has real presence in the hand.
It ships with a black leather boot sheath with a clip, so it's ready to store and display or carry the way a boot knife is meant to be.
What makes it stand out
- A genuine Gil Hibben design, with Hibben Knives markings on the blade, a recognized name among collectors.
- Mirror-polished 6-1/2" 7Cr13 spearpoint blade with a polished brass spine plate, the signature Old West touch.
- Classic fit and finish, stainless steel guard and pommel with a contoured pakkawood handle.
- 10-5/8" overall, ~8 oz, a substantial, balanced fixed blade.
- Leather boot sheath with clip included, ready to display or carry.
About the designer
Gil Hibben is one of the most recognized names in American knifemaking, a Cutlery Hall of Fame inductee whose designs have appeared across decades of film and television. United Cutlery's Hibben Custom Design Series brings his shapes to production at a price collectors can reach, and the Old West Boot Knife is one of the more elegant silhouettes in that line.
Boot knives are restricted in some states and localities — please check your local and state laws before ordering.
Specs
Spec
| Value
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Type
| Fixed blade — boot knife
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Overall length
| 10-5/8"
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Blade length
| 6-1/2"
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Blade material
| 7Cr13 stainless steel, mirror-polished
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Blade style
| Spearpoint with polished brass spine plate
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Rockwell hardness
| 56–58 HRC
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Handle
| Contoured black pakkawood; stainless steel guard & pommel
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Weight
| 8 oz
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Sheath
| Black leather boot sheath with clip (included)
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Designer
| Gil Hibben (Blade Magazine Cutlery Hall of Fame)
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