Buck Knives, Inc.

William R Bates, Jr

Brett P Seber

Randolph J Morton

William H Keys

Patrick W Kraft

Marlow D Hussey

James E Hagler

David Carleton

A knife comprises a handle, a blade having a blade back, and a hook integral with the blade. The hook includes a hook body extending laterally outwardly from the blade back side of the knife blade. A finger of substantially constant diameter and with no sharp edges extends rearwardly toward the handle from the outward margin of the hook body. The finger preferably has a length of at least about 0.2 inches and is displaced laterally outwardly from the adjacent portion of the knife back by a distance of at least about 1/4 inch. The finger is oriented at an angle to the handle of at least about 5 degrees. A slot defined by the hook body, the finger, and a portion of the blade back includes a straight cutting edge oriented at 90 degrees to the finger, and centering ramps that guide the material being cut into the cutting edge.

Knife with cutting hook

Utility knife

Growing community of inventors

Santee, CA, United States of America

William R Bates, Jr