Abstract: A knife has a fixed blade, a plastic base fixed to the tang of the blade, and a rugged rubber grip fixed to the plastic base. A visible portion of the plastic base extends along a back of the knife and also forms a hilt and forwardly swept guard. A visible portion of the rubber forms a grip along the bottom and sides of the handle, and also a thumb rest along the top of the handle at the guard. The handle is formed by injection molding the plastic to the tang of the blade, and thereafter injection molding the rubber to the plastic. The plastic base has features thereon for ensuring that the rubber is strongly fixed to the plastic. The base and the grip are made of strong, tough, damage-resistant materials.

Abstract: A knife has a handle, a blade joined to the handle and having a blade back, and a fabric cutter integral with the blade. The fabric cutter includes a fabric cutter body extending laterally outwardly from the back side of the blade, with the outwardly extending margin of the fabric cutter body defining a fabric cutter back. A finger extends rearwardly at least about 0.2 inches toward the handle from the outward margin of the fabric cutter body. The finger and the blade back are substantially parallel to each other and separated by a distance of from about 0.100 to about 0.150 inches to form a fabric cutter slot having a cutting edge at its bottom.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A knife is fabricated by first preparing a steel knife blade with an integrally attached steel tang, usually by forging. Aluminum is die cast over the tang to form a quillen, a butt, and a handle base intermediate the quillen and the butt. A polymeric handle is injection molded over the handle base.