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General use outdoor and bushcraft knives are defined by a few factors: the type of steel used, blade grind, blade geometry, and blade tang.

All of Helle’s general use outdoor knives feature either Helle’s triple laminated stainless steel, laminated carbon steel, or blades made of Sandvik 12C27 stainless steel. While both carbon and stainless steel have their devotees, stainless blades require less field maintenance, are much less susceptible to rust, and tend to hold their edges for longer periods of time.

Scandinavians have been using knives for over a thousand years, and in that time have settled upon the flat, or “Scandinavian” grind as the blade grind of choice. Consisting of a single bevel face out to the blade edge, and featuring no secondary bevel, a Scandinavian grind provides a very keen edge that exhibits good strength and is highly multi-purpose in design: one can use it for utility purposes (cutting rope or line), food prep, skinning and preparing game, or for fine shaving or carving of wood. While other grinds do offer greater strength (convex for instance - used on axes), they do not offer the same ability to do very fine slicing or shaving and finesse work - very useful when making feather sticks or removing splinters. The other advantage of the Scandinavian grind is that it is very easy to sharpen: the blade is simply tilted flat onto a sharpening stone along the blade bevel to find the angle, and to begin restoring the edge. No use of jigs or other sharpening implements are required, as there is only one angle to accomodate. This makes sharpening simple and straightforward, and in-the-field sharpening highly useful and functional.

Helle’s blades feature either full tangs or stick (also called “rat tail”) tangs. There are advantages and disadvantages to both. Full tangs offer the greatest strength and rigidity while using the knife during heavy work. “Batonning” (the practice of splitting wood popular with some outdoors people) is best avoided, due to the large impact force and required pounding on the knife - which can lead to broken handles and blades. While more robust, full tang blades are much heavier than their stick tang counterparts. Stick tangs make for lighter, more agile and nimble knives that are highly functional for general outdoor use (including processing small sections of dry wood into kindling), but lack the robustness for use when striking or pounding is involved - a job best suited to an axe.

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Helle Temagami Knife - Updated Version
Helle Temagami Knife - Updated Version
$199.30 US
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SKU: 301G
The Temagami is a collaborative effort between "Survivorman" Les Stroud and Helle of Norway - this updated version features a reshaped handle, and a streamlined blade.
Helle Eggen Knife
Helle Eggen Knife
$121.18 US
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SKU: 75G
The Helle Eggen is a multi-purpose hunting/bushcraft/outdoor knife with a 4 inch triple layered stainless drop point blade.
Helle Gaupe Knife
Helle Gaupe Knife
$140.61 US
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SKU: 310G
The Helle Gaupe is Helle's newest knife, and is similar to the Helle Eggen, but features a larger blade, and a longer, more contoured handle.
Helle Fjellkniven Bushcraft Knife
Helle Fjellkniven Bushcraft Knife
$134.20 US
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SKU: 4G
What Makes Helle Knives So Great? They are made of triple laminate stainless steel. The center portion tests out to be 58-59 on the Rockwell scale, and the outside steel is 18/8 stainless steel specially developed by Helle and a Norwegian steel mill. This makes for a blade that is very sharp, and with it's drop point blade, perfectly suited to skinning or carving. The curly birch handle sits well and feels comfortable in the hand - a great outdoor knife.
Helle Harding Bushcraft Knife
Helle Harding Bushcraft Knife
$153.23 US
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SKU: 99G
What Makes Helle Knives So Great? They are made of triple laminate stainless steel. The center portion tests out to be 58-59 on the Rockwell scale, and the outside steel is 18/8 stainless steel specially developed by Helle and a Norwegian steel mill. This makes for a blade that is very sharp without being brittle, and with it's drop point blade, it's perfectly suited to skinning or carving. The curly birch/walnut/leather handle sits well and feels comfortable in the hand, and with the addition of the stud on the pommel, you can be sure it won't slip from it's sheath.
Helle Utvaer Knife
Helle Utvaer Knife
$226.34 US
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SKU: 600G
The New Helle Utvaer is a beautifully balanced full tang knife with a mid size handle that features a wide blade with a swept belly - perfect for skinning, bushcraft or rugged outdoor use.
Helle Sigmund Knife
Helle Sigmund Knife
$158.64 US
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SKU: 77G
The new Helle Sigmund anniversary knife is here, and with it comes two generations of Norwegian knifemaking together in a classic all-purpose outdoor knife.
Helle Fossekallen Knife
Helle Fossekallen Knife
$113.57 US
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SKU: 49G
Designed by Gunnar Lothe in 1998 the Fossekallen makes a great all round hunting and outdoor knife. The 100mm triple layered laminated stainless steel blade and 110m Masurian birch handle come together to comprise a truly beautiful tool. The full grain leather sheath will help keep your Helle knife safe.
Helle Alden Knife
Helle Alden Knife
$132.80 US
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SKU: 76G
The Helle Alden Knife's handle is similar to the Helle GT, but features a reduced finger guard for a pouch style sheath.
Helle Nying Knife
Helle Nying Knife
$100.75 US
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SKU: 55G
The Nying is one of Helle's most popular models with over one million sold, and was awarded the Classsic Award for Design Excellence from the Norwegian Design Council. A great compact, all around knife.
Helle Jegermester Knife
Helle Jegermester Knife
$144.22 US
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SKU: 42G
The Helle Jegermester knife is a large knife intended for the butchering of big game.
Helle Arv Knife
Helle Arv Knife
$172.66 US
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SKU: 14G
The Helle Arv knife is similar in size, shape and function to the Helle Odel knife: both feature feature a drop point, triple laminated blade, a handle featuring curly birch, leather, and stag horn, and fit hands medium to small in size.
Helle Trofe Knife
Helle Trofe Knife
$168.65 US
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SKU: 85G
The new Helle Trofe knife features a stout, 3.6" (92mm) blade of Helle's triple laminated stainless steel, and a handle of darkened oak, leather, curly birch, and stag horn that fits small to medium sized hands.
Helle Wabakimi Knife
Helle Wabakimi Knife
$191.69 US
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SKU: 630G
The Helle Wabakimi is the third collaboration between "Surviviorman" Les Stroud and Helle. Featuring a full, hidden tang (like the Temagami), the Wabakimi sports a slightly smaller handle, and a wider, more swept blade of Helle triple laminate stainless steel.
Helle 75 års Jubileum
Helle 75 års Jubileum
$134.80 US
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SKU: 91G
The Helle 75 Ârs Jubileum was designed in honour of Helle's 75th Anniversary, and features an upswept tip with a bit of belly under the point.
Helle Didi Galgalu Knife
Helle Didi Galgalu Knife
$226.34 US
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SKU: 610G
The new Helle Didi Gagalu is a collaboration between Helle of Norway and Voetspore of South Africa, born on an expedition in the Great African Rift Valley in 2014. Voetspore are an adventure documentary team who have travelled more than 220,000 kilometers on the African continent. The unforgiving Didi Galgalu desert in northern Kenya is the inspiration for this large, full tang hunting and general outdoor use knife made from African Kiaat wood and 12C27 stainless steel.
Helle GT Knife
Helle GT Knife
$172.66 US
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SKU: 36G
The Helle GT is a big, American style outdoor knife. it's 123 mm triple layered stainless blade features an aluminum/leather finger guard, which keeps the overall weight of the knife down, and it's 115 mm curly birch handle fits medium to larger size hands.
Helle Fire Knife
Helle Fire Knife
$148.22 US
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SKU: 190G
Hareide Designmill designed this beauty in 2004. It boasts all the great qualities that make any Helle knife stand out from the rest.
Helle Folkekniven Knife
Helle Folkekniven Knife
$99.55 US
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SKU: 80G
The Helle Folkekniven is a smaller size utility/everyday knife that features a non-laminated Sandvik 12c27 blade, and a compact, full grain leather sheath.

Helle Bushcraft & Outdoor Knive Articles

Helle Knives 2020 Catalogue
Helle Knives 2020 Catalogue
Downloads | 17-05-2020
Helle of Norway's full catalogue of production knives, blades and accessories complete with specifications and full colour images for 2020.
Helle Utvaer Knife
Helle Utvaer Knife
Videos | 03-06-2015
The Helle Utvaer is a full tang general outdoor and bushcraft knife that is hand crafted in Norway. Tim from The Canadian Outdoor Equipment Co. gives a run through of the knife and it's features.
Helle: The Knife's Journey
Helle: The Knife's Journey
Videos | 02-06-2015
Helle: The Knife's Journey is an in depth short film that takes the viewer through the up to 45 manual steps involved in making a Helle knife. Shot on location in Norway, and at the Helle factory in Holmedal, Helle: The Knife's Journey brings Helle's knife making process to life.
 
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