The 5.5-inch blade supports a full flat into micro bevel grind profile, delivering optimal edge retention, razor-sharpness and effortless sharpening.

Originally conceived for larger deer species, the Garron has found its place as an indispensable hunting and fieldcraft tool.

The Garron v1 is the knife the range grew up around — a full-size hunting blade designed by seasoned hunters, with larger species of deer and formidable game in mind from the first sketch.

What it’s for

At 140mm (5.5″), the blade carries enough length for the long, committed cuts that big-bodied deer demand — opening, skinning and breaking down an animal in the field without ever feeling under-gunned. The width — a full 23mm — keeps the edge tracking straight through heavy tissue, and the same reach that suits a red stag makes short work of camp and fieldcraft duties the rest of the year.

Originally conceived for larger deer species, the Garron found a wider life almost immediately: owners report it doing everything from boar to firewood, which is precisely the sort of scope a knife this size should offer.

The grind

The blade runs a full flat grind into a micro bevel — a profile chosen for edge retention, razor sharpness and effortless sharpening. It takes a fine edge quickly on a stone and holds it through a full day’s work. There is no ceremony to maintaining it: a few passes at the end of the day and it is ready for the next.

Choosing between the Garrons

If the v1’s reach is more than your ground calls for, the Garron v2 carries the same character at 114mm — the “farmer’s friend”, sized for all-day wear. Plenty of owners end up with both: one for the season, one for every day.

Steel, handle, detail

The blade can be ground from RWL-34 or PMC27 — our everyday stainless steels, chosen for edge retention and low maintenance — from AEB-L when outright keenness matters most, or from traditional O1 carbon tool steel for those who enjoy a blade that asks a little care in return for a superb edge. Our own stainless Damascus, pattern-welded in-house from RWL-34 and PMC27, is available for commissioners who want the pattern of the steel to carry the story.

Handles run from stabilised timbers and burls through to fossilised mammoth ivory, pinned in stainless, brass or copper — or with mosaic pins when you want a flourish that only shows itself on close inspection. Initials, a family crest, or a lifelike species study can be laser-engraved in-house on the blade or bolster.

Carried properly

A Garron leaves the workshop in a sheath made at the same bench — moulded to that exact blade, so it clicks home and stays there. Choose leather in black, brown or a custom colour, plain or hand-tooled with the option of engraved silver panels; or Kydex on our hybrid leather carry system where the season is wetter than the wardrobe allows.

Numbered, recorded, guaranteed

Every Garron is numbered and entered in the workshop ledger — steel, handle, date, owner — and carries a lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects. It arrives sharpened and papered, sent signed-for and insured. Decades from now, the number on the blade will still tell its story.

Commissions start with a conversation, or with a design: the design tool lets you set out the steel, handle, pins, engraving and sheath, and send the draft straight to the bench.