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  • TOPS BOB Fieldcraft · Drop Point
    4.5″ blade · 0.188″ spine · 9.6 oz · ~1.22″ tall (derived)
Spine thickness, same scale
0.188
Length and spine thickness drawn to true scale from published specs. Profile is the shape family's outline, not a scan of this model.
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TOPS BOB Fieldcraft

Bushcraft & CampFixed Blade

The TOPS BOB Fieldcraft is a 4.5" drop point fixed blade in 1095 Carbon, modified scandi ground. The handle is Canvas Micarta. At 9.6 oz it sits 24th-lightest of the 30 bushcraft and camp knives here, where the median is 7.2 oz.

Blade
4.5″
Weight
9.6 oz
Steel
1095 Carbon
Price band
Premium
Best for

Batoning, carving and fire prep

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Specifications

Manufacturer-published figures, cross-checked against topsknives.com, bladehq.

Blade shape
Drop Point
Grind
Modified Scandi
Steel
1095 Carbon
Weight
9.6 oz
Lock
Fixed
Handle material
Canvas Micarta
Country of origin
USA

Why a drop point

The default hunting and EDC shape, and the safest general answer. The spine curves down to the tip in a convex line, which keeps the point low and strong and leaves plenty of belly for skinning. It is hard to make a drop point bad at anything.

Every drop point here →

About 1095 Carbon

The American survival-knife standard. Dead simple, very tough at these hardnesses, and it will start rusting the day you put it away wet.

Edge retention
2/5
Toughness
4/5
Corrosion resistance
1/5
Ease of sharpening
5/5

1-5 is a relative ranking drawn from published composition and hardness, not a lab measurement. Higher is better on every axis, and no steel is a 5 across the board — edge retention and toughness pull against each other. All 1095 Carbon knives

Features

  • Full fixed tang
  • Modified Scandi grind
  • Made in USA
  • Carbon steel blade — will patina

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