The HPK Difference

For decades, outdoor knives have been sold more as flashy statement pieces than as tools designed for real backcountry needs. Too often, users are left trying to eke out usefulness from features that look good in marketing but fall short in practice. At High Pines Knives, we see a gap in intentional functionality. Most time outdoors is not spent in tactically evading capture or felling trees in a single blow, but in cooking, repairing gear, cutting moleskin patches, preparing kindling, or taking care of small everyday tasks. Our goal is to create knives that are practical, purposeful, and genuinely useful for the modern hiker, alpinist, camper, boater, and everything in between. Every HPK knife is built to be the right tool for the job—not just another prop. Whatever adventure you find yourself on, a knife from HPK will be designed to be your companion.