CIVIVI Timberbark Fixed Blade Knife | Review

I recently received the CIVIVI Timberbark knife to test, which is a knife in their hunting line. So let’s go through its attributes.

First, it came from the factory and was razor sharp. The blade has a drop point design so it is designed for skinning big game animals. You’ll need a clip-point knife to cut the pattern to start the skinning process since the CIVIVI Timberbark doesn’t have a point. But due to its drop point design, it will be good for skinning your animals, especially if you’re saving the hide as in saving a bear rug or the cape when mounting the head of your trophy buck or big bull elk.

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Due to the drop point design you can skin faster than with a clip point knife. When skinning with a clip point/upswept blade you have a tendency to cut through the hide more often even is you’re being semi careful. I can’t explain why but with a drop point design they allow you to work faster and not make cuts in the hide. Skin something comparing the two blade designs and you’ll see what I mean.

I like that it has thumb grooves which allow you to choke down on the knife when skinning (I will talk more about this feature in a minute). It also has finger grooves for your pointer finger if you want to really choke down for intricate cutting. I usually only require finger grooves on my caping knife so I can choke down on the blade when I’m doing the intricate cutting around the eyelids, lips and feet and toes on bears. But it sure doesn’t hurt anything to have finger grooves on a drop point blade and it may come in handy someday.

The handle is offered in four options:

1. G10 ORANGE
2. MICARTA
3. G10 OLIVE DRAB GREEN
4. WOOD

OK, the only drawback that I have with the whole package, I wish that the handle was ¾-inches longer so I could have a better grip on it. The skinning conditions we’re offered when hunting isn’t always the best. Half the time, we’re skinning our animals in the dark by flashlight, and your hand is always wet, bloody, and slippery. Plus, a big percentage of the time, it is cold or even snowy plus slippery. So I’d like a longer handle.

But, the CIVIVI Timberbark does have a good finger choil and thumb grooves which allows you to have a firm grip so you should be ok and if you have small hand then it might fit you fine.

I do like the Kydex sheath. The CIVIVI Timberbark knife snaps firmly down in place and I don’t see how it could accidentally fall out. It has an adjustable belt loop so you can adjust it so you can wear it vertical or horizontal on your belt. Or you can flip up the belt slot and clip it onto your backpack.

One last feature that I want to point out is that it comes with a paracord lanyard. For whatever reason I never put a lanyard on a knife but I like it when they come with one. The thing that makes this lanyard really cool is that it is made out of paracord so if you’re hunting in the backcountry and need some cord to slap up a makeshift shelter or to hang meat in a tree so a bear can’t get it, no biggee, the lanyard is made out of paracord which will work perfectly.

The MSRP on the CIVIVI Timberbark is $70.00 and as is usual, we will close with the company specs.

Specifications:

• Model Number: C23094-2
• Model Name: Timberbark
• Product Type: Fixed Blade
• Overall Length: 6.89″ / 175mm
• Width: 1.2″ / 30.6mm
• Blade Length: 3.2″ / 81.2mm
• Cutting Edge Length: 2.75″ / 69.8mm
• Handle Length: 3.69″ / 93.8mm
• Blade Thickness: 0.12″ / 3mm
• Handle Thickness: 0.39″ / 10mm
• Knife Weight (With Lanyard): 3.34oz / 94.7g
• Blade Material: 14C28N
• Blade Hardness: 58-60HRC
• Blade Grind: Flat
• Blade Finish: Satin Finished
• Blade Type: Drop Point
• Handle Material: G10
• Handle Color/Finish: Orange
• Screws Material: Stainless Steel
• Clip: T-Clip (Designer: Bob Terzuola)
• Sheath: Black Kydex Sheath
• Lanyard: Black Tied Paracord Lanyard

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About Tom Claycomb

Tom Claycomb has been an avid hunter/fisherman throughout his life as well as an outdoors writer with outdoor columns in the magazine Hunt Alaska, Bass Pro Shops, Bowhunter.net and freelances for numerous magazines and newspapers. “To properly skin your animal you will need a sharp knife. I have an e-article on Amazon Kindle titled Knife Sharpening for $.99 if you’re having trouble.”