Some knives need no introduction. The Ray Mears bushcraft knife is one of the most renowned edged tools in the world — and we are proud to be the workshop that makes it, exclusively for Woodlore.

A quiet credential

When the most demanding name in British bushcraft needed a maker, the work came to Petworth. We let that fact speak for the range as a whole: the same hands, the same bench and the same standards behind this knife are behind every model in our catalogue. It is not a knife we advertise loudly, because it does not need us to.

What makes it what it is

The pattern is the distillation of decades of real instruction in the field — a compact bushcraft blade with nothing speculative about it. Every element has been tested against the question that matters: does it serve the person living from their knife for a week in the woods? The answer, repeated across thousands of students and expeditions, is why the design has become the global reference point it is.

Commissioning

The Ray Mears knife and the Woodlore Pro are both sold through Woodlore. If the pattern speaks to you and you would rather commission from us directly, the Bran carries the same school of bushcraft thinking — specified to your choice of steel and handle, numbered and recorded like everything else that leaves the bench, and covered by the same lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects.