The Explorer sits at the size Battle Horse Knives customers argue about most, the small to medium knife that has to do a bit of everything: 3.25 inches of O1 on deliberately thin 0.123 inch stock, 7.75 inches overall, 4.44 ounces. Where the brand's other small knives bet on thick steel, the Explorer bets on agility, and it wins that bet for anyone whose days are more feather sticks and camp meals than prying.
Battle Horse pitches the Explorer as a companion knife, and that is the honest job description: the blade that rides along for everyday carry and does the fine work while a bigger knife or an axe handles the heavy lifting. The spine strikes a fire steel, the edge cuts feather sticks without fighting you, and the thin stock slices camp food the way small thick knives never quite manage. DLT stocks it scandi ground in natural, green, and black micarta plus individually numbered stabilized maple, with one saber ground run in natural micarta for extra edge strength. Its opposite number is the Comanche, the same size class on 4mm stock for people who pry. Leather sheath included, handmade in the USA.