Watch: Browning Speed Load Replaceable-Blade Knives at 2017 ATA Show

Our sister site ArcheryTalk.com has been checking out new hunting gear at the 2017 ATA Show. This video highlights two models of Browning Speed Load replaceable-blade knives, which are impressive.

I have had a Sheffield Rhino knife for years, and what I like best about it is its ability to solidly hold a standard utility blade. The Browning Speed Load can do that, plus it has plenty of other blades available as well, including standard and serrated drop point blades, sheep’s foot, Tanto, gut hook, and a nice slim caping blade. And changing the blade looks pretty easy, too.

No wonder Browning’s rep calls it “the only knife you’re ever gonna need.”

The ceramic version is new and comes with three ceramic blades: drop point, gut hook, and caping blade. Ceramic is known to hold an edge well, so why a replaceable-blade ceramic knife? Because ceramic blades are more brittle than steel blades and are more prone to break. Might as well just replace a blade instead of the whole knife when it breaks, right?

With MSRPs of $39.99, I’d say these knives might be pretty popular with hunters who can’t, won’t, or just don’t like to sharpen a knife. Check ’em out. I certainly plan to get my hands on one.

Russ Chastain

Editor & Contributing Writer Russ Chastain is a lifelong hunter and shooter who has spent his life learning about hunting, shooting, guns, ammunition, gunsmithing, reloading, and bullet casting. He started toting his own gun in the woods at age nine and he's pursued deer with rifles since 1982, so his hunting knowledge has been growing for more than three and a half decades. His desire and ability to share this knowledge with others has also grown, and Russ has been professionally writing and editing original hunting & shooting content since 1998. Russ Chastain has a passion for sharing accurate, honest, interesting hunting & shooting knowledge and stories with people of all skill levels.