Hunting Knife Blade (Hoja de cuchillo de caza)

Hunting Knife Blade is a Material item that weighs 1 kg. Used in 11 recipes. It can be crafted.

Data taken from the game files: Project Zomboid 42.21.0 · updated on 2026-10-01

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Loses its edge with use and can be sharpened again.
Can be melted down in a forge to recover steel (smelting recipes below).
It is a tool in 3 recipes: it is not consumed when crafting, though it can wear down.
Researching it (right-click → Research) teaches you: Forge Hunting Knife Blade, Forge Large Knife Blade, Forge Simple Blade, Forge Small Knife, Forge Fleshing Tool.

It is not in any of the game's loot tables.

You can also find it by foraging (right-click the ground → Forage), in the category Artifacts.

Recipe	As	Result
Sharpen Blade	tool	–
Sharpen Blade Poorly with File	tool	–
Sharpen Blade with Grindstone	tool	–
Smelt Medium Steel Item	ingredient	1× Large Ceramic Crucible with Steel
Smelt Steel From Medium Steel Item	ingredient	2× Steel Chunk
Assemble Bladed Item Maintenance 1	ingredient	1× Hunting Knife
Forge Hunting Knife Blade Blacksmithing 5 taught by Magazine: American Bladecraft	ingredient	1× Hunting Knife Blade
Forge Large Knife Blade Blacksmithing 4 taught by Magazine: American Bladecraft	ingredient	1× Large Knife Blade
Forge Long Simple Blade Blacksmithing 3 must be learned	ingredient	1× Long Simple Metal Blade
Forge Meat Cleaver Blade Blacksmithing 4 taught by Magazine: American Bladecraft	ingredient	1× Meat Cleaver Blade
Forge Spear Head Blacksmithing 4 taught by Magazine: Medieval Armory - June 1993, Magazine: Strange Histories - Siberian Bear Hunting	ingredient	1× Metal Spearhead

Recipe	You need
Dismantle Bladed Item	1× Ball-peen Hammer or other (tool) 1× Simple Metal Knife or other
Forge Hunting Knife Blade Blacksmithing 5 taught by Magazine: American Bladecraft	4× Charcoal or other 1× Hunting Knife Blade or other 1× Ball-peen Hammer or other (tool) 1× Metalworking Pliers or other (tool)