Your favorite skinning knif

Interesting no one has said Havalon Piranta yet. I love using them. One of the times when a product that is pushed hard by professional hunters works exactly as advertised.

However there are usually a bunch of knives that I use depending on the animal and what part of the animal I'm working on.

A Puma White Hunter

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I also use a "boning" knife that I got for $2 from Salvation Army back in the day. Made in China but it keeps and edge like no other and when it needs to be resharpened it is a breeze.
 
Big_red_truck said:
Hey guys , just wanted to see what everyone is using to skin their game.

I use a buck omni hunter or my old buck woodsman.

Since I'm in the buying mood I was looking for a real good quality skinning knife for smaller game like fox , coyote or wolf. Or do you guys use the same knife on all game. The reason I ask is because it seems to me the omni hunter would be a bit large for smaller game to make precision cuts to preserve the pelt.

On the other hand I'm not exactly impressed with either knife I currently own for
Skinning. They lose their edge fast , especially skinning moose.

Cheers
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The knife i like for skinning and basic gutting is a ulu easy to control and not go to deep.
 
stuckon308 said:
Interesting no one has said Havalon Piranta yet. I love using them. One of the times when a product that is pushed hard by professional hunters works exactly as advertised.

However there are usually a bunch of knives that I use depending on the animal and what part of the animal I'm working on.

A Puma White Hunter

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Interesting choice. What animals do you generally use this knife for?
 
SuperCub said:
Interesting choice. What animals do you generally use this knife for?
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It's my carry knife in the field. Excellently balanced. Keeps an edge well. If something is getting skinned in the field it will be by this or the Piranta. Generally it doesn't touch anything smaller than a whitetail but I have done animals as small as squirrels. The back of the blade works excellent for breaking small bones such as grouse legs and wings. It's tradition for every man in our family to get one when they get their hunter safety/are ready to hunt. Started with my great grandfather.
 
Kershaw Moose Hunter as my primary blades, and Schrade Prohunter PH1 & PH2... I have four of each.
 
I always have a folder knife on me (Benchmade 710) and I always use that to gut/skin and process animals. It isn't ideal as the fat, hair and tissue can build up within the bandle but I generally just pour boiling water on to it and then lightly oil so it hasn't been a real problem. I may get a dedicated hunting knife but I just can't see myself strapping on a knife and sheath...
 
Glock4ever said:
I always have a folder knife on me (Benchmade 710) and I always use that to gut/skin and process animals. It isn't ideal as the fat, hair and tissue can build up within the bandle but I generally just pour boiling water on to it and then lightly oil so it hasn't been a real problem. I may get a dedicated hunting knife but I just can't see myself strapping on a knife and sheath...
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Keep it in your hunting pack , you can get some fairly small skinning knives.
 
Big_red_truck said:
I'd be interested in trying this on moose. Any chance
You could send me a link to the knife you're referring to? If this is coming from a knife nut who's made knives for years I'd be crazy not to give it a go. Hook a brother up with a sheath too! Haha

For smaller game I've had my eye on the puma coyote stag , anyone have experience with it?
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http://www.cabelas.ca/product/6592/zwilling-ja-henckels-twin-master-6-heavy-boning-knife

PM me about the case, I think the boy has an extra around right now.
 
I have a Puma "Hunters Pal" that my father in law gave me used years ago. He had used it to dig gravel out from under his truck after getting it stuck. It was very dull and had no case when I got it. I cleaned and sharpened it all up, made a good case for it and it has served me very well for 43yrs. It has cleaned a lot of deer and moose that's for sure. It has about a 4' blade with a bit of a rounded end, stag handle. Nice well made knife and holds a decent edge. I also carry a Swiss Army "Rusack" which has a 3.5" locking blade. It is the general do everything knife. The Puma just comes out when there's meat on the ground. I also was given many years ago a Puma "White Hunter". I find it a bit large and clumsy. But It is a very well made and strong knife, I do, and have carried and used it. The back of the blade is good for chopping small trees and branches, the knife has the weight and strength for it. More of a general do everything survival knife to my way of looking at it.
 
As I'm reading all the comments it makes me smile. There is many nice knifes, some are really good looking but in my experience pick the one you like and are the most comfortable with! I hunt and trap and it really don't make a difference what you use but if you know how to use it! I really enjoy nice knife but the ones I use the most is for large game Victorinox 6 inch bonding knife and for small stuff like coyote, fox .... 5.5903.09M it is small Victorinox knife that just rocks for trapping. I know some may laugh but then hold ege nice and will do anything. (Probably not what you were looking for but I can cut up deer with it in 20 minutes and do coyote in 10)
 
SuperCub said:
Interesting choice. What animals do you generally use this knife for?
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Years ago, :redface:being much younger and very impressionable, when I first saw a Puma White Hunter, I decided my life would never be complete until I owned one. Very nice knife but it wasn't long before I found, the only use I had for it was for slicing bacon in our hunting camp. I guess it would also be handy for slashing trails through dense bush in central America or south east Asia but as some here have suggested, it was too big for anything else. I gentleman in the plant I worked in built custom knives as a side line. I had him cut it down to a decent size so I could use it as a skinning knife.



It works well, and has come in very handy in situations like this



where we did really well, having two hanging and two more to tend to.
 
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