Havalon Piranta opinions?

A sharp blade is safer than a dull one. Has been great for whitetail. You can't twist or torque the blade. For gutting, dissecting out the pelvic canal and skinning, works great. Have done several deer in the shotgun hunt without a blade change. You could resharpen the blades but likely wouldn't get them back to surgical and kinda defeats the purpose.
 
i love my piranta.

its great for skinning, provided you dont cut the hair too much or it dulls fast. for all the under the skin work and getting the guts out it cant be beat.

for the tougher work of hacking knee joints apart, id use a different knife unless you dont mind changing the blade.
 
Used my Havalon Piranta on deer, bear and moose. works awesome. Two seconds to change a blade and not have to worry about sharpening with greasy bloody hands. As others have said, be careful! those surgical scalpel blades cut down to the bone before you even know what happened.
 
All I carry anymore is the piranta with a couple extra blades, and a leatherman. I pretty much only use the gutless method though, so I'm not sawing through any bones. I used up 1 blade skinning a moose last year. I used 1 blade skinning and taking apart and deboning a decent sized deer as well last season. I like the extra thin blades. I think I've only broken one, in the half dozen animals I've used it on.
 
Has anyone heard of the fixed blade one by Wiebe?

https://www.amazon.ca/Wiebe-Wicked-...qid=1506193415&sr=1-12&keywords=havalon+knife

At under $30, it would give me the option to try one of these knives for cheap, and I generally prefer fixed blade knives anyways...


Also, anyone know the laws regarding bringing a knife across the border from the USA? I see a bunch of different brands of these interchangeable blade knives available on Amazon.com for under $30USD, so that might be an option too...
 
I have gutted four bison with a piranta. One blade each. I carry one havalon and two fixed blade knives with me and most of the work usually goes to the havalon.
 
Dogleg said:
Good for skinning bears, cleaning out paws and caping heads and notching tags. I find them too small for most everything else and too sharp for small fur animals. I find it better to use it in conjunction with a hunting knife, not replacing it.
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Agree. It's a tool in the tool box, but a specialty one. I wouldn't replace a good knife with one. On the plus side, they don't weigh jack so tossing one in your pack wouldn't exactly weigh you down.

Still...no soul and for a guy who makes knives that's a tough one to stomach.
 
Is there any difference between the 60xt and 60a blades, as far as mounting go? (I know one is thicker, but does it matter which knife you have or can both blades be used with either?)
 
I use out in conjunction with my Puma White Hunter. It is an excellent tool as long as you don't expect it to do everything.
 
Suther said:
Is there any difference between the 60xt and 60a blades, as far as mounting go? (I know one is thicker, but does it matter which knife you have or can both blades be used with either?)
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Anyone know??

Some googling seems to suggest that the Piranta only takes 60xt blades, while other models like the torch and edge can take both?
 
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I use the 60 xt with the piranta, but the 60A fits as well. I don't really have any issues breaking either one, so I just use the XT's. I bought a box of 100 for a pretty good price. I should just sell all the 60A blades, I'll never use them.
 
A friend has one and after watching him use it to try and quarter an elk and cutting himself a couple of times, it pretty much showed me that its nothing more than a gimmick to make someone $. I used my self made pukko and it outperformed his Piranta in every use, and at the end of the day, all I had to do was stropp my blade on the back of an old belt and it was shaving sharp again. He had to replace his blades twice and lost one because it broke. $ down the tube. I would never own one.
 
gwes2003 said:
Once you learn not to flex the blade in a prying motion they work quite nicely.
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Or you can buy a replaceable blade scalpel where the blade flexes without breaking. :)




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Cole said:
A friend has one and after watching him use it to try and quarter an elk and cutting himself a couple of times, it pretty much showed me that its nothing more than a gimmick to make someone $. I used my self made pukko and it outperformed his Piranta in every use, and at the end of the day, all I had to do was stropp my blade on the back of an old belt and it was shaving sharp again. He had to replace his blades twice and lost one because it broke. $ down the tube. I would never own one.
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All that cutting himself shows is a lack of respect for the blade....

While a self-made pukko may be better, unless you are going to sell me one of these mythical beasts for $50, its a moot point.

I have a moose hunt coming up in just over a month, and I have been advised by multiple people to have good sharp knives, and I thought this might be a good way to do it.... Currently, I have two Moras, and a sharpener, which I think will get the job done, but the this style of knife has intrigued me so I figured I'd ask what others' opinions were.
 
Thank goodness your friend never cut himself with a pukko knife otherwise you would have throw away your gimmick pukko. Worst anecdotal story ever :rolleyes:
Cole said:
A friend has one and after watching him use it to try and quarter an elk and cutting himself a couple of times, it pretty much showed me that its nothing more than a gimmick to make someone $. I used my self made pukko and it outperformed his Piranta in every use, and at the end of the day, all I had to do was stropp my blade on the back of an old belt and it was shaving sharp again. He had to replace his blades twice and lost one because it broke. $ down the tube. I would never own one.
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