pete dobinson
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- Courtenay BC.
Thanks Track, I'll check them out.
what knife do you use to field dress your game?
- Thread starter Mr. Friendly
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Most any drop point will do the entire job.
Easily break down and disjoint head, hinds, shoulders, neck, and ribs on any game, including the biggest moose, caribou, bear and bison.
Ted
What do you use for the chest bone?
Can you be more specific? They make a few different boning knives... I took my boning knife with me last year but it was too dull so I mostly used my mora... Guess I need to sharpen that sucker...
blasted_saber
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- A blue part of Ontario
I use a no name probably made in china knife I won at a charity dinner. It holds an edge well and I like its look and feel in my hand.
It just works, in other words.
It just works, in other words.
For skinning; a 'Dunn', what else would you use? 
For the actual meat work... I usually have a couple ready. Don't have to sharpen them then. Meat work is pretty easy I find. I have a Cold Steel Canadian drop point that fits my hand well.
For the actual meat work... I usually have a couple ready. Don't have to sharpen them then. Meat work is pretty easy I find. I have a Cold Steel Canadian drop point that fits my hand well.
I use one like this, but most of them will do just fine except the flexy ones. You can get them razor sharp, I've shaved with mine lots of times.
I use one like this, but most of them will do just fine except the flexy ones. You can get them razor sharp, I've shaved with mine lots of times.
Awesome thanks. My buddy has a stack of knives (he manages the meat department in a grocery store, and got a box of old knives when they bought new ones) so I'll see if I can get one. The filet knife I got from him out of that box is a victorinox so here's hoping... Come to think of it I'm pretty sure that's exactly what he used to break down my bear from quarters to roasts...
VanIsleCam
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Most any drop point will do the entire job.
Easily break down and disjoint head, hinds, shoulders, neck, and ribs on any game, including the biggest moose, caribou, bear and bison.
Ted
Yes.
We remove the entire brisket in one piece. It cuts easily with any knife if you follow along the white tendon joints where the brisket bone connects to the ribs. When you look inside the rib cage, you will see the joints. They cut easily, as long as you stay right in the white part. Start anywhere and go both directions: all the way to the spine to the rear first, and then to the neck in front. When you get to the neck, just pull the entire brisket towards the head, and it will break away completely..
Comes off in one big piece from both rib cages, and looks like a big butterfly, especially from a big caribou bull, moose, or bison. You can do it with any sharp knife. I did a sheep one time using a large size swiss army pocket knife.
Supercub on here saw how we do it, and was pretty impressed. Everyone is the first time they see how easily it is done.
I'll see if I can find a picture of one being removed.
Ted
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BC Bigbore
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- BC's Peace Country
Good old classic Buck 110 folder. I keep it razor sharp and it's used ONLY for dressing out deer, moose, etc.
VanIsleCam
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Agreed - and for the chest wrecker, I like the shorty serrated on my entry level leatherman.
I have become a huge fan of havalon knives. They are scary sharp, like you need to use a little extra with it. Replacement blades are about $1 a piece. I always take a fixed blade along for heavy work but for fine stuff you can’t beat the havalon.
also use a buck 110 got mine engraved by jim buck at a gun show years ago lbo
