Hunting knife set?

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I'm not a hunter, but my son is going on his first deer hunt later on in the Autumn. He's pretty well kitted out (including Dad's rifle...yes, he has a PAL), but he doesn't have a decent hunting/game knife.
His birthday is coming up and I'd like to buy him a good knife, or a set of knives just in case he gets lucky and actually brings home the bacon. :wink: He says he'd like one of those "T"-handled skinning knives, but I dunno...
Can you hunters tell me what works? (and what doesn't..)
Thanks! :)
 
I am not a fan of gimicky knives.

Question is do you want a field dressing knife or an all around knife.

I bought this Kershaw for my son, I really like it!!! Feels great in your hand, not really expensive either. It's a KE 1070 Echo.

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I also like the Buck Vanguards.

The knives I am recommending are field dressing knives with fine blades. Not all around knives.
 
I'd buy him a nice all around knife. He'll use it a lot more then just a skinning knife, besides they don't do all that bad skinning either. Maybe get him a bone saw as well to throw in his pack, nothing worse then realizing you have to hike all the way back to the truck because you forgot it :oops:
 
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I like a Bucklite for general carrying around and some of the finer cutting during field dressing and for grouse and hares.

I have a Boker folder for bigger dressing and skinning chores.

My partners have a variety of knives, including a nice Gerber folding knife, and some Russels (which I can never sharpen, I have one too)
 
That's the ticket six star - even those folding pruning saws work really good, and they're cheap.

Get him a real knife - gimmicks on the whole disappoint more often than not.

I like kershaw, buck is always nice. I mean, who here DIDN'T start out with a buck 110 folder at some point? :wink:
 
I use a Buck Vangaurd. best "all purpose" knive I've ever used. I have a skinner and a caping knife for back at camp, but you can;t beat the Vangaurd for a total "everything" knife. Took it to guide camp last spring, had it through 3 bears and an unknown number of round'the'camp tasks, and I only sharpened it once.

I do prefer a fixed blade to a folder, less places to clean, eassier to keep rust free, etc....
 
Get him a three in one... saw blade, drop point and a gut hook... versatile and he will have a knife that will do any job required while hunting or camping :idea:
Why carry more than one knife.. or one that you have compromise with 8)
 
Do you mean a "combination" knife with three folding blades like the Browning Kodiak FDT, or a single blade knife with drop-point blade and "built in" gut hook with a saw on the upper edge of the blade like the Katz Hunter's Tool?
 
Amphibious said:
I use a Buck Vangaurd. best "all purpose" knive I've ever used. I have a skinner and a caping knife for back at camp, but you can;t beat the Vangaurd for a total "everything" knife. Took it to guide camp last spring, had it through 3 bears and an unknown number of round'the'camp tasks, and I only sharpened it once.

I do prefer a fixed blade to a folder, less places to clean, eassier to keep rust free, etc....
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I don't like Buck knives as a general rue, but if I was to use one, it would be the Vanguard. Only Buck knife that makes any sense to me.
 
Like Riden and Amphibious I have a Buck Vangaurd, the one with the rubbery handle. It is made out of Bucks 420HC steel. I don't know a whole bunch about steels but it seems to hold an edge about the same as a 440c Kershaw I have, which is prety dam good for the average guy. Buck has a very good reputation for heat treating thier steel properly. I find I can get this knife realy realy sharp with just a sharpening steel, it takes an edge very easily. I would highly recomend this one as a good all rounder. I plan to buy a Buck 110, just because I am so impressed with the Vangaurd.
 
Six Star said:
Thanks for the info...is it the 'only' knife that you carry when your on a hunt or do you carry a second "utility" knife?
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I always carry a standard pocket knife, just a cheapie, for those nasty little chores that have to be done, that you don't want to ruin your good knife on. like scraping the battery posts on a vehicle that won't start, cleaning blood from under your finger nails etc.

Those "T handled" knives actually do work, the problem is they really are good only for skinning. They are not diverse enough for me. That Browning that Bigredd uses is a wonderful knife. Maybe he'll leave it to me when he dies. :lol:
I use a Buck Lite myself. I walk a lot. It wieghs less than half what most knives it size wiegh. It's shaving sharp, and stays that way. I use it for nothing but game. It works fine for skinning deer, but a proper skinning blade would be better for moose.
 
I go light when hunting... one knife like that is all I carry... if you take an edge off on something you just borrow your partner's knife if you cannot finish 8)
 
What? Use a hunting knife for skinning? What a waste of a perfectly ground edge!
Dollar-store x-acto sets work great for skinning moose. For a mere $1.07 (taxes in) I get two blades, good for two moose, boy I'm cheap...
 
Dollar-store x-acto sets work great for skinning moose.
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A proper caping/skinning knife does not have a sharp point... exacto blades are a poor choice for skinning anything... that is almost as bad as using a carpet knife for gutting .... :roll:
 
BIGREDD said:
Dollar-store x-acto sets work great for skinning moose.
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A proper caping/skinning knife does not have a sharp point... exacto blades are a poor choice for skinning anything... that is almost as bad as using a carpet knife for gutting .... :roll:
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Sorry, haven't used a carpet knife yet, so I can't compare... I have used a "proper caping/skinning knife" however and I can tell you that I prefer the x-actos.
 
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