Hunting knives

This reminds me of a knife I used to have : how is it when you split skin close to the meat? Mine dug in the meat but I see that the angle of the reverse is away from the handle ...
what steel do you used for these?

Assuming you're asking me. 154CM (basically American ATS-34) is my preferred steel.
 
Good steel, hard to sharpen in the field. But often one does not need to :)
I was interested if the blade angle keeps the tip from digging in the meat ..
 
Yes, ya see guys out hunting with what looks like small swords or machetes on their hip. Biger the more he-man thay think thay are. 2.5 to 3.5 inch is all I've used for 50 years, never needed bigger.

Gibbs rule #9 always carry a knife. Been carrying a knife since I was 7. At 10 I had a shoe box full of knives. Lost some, sharpened some to death while sitting around the campfires.
There was hardly a boy at my grade school that didn't carry a knife, times have changed.

I agree with all your statements, I carried a 4.5" blade for years, now a 3" is more than sufficient for anything I need. I find holding an edge is the most important part of having a good hunting knife.
 
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