Recommendations for Skinning Knife

Morpheus32

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Evening and Happy New Year,

I have a number of knives in the bin and have been using a Gerber skinning knife and a caping knife that has been discontinued now for about 10 years. They are still in great shape but I want to look at getting a new knife for my son as he will be hunting for deer in 18 months. Any recommendations?

Cheers

Jeff
 
Chris Reeve Ubejane:

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Great skinner from one of the best knife makers in the business
 
lots of folks like greg ingram knives. I was fortunate enough to meet a butcher that loves hunting he suggested Victorniox knives ended up getting the semi stiff boning knife and the lamb skinner. Fibrox handle models durable stay sharpe and afforadable
 
wcmd said:
Jeff ,
Being from Nova Scotia I am a big fan of Grohmann Knives. Excellent Canadian made knives.
http://www.grohmannknives.com/

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X3 on this recommendation!! I own one of these knives and another custom clone the same.

They are nice, well made, practical, no nonsense knives perfectly designed for the task at hand. The #1 Original is a great field knife as well as a skinner. You will not be disappointed in one of these.

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Definately Grohman all the way for skinning knives probably the best out there for the money!!!!
 
I'll throw one out there - The kershaw blade-trader.

http://www.kershawknives.com/productdetails.php?id=19

I'm generally not into funky 'gimmick' knives, but this one has really done well by me. The blades are thin, so i ONLY use it as a skinner/gutter - but in that role it's VERY good.

The guthook is amazing. Works on moose, bear, deer, never clogs. THe saw is 'adequate' for most bone tasks, and the clip point is good for delicate work.

you can find 'em for about 60-70 bucks in canada, and i have to say that they are completely worth the money.

Knives of alaska sells a similar design of much higher quality, with a second knife instead of the 'blade', but it's a hell of a lot more money too.
 
I have a number of knives some expensive some not. The wife bought me a Buck Vanguard this last year before hunting season and I was more than impressed with it. Everytime I went to put one on my belt it was the one that came along. Incredibly good balance and skinned out 3 deer this year like a dream. For the price I am very impressed with this knife.

http://www.buckknives.com/catalog/detail/219/222
 
Another Grohmann fan. Like their No. 2 (Trout & Bird) and No. 103 (Short blade Skinner) ... bought my first Grohmann (a No. 1) in 1967 or 1968.
Never had a complaint with any I've owned.
Great knives Made in Canada, Eh !
 
I just haven't had any luck with that kind of thing yorgi - i guess everyone's a little different but for me they fall under the "better than trying to knaw thru with your teeth' catagory. Got stuck doing a bear with a box cutter - it worked but it was no where near as good as a good skinning knife for me.

I find anything with a straight blade is not as effective - my tanto style knife was not a great skinner either. I personally prefer something with lots of curve to it, like the grohmann or some of the others shown here.

But hey - if it's workin' for ya, it's workin'! :D
 
Morpheus32 said:
RR,

How well does it hold an edge?

Cheers

Jeff
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Good it's a decent piece of metal,i have had it for a least 10 years.Took a litlle bit of work when i first got it to tapper it back to get a fine edge but after that no problem.
 
I have the Blade Trader as well, only need to carry it while afoot. The bone saw is a "nice to have" .

As for the disposables, I use one with a carpet hook for splitting hide. It works really well and makes nice clean cuts when caping. Saves the blade on my skinning knife as well.
 
As for the disposables, I use one with a carpet hook for splitting hide. It works really well and makes nice clean cuts when caping. Saves the blade on my skinning knife as well.
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THAT works like a hot damn. I learned that trick on cgn actually and tried it - opens 'em up like a zipper.
 
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