An old buck knife I've had for ages...also a hand-made skinning knife...and a fixed blade knife is always in my pack....along with a whet stone... matches, salt and pepper, just in case fresh liver is on the menu!
what knife do you use to field dress your game?
- Thread starter Mr. Friendly
- Start date
I hear the outdoor edge razor knives are very good too, for similar reasons but with a more durable blade. I've been debating between the two but haven't pulled the trigger on either... Guess I haven't seen a sale price I couldn't pass up yet lol
Or an affordable reason to not have to stop to do so.
I have a Havalon that I was given, not used it on game yet. Got a couple sheep to slaughter. Maybe give it a run.
Truthfully, I am a little leery of the blades when I am tired. Not the using, the changing. I can see a lot of options for cutting myself, with just a little slip.
VanIsleCam
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Tradesy on a ram? Pm me.
Outdoor edge swing blaze and this gerber fixed blade my pups (and gf) bought for me. With a worksharp they can get razor sharp. I have a havalon but I don't like swapping blades that much. Might find a different scalpel. Also an outdoor edge folding bone saw.
Rinella uses a benchmade minimalist fixed blade that's nice but expensive. I might try a kestrel knife. They got some nice ones.
Rinella uses a benchmade minimalist fixed blade that's nice but expensive. I might try a kestrel knife. They got some nice ones.
Well, really not impressed with the Havalon. Got a quarter way through skinning out the first of two lambs and the brand new blade was useless.
Switched off to the old butcher knife and finished the lamb as well as the next. Old Hickory, I think.
Switched off to the old butcher knife and finished the lamb as well as the next. Old Hickory, I think.
Nice, never seen these before.
manicmechanic
CGN Regular
An early 70's vintage Puma Skinner with stag handles for most jobs... for the south end of north bound animal a Rapala Fold n Fillet knife picked up at a liquidation joint for $10.... Works great for getting out the windpipes too...
I always carry a couple spares - usually someone forgets a knife or its as sharp as our current PM...
Tom
I always carry a couple spares - usually someone forgets a knife or its as sharp as our current PM...
Tom
I have a couple of Cold Steel Master Hunters, in stainless and CarbonV. I love 'em both. I also use an older Browning with a roughly-3-inch blade that I bought several decades ago.
I don't like folders, simply because they're a pain to clean...but they are handy and I do have and sometimes use a Spyderco folding hunter (called the Wegner, I think?).
I don't like folders, simply because they're a pain to clean...but they are handy and I do have and sometimes use a Spyderco folding hunter (called the Wegner, I think?).
Seriously? Did you touch any bones? I have used the same havalon blade to skin and gut 2 hogs, used a single blade on gutting an skinning a bull elk last season. I'm surprised that you didn't make it all the way through a lamb.
Same here. I've got a companion and a craftline pro C in my bag, and a bahco brand (looks identical to the companion basically, exact same shape with different handle material, I wouldn't be surprised if they came off the same assembly line) in the truck. The bahco was $12 from Amazon, I'm going to grab another for my fishing bag soon.
Going on 35ish years. Use a point file to sharpen it. Have those ones stuffed my pack, bike, truck and every nook and cranny.
