what knife do you use to field dress your game?

Bark River Bravo 1 LT in 3V for the most part. I also often use an Outdoor Edge Zip Blade for gutting and some aspects of skinning.
 
VanIsleCam said:
Replacement blades are an expensive excuse to avoid learning how to sharpen a knife.
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Exactly. A good quality knife, properly sharpened will complete the job without needing to be sharpened. I can probably touch up a knife, using a Fallkniven DC4 or diamond pen, in only slightly more time than it takes to replace a blade.
 
H. Roselli 40th Anniversary Wootz and Victorinox boning knife. Love the Roselli - certainly not a cheap knife but I hope it will one day be a hand me down with a lot of blood stains on it. It's super hard so it holds an awesome edge for a very long time. Is a pain to sharpen (or so I've heard because I haven't had to do it yet).
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1899 said:
Exactly. A good quality knife, properly sharpened will complete the job without needing to be sharpened. I can probably touch up a knife, using a Fallkniven DC4 or diamond pen, in only slightly more time than it takes to replace a blade.
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Yes, or the back of another knife blade.

I'm afraid that knife sharpening is a dying skill. One more victim of our throw-away society.

Making bread from scratch is another.
Ted
 
My first hunting knife and the one I still use the most is a Buck Vanguard with the rubber handle. I have used it so much and sharpened it so many times that the blade profile has now changed significantly but it still gets tossed in the pack more often than not.
Another knife that I really like to use is the Gerber Gator with 154CM steel. A lightweight knife, great steel and really holds an edge well and while I prefer not to use folders on big game I make an exception with this knife as I like it so much.

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Havalon Piranta for the fine work, Mora Bushcraft Black for the grunt work. I like the grippy, rubberized handles when you mitts are covered in blood and gore.
 
trevj said:
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.
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Havalons are basically surgical scalpel blades. I have plenty of fixed blades and folders. I sharpen on whetstones, strop on leather and ceramic plates to hair poppin' sharp.

Sometimes, though, I'm tired and/or lazy so I want something quick and easy, so I reach for the Havalon. If you are pooched and not 100% paying attention, OR your hands are covered in muck, I've found surgical forceps or pliers work quick and easy when it comes to replacing blades. I work in the medical field and have stood in on plenty of marathon surgeries and we use forceps to pop blades on and off all the time to avoid self-injury.
 
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I've always counted on the trusty Buck 119. Super balanced so you get really good point control and holds its edge for a long time.
 
For field dressing, I use the sharpest knife I brought with me that day. Sometimes that can be an old folding knife or a large fixed blade...

Once I get home, for skinning and butchering, I use a butchering knife set.
 
I've always counted on the trusty Buck 119. Super balanced so you get really good point control and holds its edge for a long time.[/QUOTE]

Same here an old buck 119 on my belt and an older buck 110 in my pack
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A Randall #23 has been my favourite skinning knife now for over 20 years. But I still carry and use my Dad’s Grohmann D. H. Russell #1 dated 1958 every so often.
 
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