One would think that would be easy to answer.
My wife and friends get somewhat perturbed as they almost never get a yes/no or short answer from me.
Between 2003 and the last few months my daily carry was a full auto Boker Top Lock. I've recently misplaced it and have not replaced it.
On any given day I may open mail, carboard boxes, repair electrical wiring, put up meat from a recent hunt, make jerky, vein shrimp and trim cigars. I enjoy having the right tool for the job.
So,when it comes to the knives pictured above.........
IIRC you and I first spoke about two years ago just before deer season. We discussed what I liked in a knife. My orientation was in regards to skinning knives. To date I've only one custom folder.
This was the result of that conversation........
I've used on a number of animals
including turkey
This little swayback gets a good deal of use as I slip in the utility pocket on my right leg when I'm wearing carpenter jeans. Works great for everything from opening boxes to veining shrimp.
The FUBAB is a magical blade.
everything it bites bleeds, including me. One can feel along the side of he blade and get cut. It is truly scary sharp.
I've only owned this one a short while and it made short work of this hoglet. I believe I mentioned to you last week how much I liked how it felt in the hand and how it cut. Beautiful fluff. I like the texture of the ram's horn so much that I'm having a couple more made.
However, with my orientation being on skinning, if there was such thing as a "go to" blade it would have to be this one.
[img]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e129/glenn1221/Blades/IMG_75491_zps4e0a0275.jpg[/img]I've used it on well over a dozen critters and have yet to sharpen it. I thought I was a D2 fan. I've found a new love with A2. I find myself reaching for it more and more.
[img]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e129/glenn1221/latestgunstuff/IMG_13721_zps89124d23.jpg[/img]plus the canted/cross-draw sheath is my favorite carry method for a fixed blade knife as long as the sheath is correctly made.
[img]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e129/glenn1221/Blades/IMG_99261_zps18a40ff1.jpg[/img]Best,
GWB