lawnman;
We've used a lot of different folders over the years, mainly for deer but with a few bear and a couple moose and sheep thrown in as well.

This is a mixture of the blades that have seen the most use in the last few years.
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From the left, the folders are:
- Buck Vantage Pro - S30V blade with custom blaze orange scales
- Buck Vantage Pro - S30V blade
- Spyderco Centofante III - VG10 blade
- Vintage Gerber folders - I've no idea what the blades are, but it's really hard steel whatever they used. wink
- Gerber Gator Mate - limited run 154CM blade

All of them work really quite well in our experience. Here's a couple "field shots" of the Vantage Pro in use.
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The blaze orange Vantage Pro and the older Gator Mate are the main ones I carry these days, but there are no flies on the Spyderco or the older Gerbers either.

Actually both of our girls have the Buck Vantage folders with their 420HC blades and they work just fine too.

Here's a shot from a year or three back.
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Hopefully that was some use to you, good luck with your knife shopping whichever way you choose.

All the best to you this Christmas season.

Regards,
Dwayne




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