Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters BEST hunting knife for $100 or less?

Just picked up a c-note that is begging to be spent on a gift to myself. Rare enough event that I'm doing a LOT of thinking about how best to use it.

In honor of not drawing a SINGLE tag to hunt anything this year, I've decided to shop for a new hunting knife. Which one would you choose for that $100?

I'm open to any suggestion - sheath knife, folder or multitool. I'd like to get a really beautiful custom, but I've never seen one at or below the $100 mark, and I'm not going to spend more.

What do you think?

For utility, it would be hard to beat a Mora that costs $25 or so. Really, they are excellent. There are other Scandanavian knives under a hundred that look nice.

Purely utilitarian and not much to look at, but I am a big fan of the Outdoor Edge Flip N' Zip folder. You can get it with the extra fold out saw knife and a nylon belt sheath. I got the orange handle version. thought is was ugly as hell at first, but the orange has made it easy to find in the grass in the dark after gutting deer. I have been impressed with the sharpness and ability to keep an edge, and it cleans up easy by throwing it in the dishwasher. the saw blade is handy to cut limbs and small trees for shooting lanes. You can get the whole setup for around $60. Just my $0.02.

I'm not sure that it's the "the best" but you might want to check out the Grohmann #1

Every now and then you purchase something and come to realize that you actually got something that equaled the value you paid, if not more. In my experiences the Case XXChanger is one of tbhose rare items.

I have had both the Rosewood and Bone handles, and pefer the bone as it has more of a grip when dressing a deer and you get blood on it. I have over the years purchased several as gifts for friends or for Christmas Exchanges on a forum I frequent.

Carried on Amazon, Bass Pro, Walmart etc. If you shop you can stay under $100 for the bone handled one. I highly recommend this compact package....everything you need in the field.

http://www.knivesplus.com/casexxxchangerknife.html

Haven't had a chance to use it on flesh yet, but I think you'd be hard pressed to top the Moki Banff medium for a C note.



next to my Kershaw gentleman's folder

Gerber has a bunch of very good knives right around $100.

The Buck 102 and the Beretta Loveless are both excellent knives and prices well within your stated amount.

for $100 - Spyderco Moran, made in Japan. Stays razor sharp, though I wouldnt use it for brisketing.





as mentioned above the outdoor edge flip and zip is a great knife for $50.

A Buck Pathfinder, #105, for the heavy/rough work and an A.G. Russell Hunter Scalpel for detail/find work.

You'd probably even have enough left from your $100 to buy a Sagen Saw to complete your field dressing kit.

That Moki 458 posted looks really good. I've the Kershaw as well, and that looks to be a fixed blade version. WELL worth considering, if so.

Oh, and in regards to the bolded part above - get yourself a bottle of something strong. To put it mildly, living in a place where that could happen would SUCK to an epic degree.

Kinda old school, but my last knife purchase was a Puma Prince folder...see pic...

I own one of these. It's my favorite blade.

Handle is a bit smallish though.

Hi czech,

I have a few "around $100 knives". The last one I have, from Germany, is the Linder Super Edge II. A really good and very well designed knife!! It is a semi skinner type. Blade of 4 1/2" ATS34 steel tempered at 60 Rc. Another one is the Super Edge I. A 4" drop point very simmilar to the Fallkniven F1. Great Knives!

No kidding...the thought that this is even a thing in some places amazes me.

No need to spend $100 on a knife. Go into Walmart and get one.

I like a folder, double bladed with one serrated like this.

Yuck, Don.

Couldn't you at least wash it before taking a picture...

DF

For me the worst is a folding knife. Only reason is they are very hard to clean in the field.

The best knifes I used all come from Germany as they hold the edge.

What is "best" is going to depend on what you want the knife for. For example, the knife I usually have on me while actually hunting is a Victorinox Hunter lockblade. With it I can gut and quarter, and saw through bones. I can also tighten screws if I need to, or put a new hole in a belt, pull out a splinter, open a can or bottle or pick my teeth. It is also useful for fishing. It is a very handy bit of gear.



For a nice sheath knife, mainly for skinning, I would recommend a Helle. I have a couple of them. They came from the factory with "scary sharp" edges", and the laminated blade means they hold that edge really well - skinning and dressing as many as four deer on the trot without needing a touch up. Easy to sharpen too, when they eventually need it. My favourite is the Eggen:



For something more utilitarian though, you could do a great deal worse than get a knife roll with a skinner, boner and steel, from one of the lines made for the butchering trade. These aren't at all fancy but they are designed to do the job, over and over again. I have Swibo and Victorinox, and like them, but there are other good brands too.

HTH

I paid $100.00 for this...but it was 25 years ago. Hendrix custom with Micarta handle. It's been on most every hunting trip I've gone on since I got it.
Bob