Not an experienced hunter, but my favorite general purpose blade would be the Shanghai warrior by cold steel. The SK-5 steel blade is very corrosion resistant and can take tons of abuse without becoming dull, and it's wide and over 9" long so if you stab a game animal and twist it will create a massive wound channel, suitable for bringing down boars and in case you get attacked by a large predator. Planning on using it if I go hog hunting with dogs.
Not an experienced hunter, but my favorite general purpose blade would be the Shanghai warrior by cold steel. The SK-5 steel blade is very corrosion resistant and can take tons of abuse without becoming dull, and it's wide and over 9" long so if you stab a game animal and twist it will create a massive wound channel, suitable for bringing down boars and in case you get attacked by a large predator. Planning on using it if I go hog hunting with dogs.
Seems a bit broad from a pig sticker, but I guess it would work.
I must say I used an outdoor edge change a blade knife on a pig this past winter. I think the blades are thicker than the havalon blades that folks say with break and get lost in the meat. Makes going through dirty hog hide easy. Peeled it out and then. CHanged the blade for deboning.
The newest knives are $20 for the folding handle.
Dave
�The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz
I know many of you have too many "favorite" knives to pick a true favorite but if you narrow the task down, what would be your pick of the knives you have?
Best knife you have for gutting a deer in the field?
Best knife you have for skinning a deer in the field or back at camp/home?
Best knife you have for breaking down/deboning a deer at camp/home?
And your favorite all-around deer knife, if you have one?
Thanks, RS
I'm not real picky. I usually use 2 knives, an inside knife and an outside knife. The outside knife gets used for throat cutting and belly opening. The small knife gets used for skinning and cutting loose the anus, then going inside to finish that and cut around the diaphragm. After that, because cutting the throat has let the very front end loose already, I just reach up into the heart / lung area, grab around the wind pipe, and tear everything back, down, and out. It's slow, a bit of strain, but it comes loose. After the wind pipe comes loose and slaps me across the face I tip the belly down, pour any blood out of the cavity, and let it drain while I cut loose heart and liver from the guts. (Those are for my father, I don't eat them myself anymore. I used to like liver but it's become an un-acquired taste.) Little knife gets put away. Big knife gets used for skinning, then cutting the lower legs loose from the upper, and quartering if necessary.
My little knife, for the past couple decades, has been a medium Gerber LST. Anything with a sharp 1.5 to 2.25 inch blade is fine. Bigger is ok but the odds go up of cutting guts as you work on the diaphragm.
My bigger knife varies. I've used a Buck General ... great knife but the longer the blade, the stronger your wrists have to be to manage it with finesse. I've used a Gerber first generation LMF quite a bit. Today my two favorites are a Gerber magnum LST which I like if I want to save weight or have a folding knife, and Buck Vanguard with the rubber handle if I want a fixed blade.
I have other knives, large and small, but mostly they stay in a "tool" sack in the truck in case I need a spare, these are the ones that go to the woods.
The funniest "knife" I've seen was one my father made on-site. He screwed up and somehow left his knives home so after he shot his buck, he beat the empty cartridge flat with a couple rocks, somehow managed to tear a jagged sharp spot on it, and managed to use that to gut the deer.
Tom
Anyone who thinks there's two sides to everything hasn't met a M�bius strip.
Not an experienced hunter, but my favorite general purpose blade would be the Shanghai warrior by cold steel. The SK-5 steel blade is very corrosion resistant and can take tons of abuse without becoming dull, and it's wide and over 9" long so if you stab a game animal and twist it will create a massive wound channel, suitable for bringing down boars and in case you get attacked by a large predator. Planning on using it if I go hog hunting with dogs.
Sweet Jesus.
Dave
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Originally Posted by KSMITH
My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
Not an experienced hunter, but my favorite general purpose blade would be the Shanghai warrior by cold steel. The SK-5 steel blade is very corrosion resistant and can take tons of abuse without becoming dull, and it's wide and over 9" long so if you stab a game animal and twist it will create a massive wound channel, suitable for bringing down boars and in case you get attacked by a large predator. Planning on using it if I go hog hunting with dogs.
Sweet Jesus.
Dave
Well...uh... yeah.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
A Buck 110, and a Havalon Torch have worked well for me.The Torch uses the slightly thicker 60a blades that are less prone to breaking. I keep a cheap pair of forceps with it to change the blades. Even the "dull' blades will slit you badly if you're not careful
Not an experienced hunter, but my favorite general purpose blade would be the Shanghai warrior by cold steel. The SK-5 steel blade is very corrosion resistant and can take tons of abuse without becoming dull, and it's wide and over 9" long so if you stab a game animal and twist it will create a massive wound channel, suitable for bringing down boars and in case you get attacked by a large predator. Planning on using it if I go hog hunting with dogs.
Sweet Jesus.
Dave
Well...uh... yeah.
Maybe he is envisioning leaping upon a deer and tearing it to pieces in a flurry of adrenaline fuelled activity?
I'm leaning toward carrying the M-48 Cyclone this year. A tang mounted bearing would make it perfect. The dozen or so occasions where I've arrived at my stand realizing I'd forgotten my rifle motivates a change in gear selection strategy. Having a mere six weeks to develop my palms before the season isn't ideal, but I'm gonna give it my all. According to the internet, blood and urine make the best callouses.
Originally Posted by 16penny
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
I think what sold me was, "The wound is totally same like from the crossbow hunting tip." That and I won a free one. The long range throwing demo at the end was also pretty hard to ignore.
Originally Posted by 16penny
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty