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I think I responded to this some time ago but since I "got into" two deer this morning, maybe an update is in order. For a long time my favorite folding knives were the Gerber LSTs. The last 3 I got (all at once, not separate mistakes) have been much more difficult to sharpen and haven't held an edge well.. My first rubber handled Buck Vanguard saw some action today. It continues to impress. It generally rides in one of the vertical pockets on my Badlands 2200; my wyoming saw (III) and a 3-AA maglight ride in the other side. The newest knife I've been using probably wasnt' meant as a hunting knife. It's a Cold Steel SRK in stainless. It sharpens surprisingly well, does survival-y things (or at least trims branches etc for setting up trail cams) well, and today it did a great job on skinning 1-1/2 deer 'til I swiped the edge across my truck bed. I need to find a newer / better 2-1/2 to 3 inch folding knife to do the things the first two Gerber LSTs I had did so well long ago. Something in that 2 ounce range.
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My go to - no name knife. Scary sharp after at least 5 gut jobs with nothing more than a leather stop between. That said I do have a new Winston that will get Christened this year. Look at the neck on that buck! Great picture man.
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I carry a case trapper in my pocket and have skinned gutted and cut the meat off many deer carcasses. I carry a Mora #2 in my truck door pocket that I use if I bring them to the shed.
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Last few years has been a KOA Alpha Wolf, but I'm changing directions this year and going back to a Fallkniven.
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Couple of Barkies get used now as well. I like the bottom one the best for field dressing.
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My daily carry, a serrated Buck 442 folder, and a fixed blade, probably a Harvey King Small Game, #2, or #8 depending on the mood. There is a Buck Pathfinder, Style # 105, and a Sagan Saw in the field-dressing kit that I keep in my hunting pack. These still work, but I've replaced the King knife with a Dale Howe Medium Drop Point #4. Still packing the Buck Pathfinder #105 and Sagan Saw in the Johnson Woolen Mills daypack.
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I carry a Benchmade Saddle Mountain Skinner and a Havalon.
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KoA Cub Bear stays in my pack but these days I usually grab the Outdoor Gear replaceable blade.
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"Kids who grow up hunting, fishing & trapping, do not mug little old Ladies"
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Usually it's a Buck Vanguard, same as for the last 30 years.
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An older USA made Cold Steel Carbon V Hunter a Winston, and an orange bobcat box Marbles (I forget which model it is) get used the most.
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Mostly Shrade . But I have also carried an old Buck various models - personal is my favorite. I have and use a couple custom knives too.
If any knife I had said China on it, it would be considered good enough to scrape grease off a tractor or maybe used for digging.
I prefer classic. Semper Fi I used to run with the hare. Now I'm envious of the tortoise and I do my own stunts but rarely intentionally
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I used a J A Henckels Friodor (top) for over 40 years. The last 4 or so, I've been using a Grohmann #1 (middle) or a #3 (bottom) with stag scales, and really like them. The Henckels still always gets a ride in my pack.
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My heart's in the mountains, my heart is not here. My heart's in the mountains, chasing the deer.
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Santiam, beautiful blacktail buck. An Oregon deer?
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5 inch Bagwell Damascus skinner and an old Case Lockhorn.
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Santiam, beautiful blacktail buck. An Oregon deer? Oregon Buck.. This thread is sposed to be knives,but here is the rest of him minus the knife, which is awesome by the way.
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