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ya!

GWB




Rocky Menefee "Sweet Sixteen"








"Loveless lambs" repros by TK Steingass





Dale Howe (Howe Mountain Knives) "Brisket Breaker"





Tim Olt(Michiganroadkill) , Buffalo Skinner




Brett Dowell Semi-Skinner




Ken Honeycutt set!





Gene Ingram B&T





Menefee Made Knives (Rick Menefee)

Top: Semi-Skinner,
Bottom: Loveless Hunter
Both knives etched A-2 steel

I have a few custom knives, and rarely use them. When I need a deer processing knife, I grab a Cold Steel Pendleton Hunter, or Gerber Magnum Folding Hunter.

Come on Sam,show us some of your Randalls.

I own Randalls as well as hundreds of other knives.

I've had one of those Gerbers since 1983.

I just rehabbed it and now it looks new again.

One of my hobbies is collecting,reconditioning and modifying knives.

I have seen a LOT of skinning knives fail at the skinning pole.

These knives are the best working knives I have ever had my hands on...bar none...

http://mccroskeyknives.com/

I have several knives I carry in my cleaning bag. Mora is the cheapest and gets used more than most of them. My son used it today to finish cleaning his deer.

Geedubya, You sir, have some very nice tools!
Goes along with those really nice rifles.

This has been a good knife for skinning and quartering mule deer:



Notice the full-size handle. I have big hands and this is big enough to go all the way through my hand. It has good steel, but it is not a thick knife for batoning wood. It is light enough in the pack to carry two - and you'll want to because the edge can dull or get damaged. It isn't super steel, so it's not going to stay sharp dressing a large deer much less an Elk. I see some people buy those disposable blade jobs. I prefer this knife. It's not hard to sharpen, but I can take a couple of them and have a sharp blade as long as I need it. It has an easy to clean handle (NSF certified) and it sells shipped for $8.99.

Even so, I am contemplating getting a $250 or $300 knife made of something like Cru-Wear, Elmax, M390... there's a growing number of high-end knife steels now. I should try one.

I hadn't thought of using my Morakniv. I would think the thick scandi grind wouldn't be well suited to skinning, but I never tried it. I always have one, at least at camp.

I like the meat, but I really like the skins. I want a knife that is going to do a fine job on the skin. I have them tanned (don't have the space to do it myself). I figure nothing is so important to cutting the hide cleanly as sharpness.

I'd say get yourself something not so pointy! A sem-skinner, bull nose skinner, canadian belt knife pattern or a Nessmuk style blade if you are caping.



Then you've got the right tool for the job!








full disclosure, different day different critter.

JMHO,

YMMV

Ya!

GWB

Sounds like a lot of you guys have a lot more experience than I when it comes to knives. I would like to ask a question. Most knives sold as hunting knives are rather thick and heavy. For me they are harder to sharpen and keep sharp. Thinner knives are easier to sharpen and seem to hold an edge better. I know a lot depends on the type of steel and the angle at which it is sharpened. What say youall?

Honest?

I like knives, but don't go past a price of $150 or so. I personally just can't see some of the prices, but that's just me.

If I get a special knife I'm hesitant to use it. Want to save it for something.

Have found that some of the simplest, reasonable priced knives perform well.

A plastic handle Buck version of the 112, the one with the deep hollow grind blade has probably cut up as many deer as any I have, mainly just because I keep them in my trucks. I go to a friends to drink beer & he says; my boy killed another deer, you want some meat? Sure.

Yeah, I have a pile of Mora's & now liking the $17 Cold Steel Pendleton Lite, even if it does say Taiwan or wherever.

FWIW,

I've owed the CS RoachBelly, Pendelton lite Hunter and the Canadian Belt knife.



at one time it was my "pack knife"



Of the three my fav is the CBK, one of which rides in the side pocket, driver's side, rear door of my Ford Expedition to this day.

IIRC, The Cold Steel Pendleton Lite Hunter was named Field and Stream "Best of the Best" in 2010.

ya!

GWB

When it comes to hunting purposes I use the expensive stuff the same as the inexpensive stuff.

The expensive stuff has always worked more better IME.

Hunting, I’ve had a Buck woodsman for years.

Every day use is a Kershaw.

I would like to get another Anzo? Knife out of Texas. I gave my only one to my boy.

Agree with you on all counts, and no need for some miracle steel to field dress any animal.

Dexter beaver knife
About $15.00 from any trapping supply company.
Made specifically to skin the expensive furbearers
without any pelt damage. No point. Good steel

if it wasn't for threads like this......you wouldn't have the chance to spread your unusual brand of joy ....bob

Because I am a cunt like that...how can I assist you?

I posted this thread as I like to see what is getting used hard, not what is used and salted away in a drawer and dragged out for pics.

I find that more interesting than looking at new shiny toys.

You know, the last two I didn't have any holes in them from the paring knife I used, but then I didn't even flesh them. I put them in the cooler with gel ice packs on top and dropped them off at the tanner.

So I was just thinking about getting the hide off in the field, but your bit of advice made me realize I would be better off with a tool like this and maybe a fleshing tool. I figure the more meat I get off the hide in the field, the better the fur is going to keep. I'm not going to beam the hide in the field, but anything that gets it cleaner and cooler faster is going to be worth more than a super alloy.