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full size or Jr?

I think it may make a nice skinner.

I'll admit my pointy spyderco delica is handy... and a philips screw driver sometimes.

Honestly for me the handiest pocket knife is a Victorinox SAK or some sort. I like ones with the saw blade and an awl.

I've got one with a saw blade, awl, can opener, bottle opener, two sizes of flat screwdrivers, a phillips head driver, tooth pick, tweezers and knife blade but it's a big, fat bastard and more than I want in my pocket on a daily basis.

I think the one I have is a Junior. It's nothing I'd want to skin with. It sucks for pickin out splinters.

Sounds like a SWAK Farmer. I have one and the alox scales keep it thin.

Its my hunting back up carry.

True.. the only skining part is the forward curve.
I only skin one or two deer a year so it would only be a backup.

Some of those have too many layers and tools and end up being clumsy and cumbersome. The Victorinox Farmer (not the Farmer X) is my favorite...


https://www.victorinox.com/us/en/Pr...um-Pocket-Knives/Farmer-Alox/p/0.8241.26

Thats what I got!

Thats part of my struggle on looking at a single blade like a sodbuster when you get a lot of functions in a similar sized package.

I vote mini trapper in cv. I carry a Hawbaker style trapper and the wharncliffe blade gets utilitarian duty. Cardboard, bailing twine, rope, etc. the main clip blade is kept razor sharp and is flesh only.

I have an old Camillus knife and an old Mongomery Ward knife with all those same tools/blades except for the saw.

I’m a sucker for the full size trapper patterns.

In synthetic. No wood or bone for me.

SMKW usually has some exclusive runs made.

They have a nice micarta / 1095 model now.

They are calling the CV models 1095 now.

6318 is my favorite pattern or in stag.

Mini Copperlock is probably my favorite but have many others as well.


Mike

Hmmmm... now I need to decode

IIRC that's a medium stockman
2 numbers denote the configuration
and 2 denote the blade and handle
material.
Now exactly which is what you'll have
to get one of the Case aficionados here
to explain it better.
I have some Case, but only a few, maybe 8-10
My daddy was a Camillus fan and I was for a
while and started in with the german stuff
when I could afford it years ago

IMO Case is more oriented towards the
collectors these days more so than the
users that actually carry and use one

I started skinning cows at 11 years old with a 7 in. old hickory butcher knife , it don't really matter what kind of knife you use it is more of being able to make due with what you have . if you have to have special blade,s may be you need to get your skill,s better

I have a couple of those, and a couple of the boning
knives from O.H. and Russell G.R. as well
They're made for cutting up animals, and people
that make small chunks of meat from an animal
carcass for a living have been using the same
basic patterns for many years

Guys...

Thank you for the input and my selection is....

(I'm going to a store and handling some)

6 is the type of scales,3 is the number of blades ,18 is the pattern

HaHa
Thanks, I knew somebody that knew would
come along eventually
I used to know all that stuff