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This! Nailed it. The only thing I'd have to add (must) is an small SAK (victorinox swissbarmy knife). It's nice to have the scissors tweezers and utility blade and I use them lots.

Cool looking buck.

He like to put his own eye out?

Those two knives serve several purposes very well.

The original Havalon is the way to go. Once you learn how to cut joints apart you can process any animal with 2 blades that are razor shart. I have quarted/processed over 25 deer/bear/elk in the field with these knives and nothing compares. My friends always try to jump in and help with the newest and fanciest knives/steal but always have them put away before the job is done because they lack the edge retention or the ability to resharpen in the field. If you have the luxury to do your work at the truck or in the shop then any knife will do when you have a sharpening system near by. But out in the field havalon is the way to go when caping/breaking animals down for a pack out.

Sounds uncomfortable.

Vintage 1970’s Brownings.

Buck 110.

Schrader sharp finger or any Mora knife.

A fart is the sharpest thing known to man.
It cuts through underwater and pants, without even making a hole!

A shart, is just a schiddy attempt of a fart.

Tim Olt Loveless design. Sharpest and longest lasting edge I have ever used.

I use Mora quite a bit and victorinox pairing knife. The victorinox is great for boning meat out in the field, is inexpensive, soft blade that takes an awesome edge and has good flex to it.

Gene Ingram Lite-Hunter pair in S30V stays in my pack and ONLY gets used for hunting:

Excellent choice.

Buck 110 with the drop point blade and A.G. Russel lockback. Works.

Cold Steel Pendleton. It stays on the 4-wheeler in case I forget my knife. Other than that, a Buck Lite or Mora.

The Pendleton was a last minute purchase to get free shipping. It turns out that it's a sharp knife that holds a great edge:

https://www.coldsteel.com/pendleton-lite-hunter/

Crotts model 2 is my long standing favorite. Just got a Tim Olt boner, might use it this fall.

+1

Great $15 knife.

The Bark Canadian on the top was reworked to be more similar to the Russell Belt Knife in the middle. Bark Patch Knife on the bottom.

This 'un is top of the heap now.....

The Cold Steel Pendleton Lite-Hunter is a good knife that SMKW sells for $17.95. It will never be mistaken for an Ingram, but if you lose it or leave it on a gut pile high on a mountain you'll only miss it long enough to call SMKW and order another one.

The Ontario Camp Plus Chef and Santoku folding knives are also good knives that SMKW sells for $9.95. Not awesome, but a lot of knife for under $10. Another knife to keep in your pack or truck or boat or wherever you might want to cache a knife for just in case you need one.