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I understand, but how do they get the meat out? At some point they need a pack, and don't need the knife until they get the pack.
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I like a large two blade folder for field dressing. But for splitting the brisket & skinning, I switch to fixed blade. Sherwood
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I have a John Primble folder that I got 45yrs ago and still use it to skin and gut...
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I've got the Buck version of the quick change blade folder. I can select which ever blade I need for whatever I'm doing and always have a really sharp blade to help me dress game. Besides that, they are very light and compact. I've got lots of other knives, but the above and a light weight Gerber saw is really all I need for any dressing chore I'll ever have. BTW, I had one of the original Buck 110's from when they were first introduced. Traded it to a Buck sales rep who was a colector. E
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buck alpha hunter wood grips, no gut hook.
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I bought a Havalon Piranta mid season but have yet to find a deer willing to volunteer for a test drive. Prior I used a Gerber Gator folder and larger Gerber fixed blade. Still carry the fixed blade, anxious to try out the Havalon.
Gloria In Excelsis Deo!As far as gear goes.. The poorer (or cheaper) you are, the tougher you need to be. gpopecustomknives.com
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Havalon Piranta. My guide used one in Alaska this past October to skin my brown bear. One blade, one hour, they're wicked sharp. You do have to be careful though as the blades will break if you horse them, though it only takes a fewvseconds to pop another blade in. I broke one gutting a whitetail this fall, I guess you just need to let the blade do the cutting. No lighter setup out there either.
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I have used a foulding knife for 45 years. Easier to carry and gets the job done. Is that for birds only?
By the way, in case you missed it, Jeremiah was a bullfrog.
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I like a large two blade folder for field dressing. But for splitting the brisket & skinning, I switch to fixed blade. Sherwood Nice collection.
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Anybody try the Cutco hunting knife? It sure gets good reviews. http://www.cutco.com/products/product.jsp?itemGroup=5718
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I'm a fan of the Buck 110. Old school, but well made, stoutly designed, and still made in the USA. Oh, and affordable.
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I used a folding Benchmade knife with a plain-edge Tanto blade to skin and dress (gutless) my deer this year. I didn't plan on it, but it ended up being all that was with me. Worked OK.
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I always have one of the various Victorinox knives with me. Think I will pick up a dual pro X before next year, just looks like it has everything I want to have with me for hiking, hunting, field dressing chores.
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The buck 110 cabelas alaskan guide in S30v stainless is a good one.
I was looking to blow my Cabela's gift certificate on one this pm, but they claim to be sold out. I searched s30v on their site, and found the Gerber Freeman: also sold out. Liking my Kershaw Blackout as much as I do, I checked their site and found the Blur. Has anybody used one in the field? FC
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I have dressed a lot of deer with the Old Timer folding hunter. But I much prefer the Schrade LB7. The lock is more secure and the blade is of better steel.
With an LB7 and the smaller drop point Gerber folder in my pocket, I can skin and make ready to pack, an entire elk with no need to resharpen.
The two LB7's that I own were purchased in 1984 and are very good knives. I have no idea what the quality is today since Schrade, Old Timer, and Uncle Henry are now nothing more than trademarks to be bought and sold as a commodity.
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I usually carry a folding knife over a fixed blade as they are much more compact and very capable for the job. I use to have a fairly inexpensive coleman western with a synthetic handle but got the great idea of buying a new sheath as the old on was getting torn after many years. Yep 1st time out the belt loop on the new sheath came loose and lost them both. I have since used several others but mostly a gerber lariat series that has a single drop point w/ composite handle. Now discontinued, they can be picked off ebay for around $20 and they work fine on deer. Since we mostly are hunting farmland deer I usually just field dress the deer and have butcher knives and saws back at camp so a big knife isn't really necessary. I have used a standard 2 bladed trapper before.
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I almost hate to admit this but.... As a teen, I used to sell Cutco knives. That hunting knife is pretty bad ass. I haven't seen those around for a long time. Selling them BTW, is a racket and wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
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Here's my Cutco......after I filed off the serrations and made it into a real knife. I have, so far, only used it to slice a raw beef roast into finger steaks. But it went through the beef like it was hot butter.
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I wear two of the Victorinox paring knives along with a G5 broadhead sharpener around my neck... In my pocket I run a Kershaw folder but very seldom do I ever have to reach in the pocket... I gut, skin, quarter/de-bone a ton of animals each year and I hardly ever use more than the two on my neck unless I leave one behind somewhere... At $3 a piece they are hard to beat... At $100.00 a piece they'd be hard to beat................
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I use 2 SOG Flash II's. They have a serration on the blade, which is handy for tougher sawing work, but the blade has enough belly to be great for skinning. They open with just a twitch, are very light weight, and have great grips in slick conditions. They lock up like a vault, and that's important to me. I have a lot of knives, but these have risen to the top of the heap. I have the clips arranged so that one goes in the right hand pocket and the other in the left. They were razor sharp at purchase, and they stay sharp a long time.
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