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KA-BAR Link ............ KA-BAR/Dozier Folders

Yep, only difference between the "Hiker" and the "Camper" is that the "Hiker" has a phillips screwdriver instead of a corkscrew.

Here's another favorite of mine, and it has a phillips screwdriver, too, ... the Victorinox "Trekker". Both the main blade and the large, regular screwdriver lock open:

MOGC,

That's the nicest 110 I've ever seen. I could tolerate that one. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Gorgeous hunka stag. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

I like these Walmart folders. They are a liner lock but hold the blade well. The blade stays sharp and being partial serrated it can cut right up thru a whitetails rib cavity so as to get at all the stuff.

I keep a few of them around. They work very well.

I really like serrated folders and have used them for a long time. I have more expensive ones than the $8 one shown but this one is a good deal and if the kid loses it so what.

Here is my favorite folder. It's a Coleman. I can get knives wholesale but this one is discontinued. This knife is lightweight yet not a small one. I can get the smaller Coleman but I like this size.

Nice knives are nice to have, but I like Big Stick's recommendation and buy a couple of the following Victorinox knives for general gutting and caping from Smokey Mountain:

Victorinox� 4" White Large Handle Wavy Edge Parer
Price: $3.99
Stock #: F42604

A knife for every task.
�Stainless steel blade
�White composition handle
�8-1/4" overall.

I don't like folding knives for gutting, as I find them difficult to get and keep 100% clean. I do carry a German Army pocket knife on a lanyard, but prefer to use these disposable Victorinox knives. I use a Sagan Saw to cut the pelvic bone if I clean the deer in the woods, otherwise I keep a pair of long handled tree limb shears in the truck and use them if I haul the deer to camp for cleaning.

Jeff

That Buck 110 stag drop point isn't mine fellows. I wish! It is the Buck Collectors Club yearly knife for the members of the club. It wouldn't surprise me to see a few of these turn up in the "For Sale" sub-forums of some sites, or even on E-Bay. I do have some custom Buck folders from Buck's Custom Shop, nickle steel bolsters, stag, elk horn, and textured buffalo horn for handle slabs. All with BG-42 blade steel. However, they have the familiar clip point blade. Buck should offer the drop point as a factory option for those Custom Shop knives.

260Remguy,

Those Victorinox paring knives are nice, but they poke holes in my pockets. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Try a Messermeister. They come with a sheath, your choice of serrated blade or plain, and in a few different lengths.

Made in Germany, and they cut just like a Vic.




Messermeister Serrated Spear Point Parer

Beautiful specimen, but I'm sure that rings up more than 28 bucks...!!

Regards, sse

Take a look at the Gerber Gator, Remington bullet knives, and of course Case knives. It will be hard to keep within budget with the larger Case knives. You don't need a fancy knife for general use hunting. You need one that you can sharpen and will hold an edge for basic hunting chores.

I received the Ka-Bar Dozier knives per your recommendation. Can't imagine a nicer hunting knife for the money. Great shape, perfect (3") length and razor sharp. Ordering 2 more tomorrow. Thanks

BLAST YOU WALKER! Because of your photo I sat down and ordered a SAK Hunter. At the same time I ordered one of these: http://www.knifeworks.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=4975

Everytime you submit a knife photo it costs me money!

Thanks! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

KWII --- Look on the bright side, ... they coulda been Ingram's!
(Okay, not likely, but possible.) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Yeah, you're right, but in my case they would have to be Bob Doziers!

Like this maybe?


Or maybe this?

I love those coleman's. I have an old Western (bought by Coleman) folder with blade and saw that is not nearly as streamlined, but has worked well for 25 years. I have not found any knife, except the Browning, with as good as saw.
Walker, thanks for the link. My new contacts allow me to see better than ever at a distance, but I can't unlock the combo gates with them. What a pain!

pepaw

Yep those are the kind I like! I have the exact same handle as the first photo on a Sweetwater guide's knife tucked away in the safe for my oldest's HS graduation present. For myself, I have a straight personal and one of the shorter-bladed KS-4 elk knives.

For the young hunter I can't think of a better knife than one of the K-Bar Dozier folders. I keep one with my goto farm pistol.

as long as my knife has a bottle opener and cork screw I could care less what kind of blade it's got! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

- stu

Gotta agree on this one.