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    Favorite hunting or skinning knife ?

    Since I am a knife man, I'll ask first.........

    Straight knife or folder ?

    Gut hook or not ?



    Robbie.............97 Ranger 461 vs, 97 model 175 Johnson Fast Strike.



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    Re: Favorite hunting or skinning knife ? (Robbie)

    ok-- straight knife, 3-4" drop-point, full tang, wood handle(but synthetic grips make more sense), tooled leather belt sheath. No gut hook for me unless its a 2" birdknife. That's in the field-- everyday, it's a 2-3" folder, half-serrated, assisted-opening Kershaw.

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    Re: Favorite hunting or skinning knife ? (Robbie)

    Gerber fixed blade Gator with serrations and gut hook. is my favorite.
    I have an old Sears buck skinner knife that is very good too.

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    Re: Favorite hunting or skinning knife ? (kybaitcaster211)

    I use two... a Buck 5" Pathfinder fixed blade for gutting deer, and a 4" drop point lock blade for upland game as well as deer... I don't use a gut hook - never have.

    I've owned the Pathfinder for over 25 years, and it's my favorite...

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    Re: Favorite hunting or skinning knife ? (Robbie)

    I have the old original style Buck knife with black handle, fixed blade. Had it for almost 30 years now. It almost knows how to gut game on its own.

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    Re: Favorite hunting or skinning knife ? (southwestblazer)

    fixed blade with a gut hook gerber



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    Re: Favorite hunting or skinning knife ? (Robbie)

    Buck straight blade with gut hook full tang synthetic sure grip handle. Had it for over 10 years and hope to have it another 50.



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    Re: Favorite hunting or skinning knife ? (rhayes71)

    my fave is my old timer folding hunter model. sharp enough to cut like a scapel.
    at least thats what the ER doc said after installing me 10 stitches. wouldn't sell it for anything. my knife fave brand is Carl Schlieper german eye brand.

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    Re: Favorite hunting or skinning knife ? (fieldsj66)

    No joke, I must have 30 knives some collectors some common. My favorite one is a cheap folding knife with carbon steel blade. I pass this on a steel and then a ceramic steel a few times and you had better keep it away from anything you don't want cut.
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    Re: Favorite hunting or skinning knife ? (Jeff La)

    Got a fixed blade Cutco.

    Awsome knife.

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    Re: Favorite hunting or skinning knife ? (desertbasser)

    I let my wife gut/skin my deer with my case double X with the yellow handles, keep it razor sharp and when shes done with it I can still shave with it now dont y'all wish your wives would clean your deer for ya

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    Re: Favorite hunting or skinning knife ? (FlukenLizard)

    My normal "hunting knife" is a Swiss Army Knife. I've got a 3" Bucklite I carry when I'm squirrel hunting but seldom use. The SAK will do everything I need to do for small game and would probably do just fine on a deer.

    When I do deer hunt, I've got a custom knife I had made by a fellow named Ben Shelor in Varina, Virginia over thirty-five years ago. It's what he called IIRC the "Alaskan Hunter." It's a basic simple knife, blade about 4" long, straight blade. Takes an edge like a razor and holds it. I don't know how many deer I've skinned with it over the years but it's a lot. I paid what then was a small fortune for it. About twice what I had paid for the shotgun I carried. :) Looking back at it now, it was a good investment. It's scratched and battle scared now, but I didn't buy it look at.



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    Re: Favorite hunting or skinning knife ? (CajunBass)

    These two are my favorites, and I have a CRKT fixed blade with a drop point I use I paid $20 for that holds an edge forever...these two are custom built, pieces of art, but tough as an anvil and hold an edge like a razor!




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    Re: Favorite hunting or skinning knife ? (Basshuntr)

    Basshuntr, those are some beautiful looking blades !

    And the sheaths too !



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    Re: Favorite hunting or skinning knife ? (Robbie)

    my favorite is a Maragni Custom

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    Re: Favorite hunting or skinning knife ? (RonsRodShop)

    Yellow handled Case XX Trapper with the Carbon Steel blades, thats all I have skinned deer with for 25 years.

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