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What is a Really Good Hunting Knife
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<blockquote data-quote="Mr. Magoo" data-source="post: 2941513" data-attributes="member: 124360"><p>You know, I recently bought an outdoor edge with a few replaceable blades and after using it on a elk recently, feel it was a waste of money. The steel in the blades is garbage. While it takes an edge really well and gets super sharp when I sharpen it, the steel is super soft and dulls extremely fast. On top of that, the blades don't come from the factory all that sharp and I have to sharpen them before use anyway. While its nice to be able to replace the blade when it gets dull, you have to do it alot just to get through gutting/ skinning an elk. When your fingers are slick with blood and fat, the last thing you want to do is risk getting cut trying to wrestle out a blade that's stuck in there from a little dried blood. Id rather just carry a few knives (each with different purpose) like I always have than put up with that junk.</p><p></p><p>I have my old 1980s schrade, a 1990s sog, and a 1970s victorinox, plus a 1970s imperial wildcat skinner that was my dad's that still perform very well compared to my benchmades. But I do like benchmades for semi- reasonable priced production knives you can still buy.</p><p></p><p>Before I get too old to use one, I'll wind up getting or building a knife with one of the modern premium steels, just to see what I've been missing...so this thread is appreciated for the info.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mr. Magoo, post: 2941513, member: 124360"] You know, I recently bought an outdoor edge with a few replaceable blades and after using it on a elk recently, feel it was a waste of money. The steel in the blades is garbage. While it takes an edge really well and gets super sharp when I sharpen it, the steel is super soft and dulls extremely fast. On top of that, the blades don't come from the factory all that sharp and I have to sharpen them before use anyway. While its nice to be able to replace the blade when it gets dull, you have to do it alot just to get through gutting/ skinning an elk. When your fingers are slick with blood and fat, the last thing you want to do is risk getting cut trying to wrestle out a blade that's stuck in there from a little dried blood. Id rather just carry a few knives (each with different purpose) like I always have than put up with that junk. I have my old 1980s schrade, a 1990s sog, and a 1970s victorinox, plus a 1970s imperial wildcat skinner that was my dad's that still perform very well compared to my benchmades. But I do like benchmades for semi- reasonable priced production knives you can still buy. Before I get too old to use one, I'll wind up getting or building a knife with one of the modern premium steels, just to see what I've been missing...so this thread is appreciated for the info. [/QUOTE]
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