Knife Selection

[nksmfamjp]

I have a couple of great standard knives for hunting that are sharp.

That said, those interchangeable knives with disposable blades in 3-4 blade shapes from honing to caping to gut hook look great!

So should I set aside my standard knife set for a cheap do-it-all knife?

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[Steves1911]

They look interesting wonder how they hold up as the blades seem kind of thin. I always carry a buck 110 on my hunts. There are far better hunting knives but that old buck was always on my dads belt and im sure he looks down and smiles everytime it leaves it sheath to gut another critter.

 

[Gundog74]

I suck at sharpening the standard knife blade. So I have several replacement blade knives in different lengths. I love em. From the gut hook to the fillet knives. Trout to elk I always have a sharp blade. And they are SHARP! The only thing I don't like is that you have to be extra careful disposing of old blades. Still.... I love em love em love em!

 

[Recon$$]

They look interesting wonder how they hold up as the blades seem kind of thin. I always carry a buck 110 on my hunts. There are far better hunting knives but that old buck was always on my dads belt and im sure he looks down and smiles everytime it leaves it sheath to gut another critter.

Carry the first hunting knife (buck) my grandfather gave me at 13. Feel the same.

 

[sp6x6]

I used to carry nice skinner my dad gave me,passed to my son with caper I made I have a Strider folder always in pack and a light folder that I can butch a elk with in my pocket

 

[sika64]

Have had several knives over the years even a couple of custom, but now own 2 hunting and 1 filet with changeable blades and will never go back. The changeable blades are extremely sharp and you can even get extra life out one with a little v shaped ceramic sharpener.

 

[bigngreen]

Personally I hate the disposable blade knives, I've seen more guys get hurt with them, like serious hurt, that I really don't want them around. I know they are popular but the blades end up places they shouldn't and I think they are too light to have a good feel of where the blade is.
I do understand the not being able to sharpen a knife, it's not an easy skill to just do. I don't sharpen my hunting knives to the point I do my straight razors but they are sharp, and really if your steel is of high quality and you use them right they'll last a lot of use!! I get a whole season out of a light touch up which is normally more than a few elk gutted and skinned along with some deer.

 

[Critter Picker]

I carry either a Buck 110 or Buck 119 depending on mood and type of hunting. Outdoor Edge makes an affordable,good quality knife. Randall is my favorite,but hard to come by.

 

[VinceMule]

I have butchered a few elk with Buck 110's, and I had a Buck Steel on my belt to touch up the knife.

Later on, I was talked into buying a McCrosky Elk Skinner...glory be. I skinned and butchered 8 whitetails in the deer club with one knife. Then I let a guy borrow the knife, he cut himself real bad, and would still shave the hair off your arm. A buddy of mine bought the McCrosky Trapper set and he skinned over 300 beavers with it till the blade needed a touch-up.

I had every Puma knife model ever made, sold them all bought three more McCrosky knives in different models. The Elk skinner is all an elk hunter or deer hunter will ever need!

 

[nksmfamjp]

oh, I agree with all the sentiment I carry an s30v SOG and an Old Timer.
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I just wonder if a switchable blade would be easier.

 

[sp6x6]

Love knifes one side quarters off

 

[brant89]

I'm also not a fan of replaceable blade knives and prefer a thicker blade, and I chose a Spyderco Bull Moran drop point. It's extremely easy to maintain a razor edge on the VG10 steel, either with a hone, a steel, or (probably easiest of all) a Work Sharp. The Work Sharp Ken Onion Edition can make anyone look like a pro sharpener.

 

[VinceMule]

In the field, Hair and dirt make a knife blade dull quickly...some steel is not worth a darn. Imagine having two elk down on the ground and a Piece of crap knife and a midget for a hunting partner that only brought along a Leatherman, not wanting to get his hands dirty...

 

[longbarrelxp]

I like the Cold Steel master hunter and pendleton hunter, in Carbon V, CPM 3v, respectively.