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<blockquote data-quote="Pro2A" data-source="post: 2507981" data-attributes="member: 17889"><p>Keep my knives/cutting/sharpening tools in a Harbor Freight 26" 8-drawer tool chest. Buck, gerber, Shrade, Old Timer, et el. Dumped all my Benchmade due to their politics. Definitely not a blade snob. Non-apologetic overwhelmingly partial to Buck for their design selection, quality, warranty, business and faith practices. Have a broad collection of Buck fixed blades, 120 down, the 110 folding.....duh, of course......numerous smaller folding/multi-blade pocket knives. Just love them. My daily town and farm carry blades are the Buck 425 1-7/8" blade (~2-7/8 closed) plastic handle single blade lockback folder. and a WallyWorld Gerber locking folder aluminum body with pocket clip holding replaceable standard utility razors. Numerous Gerbers fixed and folding. Have some of the special multi-contours replaceable blade knives......I'm a degreed engineer, gadet guy. I like the folding concept, some of those Gerbers one just wants to use. Other brands are mostly yesteryear sentimental keepers. But, I find the folders get full of fat and are a bitch to clean. I go with fixed for skinning, preferring the Buck 602 4" Trailmate rubber handle for everything, save fish filleting. The traditional Micarta handles on Buck fixed knives, become slicker than **** once bloodied....can't hold on to them. The rubber fixed is perfect, easy to clean, maintain. Don't find the skinner or other style, sizes add anything to the chore. Can and have skinned deer, elk and many other harvests with a 3" folder/4"fixed with zero problems. If one knows how to use (let blade edge do the work) and sharpen a knife, dress game, one doesn't need big, special contour blades. Just my experiences.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pro2A, post: 2507981, member: 17889"] Keep my knives/cutting/sharpening tools in a Harbor Freight 26" 8-drawer tool chest. Buck, gerber, Shrade, Old Timer, et el. Dumped all my Benchmade due to their politics. Definitely not a blade snob. Non-apologetic overwhelmingly partial to Buck for their design selection, quality, warranty, business and faith practices. Have a broad collection of Buck fixed blades, 120 down, the 110 folding.....duh, of course......numerous smaller folding/multi-blade pocket knives. Just love them. My daily town and farm carry blades are the Buck 425 1-7/8" blade (~2-7/8 closed) plastic handle single blade lockback folder. and a WallyWorld Gerber locking folder aluminum body with pocket clip holding replaceable standard utility razors. Numerous Gerbers fixed and folding. Have some of the special multi-contours replaceable blade knives......I'm a degreed engineer, gadet guy. I like the folding concept, some of those Gerbers one just wants to use. Other brands are mostly yesteryear sentimental keepers. But, I find the folders get full of fat and are a bitch to clean. I go with fixed for skinning, preferring the Buck 602 4" Trailmate rubber handle for everything, save fish filleting. The traditional Micarta handles on Buck fixed knives, become slicker than **** once bloodied....can't hold on to them. The rubber fixed is perfect, easy to clean, maintain. Don't find the skinner or other style, sizes add anything to the chore. Can and have skinned deer, elk and many other harvests with a 3" folder/4"fixed with zero problems. If one knows how to use (let blade edge do the work) and sharpen a knife, dress game, one doesn't need big, special contour blades. Just my experiences. [/QUOTE]
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