Your Hunting Knife

Hey guys, i think i remember a thread like this before, but it isnt on the first page soo...

What do you guys use for your hunting knife? Right now i have a folding custom made knife, but i dont like the 3" blade or the fact that it is folding. I am going to see if i can have the same guy make me a fixed blade 5 or 6 inch bladed, leather handled knife. It should be too hard for him, seeing as he has made more complicated ones. I was going to buy a buck, but this guy is local, and i hunt with him, so i dont want to carry a knife around him that isnt the one he made for me.

NH_Hunter

I have a Gerber 475. It's a fixed blade about 8" long or so with a good sweep to the tip for skinning. It holds an edge well. It has a wood handle so it gets a bit slick when bloody. I've used it on 8 elk, two mountain goats, and a bunch of deer and I still like it. The handle is scratched up, the scabbard is beat up and blood stained but it means a lot to me. My wife bought it for me when we first got married 21 years ago.

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Fellers thet ride hosses need a fixed blade.  When you only got one hand free, an' are 'bout ready to go over a cliff cause a mule jus' went bezerk over a llama on the trail an' tied you to yer saddle with his lead, puttin' a foot thru yer reins, you'll be hard pressed to git thet folder into action afor you learn a mighty hard lesson.  Had a pack hoss git all tangled up with her piggin' an' my mule las' month.  She went down hard an' I was able to git her outta it quick with my sheath knife.  Sometimes there ain't time to play 'round with them "civilized" blades.  City boys allays got sumthin' agin wide-brimmed hats an' sheath knives.  Two of white man's best contributions to the world.

I'm really fond'a my "Green River Butcher" with 7 inch blade'n maple handle,.... tha sheath is double-thick rawhide, and covered with brain-tan elk hide.

I use tha butcher fer everthin 'cept "cape'n", and since I'm mainly a "meat hunter", tha closest I ever come ta cape'n,.... is "SKIN'N" (a job thet tha butcher excells at).
I use it fer cut'n "shoot'n patchs" fer my riflegun, cut'n cooked meat, flick'n a stuborn cap out of tha hammer, use it as a "short-starter", slice'n thru rope, dig'n out slivers'n stickers, trim'n tha callous's on my feet, trim'n "fat" off'a hides, gut'n, and even "butcher'n",.... back when I still had hair, I even used it fer my yearly haircut,.... a new edge "wipes on" real easy, and lasts a long time.

I like my Green River Butcher, and cain't see myself without it,.... 'til it's plum wore out!!!!!!!.... (I can only hope ta live thet long)!!

 

   Muella ...fixed blade 4" strong blade and a honkin good handle. Also, a buck 110 folder in my pack.

 

            bc

 

     

Ok Tas, this is getting a might spooky... I have a sharpfinger I got from Guns 'n Ammo mag as a promo many years ago. I have a Buck woodsman but with the black handles. My Ka-Bar is genuine USN issue. (I do like the idea of that serated blade though) and I think my Swiss army is either the hiker or the tinker. Had the thing so long I forgot what model it is. My general carry around pocket knife is a Buck 303 three blade folder. Oh yea, I have a Leatherman that has to go back to the factory because the knife blade tip broke off and the wire cutter blades are soft and they bent on me. Not happy with that purchase. Next time it will be the Gerber or SOG.

Muleskinner wrote:   Sometimes there ain't time to play 'round with them "civilized" blades.  City boys allays got sumthin' agin wide-brimmed hats an' sheath knives.

the kind of hunting you are talking about is not even possible, let alone warranted in south dakota. so, i carry a folder because i got tired of being poked in the side, and having to maneuver the knife around everytime i wanted to do something besides just walk. i guess this makes me civilized, which is obviously a very bad thing.

at any rate, for the kind of hunting i do, a folder is not only all that's required, but worlds more comfortable, too. there just isn't any mountains here, and the black hills is possibly the most 'wilderness' we have, and even there a good 5 minute walk will at least put you in sight of a well traveled, possibly paved, road. i'd love to hunt mountains and real wilderness... but i don't. guess i'll just go sit in a corner and sharpen my folder...

I gotta agree with Rollingb, the Green River butcher is my favorite knife.
Cheap and effective, holds an edge better than anything else I've used.
Their Ripper blade is a good one, too.

Hey There

   I usally carry two when I'm hunting a Buck and a Case.

  My case is an older version of the one,slightly different blade.

 

  And my Bucks a gift from one of my boys that indispensable.

 MIKE

rondo -

what would you want for one? the materials are about 20$, but you should get something for your "time and effort!" also, the sheath would be great!

PM me or announce the amount here on the thread. if i can "afford" one, i sure would think about getting one! a chance to order a piece of history~~

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