What knives do you use?

[landtracdeerhunter]

Knife I had made for me by Denn Handmade Knives in the ADK's... every part of the knife is from NY... ADK deer antler.. hand forged and finished blade.. the handmade leather sheath even has a stamp of a deer hoof made form a 100 year old ADK railroad spike.

 

my knife.jpg

 

sheath.jpg

That is really a nice knife and sheath. Surely, one of a kind. The mirror polish looks like new. I trust you buff every so often the way it looks.

[Lawdwaz]

From the start of the process.......

 

Gutting:

 

I've been using this Kershaw Gentleman's Folder for a few (?) years now and it is perfect for the job, IMO.  The nice long slender point gets the a-hole done without any fumbling around.  I don't know how many I've dressed with it since I got it but I'd guess 15-20.

 

 

Skinning:

 

Whatever I haven't used in a while could get the job here.  I enjoy all my knives and they ALL get seat time.  Here are a few that were used this year.  (Geno Denning on top and next two down are Gene Ingram, the third is for boning out in the field and another Ingram)

 

 

Boning out:

 

These are all from a knife sharpening service that supplies the local restaraunts, meat markets etc with weekly sharp knives.  Typically these are sold after they have been sharpened to a point that they aren't worthy of rental anymore, I get them for a couple bucks each and are sharp when I get them.

 

Note the knife 2nd from the bottom, it is my favorite by a mile.  It has a slight upward sweep to the blade and is has a very thin blade adding in flexibility.  The rest are almost worthless...........

 

 

All knives are sharpened on a Spyderco Sharpmaker as soon as they need it and they come back FAST with this set up.  It doesn't scratch the blades, you can't cut yourself, works fast and is highly portable if your taking a trip.

 

 

Remember: a sharp knife is a safe knife.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[phade]

The mora knives may be the best bang for the buck. Used a mora companion to gut yesterday. Sharp, right length and easy to clean. Hard to beat for $15.

This. Those knives did a great job. Can't beat it.

[nyantler]

That is really a nice knife and sheath. Surely, one of a kind. The mirror polish looks like new. I trust you buff every so often the way it looks.

LOL.. actually those are pictures when it was brand new... after gutting several deer in the past couple years with it... it's not so shiny any more... Dan Denn is a talented guy... he hand forged that blade and did all the polishing... it was the first knife of that type with the burr left on the antler that he did especially for me per my request... since then it has become a very popular knife for him.

[Five Seasons]

started to do my own deer this year. I have a good buck knife http://www.basspro.com/Buck-110-Folding-Hunter-Knife/product/34921/ that's never served me wrong but needed a more versatile set for processing. For $50 I thought this was a heck of a deal

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Outdoor-Edgereg-Game-Processor/747253.uts?Ntk=AllProducts&searchPath=%2Fcatalog%2Fsearch.cmd%3Fform_state%3DsearchForm%26N%3D0%26fsch%3Dtrue%26Ntk%3DAllProducts%26Ntt%3Dbutcher%26x%3D0%26y%3D0%26WTz_l%3DHeader%25253BSearch-All%2BProducts&Ntt=butcher&WTz_l=Header%253BSearch-All+Products

 

Has everything you need and more and the case is great to keep it all together. The knives do need pretty regular sharpening. I might upgrade the fillet knife at some point.

Edited December 23, 2014 by Belo