Your field dressing knife ?

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Gossman custom knife

[Doc]

Trying to travel light, I have a one size fits all and have opted to go with an old, old, old, army surplus military style Kabar knife. I can use that for everything from hacking branches out of a shooting lane, to skinning a squirrel, to self defense, to cutting up butternut squash in the fall. It's a little on the heavy-duty side, but it sure never comes up unable to regardless of the task. And the steel that Uncle Sam picked was some of the best I have ever had for an easy edge that lasts a long time. The only change that I made was to grind off the extra top sharpened edge after I cut myself reaching up inside to cut the wind-pipe.

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On 12/8/2016 at 3:29 PM, turkeyfeathers said:

 

Any attachment to it ? Grandpa give it to you ? Had it long ? Hopefully you've given it a few field jobs. Mine is a Gerber I've had for 20 or so years with no real story behind it. Only use it for field dressing. I'll sharpen after every use. Keeps a great edge. Cmon , go dig yours out and post a pic Not responsible if you forget to put it back in pack however My pic has knife atop my daughters first trapped muskrat we had tanned.

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I had that exact knife for yrs. Got it from a buddy of mine and really loved it. Started wearing it everyday and then one day I left it sitting where I was using it .... wherever that was cause I never found it. Still irks me that I did that. Haven't replaced it as I've got more knives than I need (yes ... I have a problem) so now I use several different ones.

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On 12/8/2016 at 5:59 PM, nyantler said:

That is one sweet knife. I bought this one in Alaska 25 yrs. ago. Kind of similar. Just can't bring myself to getting it bloody!!

[turkeyfeathers]

11 minutes ago, peepsight said:

That is one sweet knife. I bought this one in Alaska 25 yrs. ago. Kind of similar. Just can't bring myself to getting it bloody!!

That's one regret I have of visiting AK in '09. Not buying a knife while there. Did buy this though 

[peepsight]

Yea ...... those are quite popular up there. Do you use it?

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19 minutes ago, peepsight said:

Yea ...... those are quite popular up there. Do you use it?

Can't seem to locate any seal or whale. Honestly though. I forget it's sitting right there. When I remember it's the cats meow in dicing veggies. Decent steel too and holds a good edge.