Anyone just carry a folder knife?

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Anyone just carry a normal folding pocket knife for quartering and deboning? I've always used a large fixed blade made by Marbles in the past. Great knife, easy to sharpen, just heavy. I always have a 3" spyderco on me though. I use that for everything year round. Any reason not to ditch the fixed blade and just carry the folder?
 
I carried a folder for the first 10-12 (?) years. Inexpensive kershaw with lower quality steel. It worked fine. Required lots of resharpening per animal but did the job. Only bought it because it weighed 3 oz and I didn’t have much money at the time. Have since upgraded to lighter and more expensive knives. It doesn’t really contribute to the overall success rate or killing an animal though.
 
Anyone just carry a normal folding pocket knife for quartering and deboning? I've always used a large fixed blade made by Marbles in the past. Great knife, easy to sharpen, just heavy. I always have a 3" spyderco on me though. I use that for everything year round. Any reason not to ditch the fixed blade and just carry the folder?
I carry a small bench made folder for processing game but I always like to have at least 2 knives at the very least so I’ll also Cary either one of my fixed blades or a Havalon.
 
Anyone just carry a normal folding pocket knife for quartering and deboning? I've always used a large fixed blade made by Marbles in the past. Great knife, easy to sharpen, just heavy. I always have a 3" spyderco on me though. I use that for everything year round. Any reason not to ditch the fixed blade and just carry the folder?
Which model of spyderco do you carry. I’ve been looking lately.
 
Early in my hunting career I only carried folders cause I was on a folder kick at that time in my knife collecting journey. Definitely nothing wrong with it and if it works for you then go for it.

Ultimately, I chose to go back to fixed blades for the ease of clean up. I’m pretty particular about the condition I keep my gear in and I got tired of cleaning all the little places meat/blood would get in the folders. May not be as big of an issue to some.
 
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