Best knife for game

[Anteloper]

Used a benchmade H20 dive knife for cleaning an antelope this year...its got the blunt tip so it doesnt easily penetrate the bowel when opening the abdomen...the rope cutting or gut hook worked great

 

[sndmn11]

Where are you Mr. Sandman, I might take you up on it, the sharpening of it for more knowledge and maybe a reason to save money

Morrison, LIttleton, Denver.

 

[Jsn_leonard]

Fixed blade skinner I had custom made by a friend for animals we get back to camp. For my kill kit, I switched to a Browning replaceable blade after I had several Havalon blades disappear inside elk....

 

[cnelk]

I don’t go anywhere without my Cutco. Had it for over 20 years, probably cut up over 40 elk with it.

I have a Havalon on my pack, but it never gets the call for big work.

 

[Stalker69]

If your looking for “ custom” knives, you owe it to yourself to at least check out chopskives.com , he makes some gorgeous knives. Best I have seen, imo of course.

 

[sndmn11]

If your looking for “ custom” knives, you owe it to yourself to at least check out chopskives.com , he makes some gorgeous knives. Best I have seen, imo of course.

http://chopsknives.com/ the Wild Woman looks great.

 

[cp25od]

Hate having to sharpen blades. I use havalon and be careful not to cut myself

 

[Michael54]

Hate having to sharpen blades. I use havalon and be careful not to cut myself

Im a fan of the outdoor edge knives. Ive seen enough blades come free while dressing game from a havalon that i wont own one.

 

[rcdinaz]

I have a lot of knives cheap stuff to $600 customs and I pretty much only use the Havalon SHockey knife the last few years. Regular knife blade on one side and the Havalon on the other. Now that Havalon has a saw blade, gut hook, skinning, and standard blades I can carry everything I need. I used them all this year and they work very well. They also have the blade install/removal tool so I am less scared of them.

I still carry a Titanium backpacker as well but only in case I need to poke or cut something else.

 

[Mudflap621]

I’m leaning towards a replaceable like the havalon or tyto or possible the Wilde edge razor pro myself. I hate sharpening knives.

 

[Hackleback]

For the money, it's hard to go wrong with a Mora.

 

[Lawnboi]

LT small northern hunter is my go to for a wild game knife.

 

[Bobrunner06]

Just got a Half Face from Mrs.....like a STOOOOPID expensive one. I've never seen anything close to a Skinner pattern. Have a name/model?

Dang! Never heard of them. Pretty sweet looking blades. Premium steel and like you said: premium price hahah

 

[Stalker69]

I have never heard of them either, different looking for sure. For about the same money look at chops knives.com, he will custom make them for you also.

 

[Gobbler36]

I love my bench made steep country and just picked up an Iron Will knife so we’ll see how that handles. The bench made sharpens relatively easy but holds an edge for a good while, interested in testing out the a2 steel knife.
I’d also add the victorinox makes a good hunting knife for the price.

 

[Stalker69]

Coat the iron will with something, or it will rust fairly easy.

 

[eoperator]

I like,

-go to; Benchmade steep country

-on the lighter side; tyto

-on a budget; cold steel pendleton lite hunter ($15)

 

[PredatorSlayer]

I love my bench made steep country and just picked up an Iron Will knife so we’ll see how that handles. The bench made sharpens relatively easy but holds an edge for a good while, interested in testing out the a2 steel knife.
I’d also add the victorinox makes a good hunting knife for the price.

I have a steep country and a saddle mountain skinner. They last me an entire season and I send them back to benchmade to clean and sharpen for me. That S30v edge lasts forever.

 

[Mosby]

I use a Cutco, Cold Steel Carbon V Master Hunter or a replaceable blade knife for all my hunting.

 

[Gobbler36]

Coat the iron will with something, or it will rust fairly easy.

This is good to know, why does this steel rust easily?