Best knife for game

[Deadfall]

Hell imbehindcthe times I guess still using my 2 folding buck knives...lol...

 

[cobbc03]

The most versatile is a havalon. If changing the blade makes you nervous, bring a little pair of pliers.

 

[ElkNut1]

Seriously, there is no best knife! Many good ones!

ElkNut

 

[JRMiller]

Victorinox 6” boning knife

 

[bigdesert10]

I really like my Helle sylvsteinen. I tried a Benchmade Grizzly Creek last year and was not impressed. Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but that thing needed touched up about every 15 minutes and the joint got sloppier than crap in the cold. I can skin and quarter an entire elk with my helle, touch it up and do a second elk. Maybe I need to try one of BM's fixed blades but I think I'll just sell the grizzly creek and buy another Helle in a shorter blade size. The Sylvsteinen is admittedly a little large for some tasks.

 

[Spike elk]

Since I suck at sharpening knifes I use a havalon and they are pretty sweet. After I use it is cleaned and goes right back in the same pocket in my X2 with some extra blades so it is ready to go on the next hunt. However I always have a traditional knife on hand as well and use it for some of the dirty work. Generally that knife is a folding gerber or kershaw so nothing fancy for me. One of these days I will drop some coin on a custom knife.

 

[cciliske]

If you're in camp, I really like a dexter 6" boning knife. Cheap knife that I don't feel bad when I use an electric sharpener on it. Gets sharp really quickly and makes nice precision cuts. Makes quick work of nights when you get a few deer in camp.

 

[JustJustin]

I've used the Schrade Sharpfinger on a few whitetails and while its no Benchmade it still shaves hair after gutting and slicing through the rib cage of a 3 or 4 year old buck and a doe or two. The handle is comfortable to me and it takes a half decent plain edge knife to hack through a rib cage.
I plan on trying my exchangeable blade outdoor edge on the next animal I get.

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[KSHunter270]

Havalon + a fixed blade for back up. I prefer KOA

 

[Elk_Guapo]

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.

I've been using a Benchmade Grizzly Creek for the past few years. I thought it was sharp out of the box, but now I know better, after having it sharpened by a local bladesmith before hunting season last year. Even after processing my buck, it was still laser sharp! s30v steel is good stuff!

 

[PredatorSlayer]

I've been using a Benchmade Grizzly Creek for the past few years. I thought it was sharp out of the box, but now I know better, after having it sharpened by a local bladesmith before hunting season last year. Even after processing my buck, it was still laser sharp! s30v steel is good stuff!

Two years ago I did 2 bull elk and two muley’s with the factory edge. I use the gutless method, so that was quartering them etc. pretty impressive.

 

[jstamper1979]

I carry a Benchmade daily so I’m familiar with modern steels, but I still prefer a Helle Jaegermester for game.

 

[DoubleDown]

Mora knifes

 

[hutty]

We have crop damage permits and take between 40-50 doe a season where we hunt so my knives get a good work out. Have a mid grade kit from outdoor edge I leave in the skinning barn that gets a serious workout. Decent grip, easy to sharpen and not that expensive.

Have a Dozier and benchmade I like to take out west. The Shockey model from Havalon I love for caping/gutless method.

 

[gelton]

Cutco Serrated Edge and a custom skinner for me:

 

[jstamper1979]

Cutco Serrated Edge and a custom skinner for me:

I was unfamiliar with Cutco, but they look like good stuff...

 

[mitchellmountain]

There are a world of customs and a multitude of makes that really are fairly affordable. Handmade to your specs with many steels to pick from, in the end you have an heirloom.

 

[spc7669]

I have a Mora and an Esee Izula. The Mora is a lot of knife for the money.

 

[Sparkey24]

Havalon for most of the work. Cutco drop point with the Serrated blade for cutting thru the tough stuff. I have found nothing i could not do with these two knives. Orange handles on both. Nothing worse than setting a knife down in the field and spending wasted time looking for it.

 

[PredatorX]

^^same here. Cutco DD and the havalon. That cutco is sweet!

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