Blades.

[Jbmagill79]

That’s awesome!

I can’t get over Winkler. I have a Chris Reeve Backpacker and a Carothers I love, but always love checking out smaller bladesmiths. I’ll look for the other threads on it!

How do you like the Chris Reeve backpacker? I’ve been going back and forth between it and a MKC super cub.

 

[Mully]

Dan makes a great knife and that semi skinner is sweet! Mammoth? You should try his Brend skinner pattern, it's one of my favorites.

For a hunting knife I prefer the Crotts semi skinner design but the Dozier Yukon pro is a pretty handy design as well.

Both have more than enough edge retention to never need a touchup in field. I processed eight deer and a few goats on that last trip in August and it was still shaving sharp when we got home. That said, the deboning was mostly done with the meatcrafter

 

[willtim]

I prefer a 2 1/2 inch drop point.

 

[coiloil37]

Dan makes a great knife and that semi skinner is sweet! Mammoth? You should try his Brend skinner pattern, it's one of my favorites.

The Brend doesn’t work for me. To much tip, wrong blade shape and wrong angle between the blade and handle. I’ve been through 50+ customs and god knows how many production knives and the two I posted are by far my favourites. The little semi skinner is the pick of the litter though. That one’s in S90v and has a tapered tang as well.
The first one I had him build me was just green micarta and that’s when I realised how good that design was.


That little fella in the middle.