Caping knife?

wyosteve

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Surgical scalpel and extra blades. Used to help at a buddy’s processing shop caping heads. Most I did one night was 23 in 5 hrs.
 
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Tagging onto this thread - what is the best place to find a sheath for a fixed blade caping knife if it did not come with one? I have a caping knife from outdoor edge that I like but it did not come with a sheath
 

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Tagging onto this thread - what is the best place to find a sheath for a fixed blade caping knife if it did not come with one? I have a caping knife from outdoor edge that I like but it did not come with a sheath
I won the Outdoor Edge set with the saw, skinning knife and caper that came in the all in one leather sheath. I contacted Outdoor Edge and was able to purchase the correct individual nylon sheaths for a very reasonable price.
 
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Tagging onto this thread - what is the best place to find a sheath for a fixed blade caping knife if it did not come with one? I have a caping knife from outdoor edge that I like but it did not come with a sheath
I would just make your own! Pretty easy to do!
 

Erict

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Yes, Havalon and the round 70A blade.

If saving the cape, I start at lips/nose and peel/free back as far as possible, then do the Y cut. The scary sharp scalpel blades do make it easier to accidentally cut hairs. Good luck.

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tuffcity

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My favourite.. custom unit but I also second the havalons.

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Are you trying to keep the cape for taxidermy? If so a havalon style will be your best bet. All the delicate work around the mouth eyes and ears is hard to do with a bigger blade
 

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Can't go wrong with montana knife company

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