What knives do you carry on your hunt?

[Blackdog317]

Benchmade Steep Country in the kill kit. Love it.

Benchmade Mini Osborne in the pocket. Pricey, but light, good steel and I had some gift cards to burn. Any folding knife would do for chores around camp. I save the edge on my fixed blade for the animal.

 

[KYhunter50]

I've always carried l more traditional skinning knives. But, I've lately switched over to the ESEE line of knives. They are more of "do all" while out in the wild!

 

[HbDane]

Currently I'm carrying a Kyle Noseworthy Prevail fixed blade knife. I've skinned multiple deer with it, and only had to do a little stropping to get it back to shaving sharp

 

[Savage99]

Are the mora knives as easy to sharpen as they look? I used one I bought my dad on an antelope recently and it worked great. I received a buck Selkirk as a gift, but haven’t packed it in yet, it’s a little heavy.


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[Snowcrest6]

Havalon, esee for general purpose and a caping knife

 

[ranchhand02]

Outdoor edge replaceable blade knife and a fixed blade also.

 

[Davebuech]

I carry a Doug Ritter Mini in my pocket and a Bark River Mountaineer ll or Gunny Hunter on my belt.

 

[sahunter06]

As a bladesmith, I’ll take a fixed blade skinner and caper. Proper heat treat and edge geometry will give you a blade that will get you through multiple animals before resharpening.

 

[Fatcamp]

Kind of a pain to clean but it's where we are at.

 

[Johnny Dollarhide]

Benchmade Steep Country in the kill kit. Love it.

Benchmade Mini Osborne in the pocket. Pricey, but light, good steel and I had some gift cards to burn. Any folding knife would do for chores around camp. I save the edge on my fixed blade for the animal.

Does benchmade hold an edge well?

 

[HuntingIndian]

Fallkniven H1 Hunting Knife

 

[RedTimber]

Over the past few years I have been making due with whatever I have laying around the house. Last year I dressed and quartered a handful of whitetails using a $15 Mora. It worked OK. I have a little bit of extra cash laying around and decided that I want to upgrade the knives that I carry into the woods.

I just purchased a Havalon and was considering buying a general purpose fixed blade. ESEE caught my eye. I am considering purchasing an Izula II or ESEE 3 to compliment the Havalon. Does anyone have any experience with those knives. Do you have another knife that you might recommend? I'm trying to stay under $100.

Havalon piranta + Dawson Javalina is my current set up. Have had good experiences with Buck open season series and SOG knives if you're trying to stay under 100$. Stay with fixed blades for strength.

 

[Kelleyss]

Over the past few years I have been making due with whatever I have laying around the house. Last year I dressed and quartered a handful of whitetails using a $15 Mora. It worked OK. I have a little bit of extra cash laying around and decided that I want to upgrade the knives that I carry into the woods.

I just purchased a Havalon and was considering buying a general purpose fixed blade. ESEE caught my eye. I am considering purchasing an Izula II or ESEE 3 to compliment the Havalon. Does anyone have any experience with those knives. Do you have another knife that you might recommend? I'm trying to stay under $100.

I switched to the Randy Newberg ESB last year and I couldn't be more impressed. I did one decent muley, a cow elk, and my bull from this year (all gutless) with one set of those knives. Granted that 3 different blades come with it, but they outperformed anything that I've used before.

 

[Blackdog317]

Does benchmade hold an edge well?

Mine has held an edge really well. Probably depends on the steel they use for each knife model.... but I think they use higher quality steel on all their stuff.

My Steep Country was used to skin and de-bone 2 elk. All I needed to keep it shaving sharp was a fine ceramic rod and a leather strop (Work Sharp Field Sharpener). Touch8ng up the blade was quick and easy and made all that work a much more enjoyable.

The Mini Osborne is new, so I don't have much experience with it. But, it was very sharp out of the box. It has the same steel as the Steep Country (S30V), so I expect it to hold up well.

 

[tuffcity]

I carry a stout little Marttiini (Finland) that I bought in 1982 and miraculously still have. First knife I ever paid around a $100 for.
Also a custom Don Stevenson caper my daughter bought for me a few years ago.

 

[Sakohunter264]

Lucas Forge. Hard to find a better knife.

 

[roadrunner]

Havalon.

What's a "kill kit"?

 

[rob86jeep]

Havalon type knife and a fixed blade knife. The Havalon makes processing game easier but you should never be in the back country without a fixed blade, full tang, knife. It will process game if needed, but also can be used for a variety of other reasons that may keep you alive in an emergency. Personally, I carry a Havalon and an ESEE IZULU or ESEE 4 (depending on if I have a wood stove or no stove).

 

[grfox92]

Hard to beat a Morakniv for $15.

Held an edge through 2 back to back antelope with out touching the blade.

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[Titan_Bow]

For me, it’s hard to beat an Outdoor Edge Razor Lite. You can get filet knife blades for them, gut hook blades or standard blades. I took my last elk from field to packaged meat with just that one knife, no problem. I like to skin and quarter with the standard blades then use the filet blades to process and butcher meat once I’m home. Hard to beat in my opinion. I know people get used to what they got, but I tried a havalon last week with some friends on an antelope and like the more “traditional” feel of the Outdoor Edge standard blade. I feel they both are scary sharp when new.
I can usually get a deer quartered and broken down with 2 blades, one if I really needed to. An elk takes 3 sometimes 4. The key selling point for me though is the filet knife blades that fit into the same knife. Those things are sweet and make butchering at home a piece of cake!


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