Your favorite hunting knife?

[Underandoverit]

Morakniv Kansbol. Ugly but holds a great edge through a entire elk and is easy to touch up once home. I've had a bunch of expensive knives that are just a pain to sharpen.​

 

[NDGuy]

I'm a bit more contained then you but similar taste.

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HFB, crow jr I believe. Caimen sheath.
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koa root, ostrich sheath
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Transcaspian urial horn handle, ostrich leg sheath

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Hippo tusk handle, hippo sheath.
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Warthog tusk, ostrich leg sheath.
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Beauties. What’s the OAL on the HFB?

 

[Reburn]

Beauties. What’s the OAL on the HFB?

Right at 8.5"
It is for sure a crow Jr and feels real nice in hand.

 

[NDGuy]

Right at 8.5"
It is for sure a crow Jr and feels real nice in hand.

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Very cool, that older size CJ is the best. The new ones are too beefy.

 

[Reburn]

Very cool, that older size CJ is the best. The new ones are too beefy.

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New one on top and old on bottom right?
It looks 10-15% bigger.

I was less impressed with the newest "drop". Allen bolt handles and micarta on some of them for $600?

 

[ericacymcdonald]

Love my spyderco mule as a budget option, sort of a semi custom you build or buy scales

 

[NDGuy]

I was less impressed with the newest "drop". Allen bolt handles and micarta on some of them for $600?

It's a joke...sad to see

New one on top and old on bottom right?
It looks 10-15% bigger.

Yeah new one is just under 9" but it's significantly wider blade. Not a fan at all

 

[NNK-Hokie]

My EDC is a Buck 110 folding pocketknife. For processing in the field, I like the Outdoor Edge knives for the replaceable blades.

 

[Rainierrifleco]

Buck 110
Been with me for 45 years

 

[Tl15]

I switched to Outdoor Edge about 10 years ago now and never looked back. I have yet to have any issues skinning and breaking down an animal as long as I hit the joints accurately. Plus, blaze orange is a lot easier to find when you drop or misplace it. For me, traditional fixed blades are obsolete for field butchery. Caping is a different story…

 

[NDGuy]

Life’s too short for an ugly knife folks

 

[fwafwow]

Life’s too short for an ugly knife folks
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Which of those is your favorite for field dressing?

 

[Revoa4]

Love my Benchmade Meatcarver. A little on the big side but its come in handy on big game.

 

[Britt-dog]

if you had to chose one knife to take hunting with you what would it be? Or do you take several? I’ve always used the outdoor edge replacement blade type knives but they don’t have much backbone. Any recommendations?

Tyto replaceable blade and whatever pocket knife I'm carryng that week. Lately it has been a Spyderco PM2.

 

[NDGuy]

Which of those is your favorite for field dressing?

Probably my HFB Elk/Jade featherlight or the Ingrams.

Sharp as F and beautiful

 

[fwafwow]

Probably my HFB Elk/Jade featherlight or the Ingrams.

Sharp as F and beautiful

You are a very bad person. I believe you set me on a HFB path before. Now I’m looking up Gene Ingram…

 

[mtwarden]

^ sadly Gene is no longer making knives; check Charles May for a substitute- still a long wait though

 

[fwafwow]

^ sadly Gene is no longer making knives; check Charles May for a substitute- still a long wait though

Yeah. I found ND’s prior post on the same recommendation. I’ve already jotted out a list of TEN knives Charles makes…. and noticed he misspelled “guarantee” but I don’t care because his guarantee is so simple and straightforward.

I (still) have serious problems.

 

[Buckhaven]

Havalon!

 

[NDGuy]

Yeah. I found ND’s prior post on the same recommendation. I’ve already jotted out a list of TEN knives Charles makes…. and noticed he misspelled “guarantee” but I don’t care because his guarantee is so simple and straightforward.

I (still) have serious problems.

Feel free to PM if you have questions.

Also Gene is “semi” retired. He still drops knives occasionally on an email list.